Colorful Reading Material Trivia Quiz

Answer: James and the Giant Peach

While living with his two aunts, James Trotter encounters a man who gives him a magic sack of crocodile tongues guaranteed to supply happiness. On his way home, James accidentally spills the sack all over a peach tree. The peach tree begins to grow a peach the size of a house which leads James into a mystical, magical adventure.

Answer: Red

"The Red Badge of Courage" was written by Stephen Crane in 1895. Henry Fleming is a young private in the Union Army who runs away during the American Civil War. To make him feel better about running away from the war, Henry wishes he would receive a wound so he could display his red badge of courage. In the end, Henry returns to his regiment and leads the men into war.

Answer: Ham

"Green Eggs and Ham" was written by Dr. Seuss after his publisher bet him that he couldn't write a book with fifty words. The result of that bet was "Green Eggs and Ham". The book is told by an unnamed narrator to a man named Sam-I-Am. "Green Eggs and Ham" was published in 1960.

Answer: Horse

"Black Beauty" was written by Anna Sewell and published in 1877. The story is narrated by Black Beauty as he grows from a colt to retirement. "Black Beauty" teaches children about animal welfare and kindness to humans.

Answer: Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

"Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" was published in 2007. The fourth book follows the four girls through their summer and ends with them realizing that they don't need the traveling pants to bond them together.

Answer: Yellow

Leo Lionni was on a long train ride amusing himself with torn out sheets of blue and yellow paper when he came up with the idea for his first children's book, "Little Blue and Little Yellow". The colors blue and yellow follow each other around until one day they bump into each other and form a whole new color.

Answer: Purse

"Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse" was published in 1996 by Kevin Henkes. Lilly is proud of her purple plastic purse, which is in her favorite color. She is so proud of it that she takes it to school with her for show and tell. When she won't stop playing with her purse, her teacher takes the purse away from her and Lilly decides she doesn't like her teacher anymore.

Answer: Orange

Daniel Pinkwater published "The Big Orange Splot" in 1977. Mr. Plumbean has to paint his house after a seagull drops orange paint on his roof. Instead of painting his house to look like that of his neighbor's houses, Mr. Plumbean paints his house to look like his dreams. The illustrations in the book were done with magic marker.

Answer: Leroy

The first "Encyclopedia Brown" book was published in 1963 and written by Donald Sobol. Encyclopedia Brown in the nickname of the school-age boy, Leroy Brown. He was properly nicknamed Encyclopedia because of his knowledge.

Answer: Pinkalicious

"Pinkalicious" is the first in a series of stories about a little girl who loves the color pink so much it is all she can think about eating and wearing. "Pinkalicous" is the first in the series by the Kann sisters with books "Purplelicious", Silverlicious", and "Goldalicious" following the first book in the series.