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Sharon Creech was the first American winner of the Carnegie Medal for British children's books (for "Ruby Holler"), and the first person to combine that with the American Newbery Medal (which she won with "Walk Two Moons"). "The Wanderer" was shortlisted for both awards.
8 Sharon Creech quizzes and 100 Sharon Creech trivia questions.
1.
  "Walk Two Moons"    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
How well do you know the book "Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech? This was an amazing book to read! Before taking this quiz, be sure to read the book first!
Average, 10 Qns, XxHarryxX, Mar 18 17
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XxHarryxX
453 plays
2.
  Walk Two Moons   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is a simple quiz on the fabulous book, "Walk Two Moons", by Sharon Creech.
Average, 10 Qns, avis, Mar 20 06
Average
avis
821 plays
3.
  "Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
Probably an average-level quiz on this touching, funny, and sad book. Have fun!
Average, 15 Qns, Arget_Aiedail, Nov 17 06
Average
Arget_Aiedail
455 plays
4.
  "Bloomability" by Sharon Creech    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
Slightly tough quiz on one of the funniest books by Sharon Creech. Have fun!
Average, 15 Qns, Arget_Aiedail, Nov 17 06
Average
Arget_Aiedail
238 plays
5.
  "Chasing Redbird" by Sharon Creech    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
This quiz shouldn't be too hard if you've read the book recently, but there might be a few challenging questions. Have fun!
Average, 15 Qns, Arget_Aiedail, Nov 17 06
Average
Arget_Aiedail
240 plays
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  "The Wanderer" by Sharon Creech    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
How well do you really know the wonderful book "The Wanderer"? Try this moderately hard, ten-question quiz mainly about events that take place while The Wanderer is at sea to find out! I hope you like my first quiz!
Tough, 10 Qns, Arget_Aiedail, Nov 16 06
Tough
Arget_Aiedail
253 plays
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  "Absolutely Normal Chaos" by Sharon Creech    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
Think you know "Absolutely Normal Chaos"? Try this tricky quiz on yet another of Sharon Creech's books to find out!
Average, 15 Qns, Arget_Aiedail, Nov 17 06
Average
Arget_Aiedail
240 plays
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  Sharon Creech's book 'Bloomability'    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is a quiz about one of the best books ever written. Hope you enjoy it!
Tough, 10 Qns, meals, Jun 29 04
Tough
meals
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trivia question Quick Question
Who was actually leaving the mysterious messages on Phoebe's doorstep?

From Quiz ""Walk Two Moons""





Sharon Creech Trivia Questions
1. What do Gram and Gramps call Sal?

From Quiz "Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech

Answer: Chickabiddy

Gram and Gramps say the road trip they are taking is so they can spend time with their "favorite chickabiddy." Sal points out that she is their ONLY chickabiddy.

2. How old was Dinnie's sister Stella when she got married?

From Quiz "Bloomability" by Sharon Creech

Answer: Sixteen

Dinnie's sister, Stella, was always popular with the boys. One night when she was 16 she came home from a party saying she had gotten married. Not too long after she had a baby.

3. How many siblings does Mary Lou have?

From Quiz "Absolutely Normal Chaos" by Sharon Creech

Answer: Four

Their names are: Maggie (age 17), Dennis (12), Doug (better known as "Dougie," 8), and Tommy (age 4).

4. At the very start of the book, Zinny is comparing her life to what dish?

From Quiz "Chasing Redbird" by Sharon Creech

Answer: Spaghetti

Aunt Jessie has an embroidery hanging on her kitchen wall that says, "Life is a bowl of spaghetti, every now and then you get a meatball." When Zinny was little she thought it was a picture of worms and mud.

5. How long is The Wanderer?

From Quiz "The Wanderer" by Sharon Creech

Answer: 45 feet

Uncle Dock says it's a "pretty big baby," but once they go out to sea they all think it feels a lot smaller.

6. Where were Sal and her grandparents intending to go?

From Quiz "Walk Two Moons"

Answer: Lewiston, Idaho

This is where Sal's mother was resting peacefully. Bybanks is where Sal once lived, Euclid is where they live now, and Coeur d'Alene is where Gram landed in the hospital.

7. What is Salamanca's whole name?

From Quiz Walk Two Moons

Answer: Salamanca Tree Hiddle

Salamanca's mother had wanted her to be name Salamanca "Sugar Maple Tree", but it was too long and no one else really liked it so she was, in the end, named Salamanca "Tree", after your basic tree.

8. Who is looking forward to a good dose of complaining at San Moritz?

From Quiz Sharon Creech's book 'Bloomability'

Answer: Mari

'I was rooming with Belen and another girl, Mari. Lila's name was also on the roster for our room, but none of us expected her to show up. 'Too bad,' said Mari. 'I was looking forward to a good dose of complaining.'

9. What color is Mrs. Partridge's "most favoritest boa"?

From Quiz "Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech

Answer: Yellow

When Sal introduces Phoebe to her, Mrs. Partridge is wearing a purple dress and her yellow boa and sitting on her front porch.

10. What does the FIRST sign Dinnie places in her window read?

From Quiz "Bloomability" by Sharon Creech

Answer: Kidnapped! Held against my will!

At first Dinnie writes the sign in English, but Aunt Sandy says people might not be able to read English. The other signs are ones she tries to write in Italian, with little success.

11. How many slices of ham and bread does Carl Ray grab before anyone else has a chance?

From Quiz "Absolutely Normal Chaos" by Sharon Creech

Answer: Six slices of ham and four slices of bread

Mary Lou thinks he wants to go lie down after lunch because he ate such a big meal.

