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"The Old Oak Wood" books are a collaboration between Wendy Froud (whose dolls were used for the illustrations) and Terri Windling, who provided the storylines about the adventures of a young faery named Sneazle.
3 quizzes and 55 trivia questions.
1.
  The Winter Child    
Multiple Choice
 20 Qns
The second book in the "Old Oak Wood" series, by Wendy Froud and Terri Windling, in which Sneezle and Twig have an amazing adventure in search of Lady Winter.
Average, 20 Qns, SilverNaiad, Nov 01 06
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  A Midsummer Night's Faery Tale    
Multiple Choice
 20 Qns
A fairly-easy (I'd say) quiz on one of the best faery books I've read, by Wendy Froud and Terri Windling. I might make quizzes on the sequels, "The Winter Child" and "The Faeries of Spring Cottage," so look for them!
Average, 20 Qns, SilverNaiad, Nov 01 06
Average
SilverNaiad
154 plays
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  The Faeries of Spring Cottage    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
A quiz on the third book in the "Old Oak Wood" series, by Wendy Froud and Terri Windling. Have fun!
Average, 15 Qns, SilverNaiad, Mar 16 06
Average
SilverNaiad
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trivia question Quick Question
What (other than a meal) does Billy give to Sneezle before he leaves?

From Quiz "The Faeries of Spring Cottage"




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Wendy / Windling Froud Trivia Questions
1. What month is it when the book starts?

From Quiz The Faeries of Spring Cottage

Answer: April

A lovely time of year!

2. Under what kind of tree is Sneezle's feather-lined nest?

From Quiz A Midsummer Night's Faery Tale

Answer: Oak

Sneezle, a tree-root faery, lives in a nest under an oak, but then later on (maybe for the winter) he has a house.

3. What does Sneezle give the dryad in exchange for the elder sticks?

From Quiz The Faeries of Spring Cottage

Answer: A story

The dryad says she doesn't think there are any stories she doesn't know, but Sneezle tells her about how (in "The Winter Child") he and Twig and Chick escaped Malagan's evil tower and journeyed home.

4. Borrowers have three hands. Two on the ends of their arms, and another one where?

From Quiz The Winter Child

Answer: On top of their heads

Borrowers also have beady eyes, floppy ears, and furry feet.

5. How old is Sneezle?

From Quiz A Midsummer Night's Faery Tale

Answer: Two hundred

Sneezle is a mere child in faery years.

6. What makes the little stick men leave Sneezle alone?

From Quiz The Faeries of Spring Cottage

Answer: The rain

The rain melts the stick men, but then they come back to life.

7. Oberon's cup is made of faery gold and what jewel?

From Quiz The Winter Child

Answer: Amethyst

This is a clue as to which borrower stole Oberon's cup, because most borrowers don't like faery gold, thinking it's bad luck.

8. One of the goblin berries Sneezle picks up is red. What color is the other one?

From Quiz A Midsummer Night's Faery Tale

Answer: White

One is "red as blood" and the other is "white as milk."

9. What is the name of Rowan's dog?

From Quiz The Faeries of Spring Cottage

Answer: She doesn't have one

Rowan has a black cat, Dinah, but no dog. The whole time Sneezle was in Spring Cottage, Dinah tried to catch him. All the faeries were terrified of her, but she really only wanted to play.

10. What two colors is Titania's gown for Midwinter's Eve?

From Quiz The Winter Child

Answer: Red and gold

Titania, the beautiful (of course) faery Queen, is described as having "hair turned silver by the moon, skin as white as milk, her velvet dress as red as wine."

11. What kind of faery pours mist from silver buckets in preparation for Midsummer Night?

From Quiz A Midsummer Night's Faery Tale

Answer: Sylphs

Sylphs, being delicate and ethereal, fly over the trees pouring mist from silver buckets.

12. What does Sneezle first smell when he (riding inside the book bag) enters Spring Cottage?

From Quiz The Faeries of Spring Cottage

Answer: Baking bread

Rowan's mother is the one who's making bread.

13. Other than acorn bread, blackberries, and the magic hazelnut, what does Sneezle pack in his traveling pouch before he first goes on the quest with Twig?

From Quiz The Winter Child

Answer: Cake

Honey cakes are Sneezle's favorite food. The sausages, fur coats, and Beezwottle's map of Old Oak Wood are given to the children when they leave the Council of the Sorcerers.

