15 The Face on the Milk Carton Questions | Authors Trivia Quiz

Answer: Letting Janie learn to drive

Her mother claims that Janie's old enough, but her father still thinks of her as his little girl. The two argue over whether Janie can learn to drive over dinner. Eventually, though, her father gives in, and it's decided that he'll take Janie out driving.

Answer: lactose intolerance

She discovers she's lactose intolerant several weeks before the book begins, meaning no ice cream, cheese, and especially no milk. But despite her problem, she grabs a carton of milk to wash down her peanut butter sandwich and discovers the picture of herself.

Answer: Short

Janie is known for her long, thick red hair--another trait that she shares with her biological family, the Springs. When she goes to New Jersey to find out more about them, seeing their hair color convinces her that she must really be their long lost daughter.

Answer: Javensen

When Janie goes to her parents, demanding to know the truth about her past, her father tells her that no one here is a Johnson. Originally, their family was called Javensen, but after Hannah shows up with Janie, the family has to flee the cult. They change their name and go from town to town until they're sure that they are safe.

Spring is the surname of Janie's biological family, and O'Dell is the last name of one of Janie's best friends, Adair.

Answer: Hare Krishna

Hannah's guilt over her privileged lifestyle leads her to join the Hare Krishna cult, whose members were often seen begging in airports and other venues in the 1970s.

The Moonies refer to the Unification Movement of Sun Myung Moon. Heaven's Gate was a cult, whose members all committed suicide together. Their leader, Marshall Applewhite, convinced them that a spaceship was hidden behind the Hale Bopp comet, and that they would all be able to hitch a ride on it by killing themselves. The Family refers to the Charles Manson and his followers, who brutally murdered Sharon Tate and her friends in 1969.

Answer: Honey

Janie remembers having a large dog named Honey. She used to sit on the kitchen floor and hug Honey, who would then lick her face, and she remembers her mother yelling at her.

Answer: Jennie Spring

According to the milk carton, Jennie Spring was kidnapped at the age of three from a New Jersey shopping mall. Though Janie's friends, looking at the children on the milk carton, muse that no one would be able to recognize someone who'd been kidnapped twelve years ago, Janie does in fact recognize herself.

Answer: White with dark polka dots

Janie remembers wearing a white dress with dark polka dots, as well as eating ice cream with Hannah, right before Hannah takes her to live with the Johnsons.

Answer: Law school student

Lizzie, who's convinced she knows everything, is a law student. Like Reeve's other older siblings, she's a brilliant student and over-achiever, and basically makes Reeve feel completely inadequate.

Reeve suggests going to her for advice at one point, but Janie flips out.

Answer: Jane Johnson

She signs her own name. The motel owner snickers, thinking she's made up something on the spot, and Reeve gets angry. The two end up leaving the motel.

Answer: Soccer

Janie's dad coaches soccer. He's always asking Janie to come watch, which she finally does, with Reeve, towards the end.

Answer: true

They break up because Janie is too focused on her milk carton plight to pay much attention to their relationship, but they eventually get back together.

Answer: New Jersey

Reeve and Janie cut class because Janie wants to see where her birth family lives. Though Reeve initially thinks that Janie just wants to cut school so the two of them can hang out, it's her idea for them to drive all the way to New Jersey to find out as much as she can about her birth family.

Answer: Same hair color

When she sees the Spring kids walking home from school, they all have red hair, just like her.

Answer: Mrs. Johnson

As Mrs. Johnson puts it, a mother needs to hear her own baby's voice. The book ends with Janie calling Mrs. Spring to let her know she's all right.