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Princess Academy Trivia Quiz

This is a quiz about the book "The Princess Academy" by Shannon Hale.

A multiple-choice quiz by operaghost1607. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
operaghost1607

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
275,992

Updated
Jul 23 22

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
426

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. First, where do Miri and her family live? Hint

Mount Miri

Mount Eskel

Mount Katar

Mount Eskon

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Question 2 of 10

2. What is Miri named for? Hint

a tiny mountain flower

it's the name of a special rock

it was her mom's name

the book never tells the origin of her name

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Question 3 of 10

3. What is the name of the trader Miri and her family have traded with, for the past two years? Hint

Steffan

Erik

Enrik

Peder

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Question 4 of 10

4. What is the name of Miri's childhood friend? Hint

Britta

Steffan

Peder

Marda

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which girl ends up marrying the prince? Hint

Britta

Katar

Miri

Marda

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Question 6 of 10

6. What did Miri's Pa want to name her after? Hint

a flower

linder

after his mother

after his sister

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Question 7 of 10

7. What does Miri wish she could speak? Hint

German

Quarry-speech

Italian

Stone-speech

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Question 8 of 10

8. What is the name of the woman who has to tutor the girls from Mount Eskel? Hint

Katar

Britta

Olana

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Question 9 of 10

9. "What a stench! Do you people live with _____?" What word is missing?

Answer: (One Word -plural)

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Question 10 of 10

10. What is the name of the academy's all-work man? Hint

Knut

Enrik

Jans

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. First, where do Miri and her family live?

Answer: Mount Eskel

Miri lives on the slopes of Mount Eskel, where her family has lived forever. Mount Eskel is a part of Danland.

2. What is Miri named for?

Answer: a tiny mountain flower

She is named for a small, pink flower.

3. What is the name of the trader Miri and her family have traded with, for the past two years?

Answer: Enrik

"He was lank and pale, and the way he looked down his thin nose at her reminded Miri of a bird that had gone too long without a grub."

4. What is the name of Miri's childhood friend?

Answer: Peder

Peder is her childhood friend, Steffan is the prince, Marda is Miri's sister, and Britta is a girl that Miri meets at the Academy.

5. Which girl ends up marrying the prince?

Answer: Britta

Britta actually ends up marrying the prince. It ends up that the prince preferred to marry her, because they were actually childhood friends!

6. What did Miri's Pa want to name her after?

Answer: linder

"I don't want a daughter named after a stone."

7. What does Miri wish she could speak?

Answer: Quarry-speech

Miri really wants to be able to use quarry-speech; eventually, she teaches herself how to. And ends up using it to save lives.

8. What is the name of the woman who has to tutor the girls from Mount Eskel?

Answer: Olana

"She was tall and lean, her cheeks sunken, her hair flat on the end like a chisel."

9. "What a stench! Do you people live with _____?" What word is missing?

Answer: goats

"They did, of course, live with goats. No one had the time to build a separate house for the goats, and having them indoors helped both the goats and the people keep warm in the winter."

10. What is the name of the academy's all-work man?

Answer: Knut

"His hair was gray around his temples and in his beard."

Source: Author operaghost1607

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