14. What do King Mustapha and Queen Glorinda's "knights" use as swords?

From Quiz The Faeries of Spring Cottage

Answer: Bottlebrushes

The knights bring Sneezle to their ruler, King Mustapha the Mad, who sits in a bathtub all day. Queen Glorinda the Glorious is furious when Sneezle says he's from a place with different rulers, so she has him thrown out the door for his insolence.

15. Who tricks Sneezle into eating the fake faery cakes?

From Quiz A Midsummer Night's Faery Tale

Answer: Rianna

Sneezle is very disappointed with himself after that. He thinks that he fell for the oldest faery trick like a gullible farm boy.

16. What is Billy Blind's house on top of?

From Quiz The Faeries of Spring Cottage

Answer: A wardrobe

Billy leads Sneezle up some curtains, around the walls on a narrow strip of wainscoting to Billy's house, which is Rowan's old dollhouse.

17. When Sneezle is in Malagan's tower, he is locked inside an iron cage. Where is the key to the cage kept?

From Quiz The Winter Child

Answer: Inside a moldy dragon head

At first, Twig doesn't know where to look, but Sneezle tells her that the key is kept inside the dragon head. Chick, however, just climbs through the cage bars, which is when Sneezle and Twig really start to wonder who she is.

18. What (other than a meal) does Billy give to Sneezle before he leaves?

From Quiz The Faeries of Spring Cottage

Answer: His ancestral sword

Billy's sword is called Courage, and, he says, it's been in his family for years. Nevertheless, Billy is kind, and he loans Courage to Sneezle while the young root-faery goes to find Aurora.

19. Who wishes on Sneezle's hazelnut for the flying ship?

From Quiz The Winter Child

Answer: Twig

Twig was only making some suggestions, but since she said them out loud, the wish worked anyway.

20. What color is Oberon's unicorn?

From Quiz A Midsummer Night's Faery Tale

Answer: Black

Oberon summons his steed with a single word in the Old Language. His mount is black, while Titania's is white.

21. What color is the faery/doll that Sneezle fixes the hand of?

From Quiz The Faeries of Spring Cottage

Answer: Violet

The poor faery's hand came off, and Sneezle feels sorry for her. He doesn't have any glue to put it back on with, so he binds it up with his favorite scarf.

22. What does Stin (the doorkeeper at the Royal Council of Sorcerers) mishear Sneezle's name as?

From Quiz The Winter Child

Answer: Weasel bear

Twig introduces her and the others by saying (loudly) into Stin's ear trumpet, "MY NAME IS TWIG. THAT'S SNEEZLE, THERE, AND LITTLE CHICK." Stin, very hard of hearing, announces them by saying, "Fig, Weasel Bear, and Chicken Little are here!"

23. Out of the tailors, which one said that their job took the most skill?

From Quiz A Midsummer Night's Faery Tale

Answer: The Hat-and-Wig maker

Everyone thinks THEY should be the one to go instead of Twig. The Hat-and-Wig maker says his job takes the most skill, the Senior Seamstress says she is the oldest, and a pair of modeling maidens say that they should, as they're far more beautiful than Twig. Finally, it is the Royal Tailor who claps his hands and says that there's no use in arguing.

24. What other names does Aurora say she is called?

From Quiz The Faeries of Spring Cottage

Answer: Dawn and Hope

When Sneezle asks her name, Aurora says, "I'm called Aurora. And also Dawn, and Hope, among other things."

25. What position does Alderrod have in the Council of Sorcerers?

From Quiz The Winter Child

Answer: First-staff

After Malagan was stripped of the position, it was offered to Tamaryst, who turned it down because she had, "seen what it had done" to Malagan. So Alderrod was named First-staff instead.

26. What, other than a glass vial and a book of spells, does the Old One pull out of the pocket in his coat and then give to Sneezle?

From Quiz The Faeries of Spring Cottage

Answer: A mortar and pestle

Some other things that the Old One pulls out of his pockets but does NOT give Sneezle are: nuts and bolts, an apple, a light bulb, an "oddly shaped tool," and a dainty glass slipper.

27. What does Tamaryst's crystal ball show when it's asked about Chick?

From Quiz The Winter Child

Answer: Snow

The sorcerers and sorceresses think it means that the crystal isn't working correctly, but really it's showing Lady Winter, Chick's mother.

28. Who rescues Twig from almost drowning when the magic shoe/boat capsizes?

From Quiz The Winter Child

Answer: Uncle Wirt

Pedar Rootmuster swims Sneezle to shore, while Uncle Wirt swims Twig to shore.

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