12. What does Uncle Nate call his nieces and nephews?

From Quiz "Chasing Redbird" by Sharon Creech

Answer: Pumpkins and Tadpoles

Gretchen, at seventeen, is not happy to be known as "the biggest pumpkin."

13. What does Brian choose to teach on the journey?

From Quiz "The Wanderer" by Sharon Creech

Answer: Points of sail

Most of the crew knows about points of sail, but Brian can't think of anything else to teach. Sophie teaches Bompie's stories, and everyone wonders how she learned them when she never met Bompie. Turns out he sent them to her in letters after she was first adopted. "Mike-Oscar" (Uncle Mo) teaches radio code. "Charlie-Oscar" (Cody) is pleased when he memorizes the complete code faster than "Bravo-Romeo" (Brian). Uncle Dock teaches reading charts, and Uncle Stew teaches how to use the sextant.

14. Why did Sal want to get to Idaho so quickly?

From Quiz "Walk Two Moons"

Answer: She wanted to see her mother on her birthday.

Her mother's birthday was on August 20th.

15. Why is Salamanca's hair so special?

From Quiz Walk Two Moons

Answer: She can sit on it

Ben asked her if she could sit on her hair, and she said 'Yes', so he drew a picture of a salamander sitting on its hair.

16. What did the avalanche sound like?

From Quiz Sharon Creech's book 'Bloomability'

Answer: Muffled drums

'And then we heard it. It was an odd sound, like muffled drums far off.'

17. Phoebe's father once had a man at the state fair guess his age. How old did the man guess Mr. Winterbottom was?

From Quiz "Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech

Answer: Fifty-two

Because the age-guesser had not guessed his age within one year, Mr. Winterbottom received the prize of a large, green stuffed teddy bear. All through the rest of the time at the fair he kept saying, "Fifty-two? *Fifty-two?* Do I LOOK fifty-two?" Because he thought he looked much younger than the thirty-eight years he actually was.

18. What is the name of the boy Mary Lou kissed when she was nine?

From Quiz "Absolutely Normal Chaos" by Sharon Creech

Answer: Johnny White

Mrs. White called Mary Lou's mom and told her to make her daughter stop "necking" with her son in the woods.

19. Uncle Dock and Sophie think the heavy fog they encounter looks like what?

From Quiz "The Wanderer" by Sharon Creech

Answer: Cat feet

Uncle Dock recites a poem about "cat's feet in the fog," and from then on that's what Sophie sees, too.

20. When they were in Madison, Gramps wrote a note because he didn't have correct change for the parking meter. He said he was a World War II veteran with what in his leg?

From Quiz "Walk Two Moons"

Answer: German shrapnel

He just made up the story about German shrapnel in his note. He also stated in his note that he kindly appreciated the members of the fair city of Madison to park in this space even though he didn't have correct change for the meter.

21. What is Salamanca's best friend's name?

From Quiz Walk Two Moons

Answer: Phoebe

Her last name is Winterbottom.

22. What's the name of the church in Lugano where Dinnie first saw Lila?

From Quiz Sharon Creech's book 'Bloomability'

Answer: St. Abbondio

Lugano is a real place. Mt. San Salvatore and its funicolare are really there, and Montagnola is a real village. St. Abbondio is therefore a real church.

23. Whose back tires did Gram and Gramps borrow while in Washington D.C. a year or so before the book takes place?

From Quiz "Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech

Answer: The senator's

Apparently in Bybanks, where Gram and Gramps are from, you can "borrow" someone's back tires if one of yours goes flat. You cannot do that in Washington D.C., however, and especially not to the senator's car.

24. When Dinnie and Lila order pizza, what does Dinnie's have on it that looks like squished centipedes?

From Quiz "Bloomability" by Sharon Creech

Answer: Anchovies

Because of the language barrier, the waiter brings Dinnie pizza with anchovies. Dinnie picks them off and hides them under a piece of crust.

25. How much "gold" does the Finney's neighbor, Mr. Furtz, offer Mary Lou for watering his lawn?

From Quiz "Absolutely Normal Chaos" by Sharon Creech

Answer: 50 cents

When Carl Ray hears Mary Lou say, "Sure, Mr. Furtz," he realizes that the Finney's neighbor is actually his father.

26. Zinny finds a medallion on the trail with the initials TNWM. What do they stand for?

From Quiz "Chasing Redbird" by Sharon Creech

Answer: 'Til Next We Meet

Later on Zinny remembers going into a circus tent when Rose was alive and the fortune teller inside pressing a medallion into each hand and whispering, "'Til next we meet."

27. What does Cody call the dolphins?

From Quiz "The Wanderer" by Sharon Creech

Answer: Dolphin darlings

Sophie's surprsed that Cody calls them "dolphin darlings" when he's such a "hunk." Brian is the one who couldn't care less about them.

28. What is Salamanca's boyfriend's name?

From Quiz Walk Two Moons

Answer: Ben

His last name is Finney.

29. What time are lights-out at San Moritz?

From Quiz Sharon Creech's book 'Bloomability'

Answer: Ten-thirty

Lights-out were tecnically at ten-thirty, but Belen and Mari shoved a towel at the crack under the door so that it would look like lights were out, and kept talking.

30. What are Phoebe's parents' names?

From Quiz "Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech

Answer: George and Norma

Sal finds it odd that both Mr. and Mrs. Winterbottom call each other by their first names almost every time they say something.

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