What was my Pet? Trivia Quiz

Answer: Rat

Jo March and her sisters, Meg, Beth and Amy have a pet rat called Scrabble in the book "Little Women" written by Louisa May Alcott. The story is semi-autobiographical on behalf of Alcott. It tells the coming-of-age story of the four sisters and the challenges they endure as a result of poverty, the Civil War, death, and love. Alcott wrote the novel in two volumes, but later had it published under one title.

She then wrote two successful sequels, "Little Men" and "Jo's Boys".

Answer: Dragon

Saphira is the dragon that Eragon hatches out of an egg he finds in the mountains in the story "Eragon" by Christopher Paolini. The story follows Eragon and his discovery of who he really is and what he is really capable of. The book was the first of the "Inheritance Cycle" a series that follows Eragon in his struggle against evil (in the form of Galbatorix initially), and how he grows as a person.

Answer: Newfoundland dog

When Scottish writer J. M. Barrie wrote a play about not growing up, he could not have imagined how popular it would become. "Peter Pan; or, the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up" became a household name, especially after the Disney movie. Barrie later adapted it into a novel.

In it, three English children, Wendy, John and Peter Daring go off to Neverland with Peter Pan and have adventures in a place where you don't age. Nana, the Darling's dog, tries to act as the children's nanny with care and responsibility, but the children have to learn those characteristics for themselves.

Answer: Horse

Alec Ramsay meets the Black Stallion on a ship headed from India to the United States. The horse, a wild Arabian stallion, is stranded with Alec on a deserted island when their ship goes down. The two become friends and survive the island to return home where they continue to have great adventures. "The Black Stallion" was written by Walter Farley and this became a series consisting of twenty books.

Answer: Pine marten

So, Pantalaimon is not originally a pine marten, he is a daemon belonging to Lyra Belacqua in the trilogy "His Dark Materials" written by Philip Pullman. A daemon is a companion who can take on many shapes while his human companion is still young, but, after puberty, must assume one permanent shape.

When we meet Lyra again and she is 20, Pantalaimon has permanently adopted the form of a pine marten. The story is a coming-of-age story for Lyra as she travels through parallel universes, one of them ours.

The first book in the series is "Northern Lights" (which was published in North America as "The Golden Compass").

Answer: Hellhound

The "Percy Jackson and the Olympians" is a fantasy series written by Rick Riordan based on characters from Greek mythology. Starting with "The Lightning Thief," the protagonist, Percy Jackson, has to come to grips with the fact that he is half god, half human.

In the fourth book, "The Battle of the Labyrinth" Mrs O'Leary, a hellhound (in fact, the only friendly one in existence), becomes Percy Jackson's pet. Rick Riordan came to write the "Percy Jackson" stories when he ran out of Greek myths to tell his son and had to start making up some, with a modern twist.

Answer: Owl

Harry Potter of the eponymous "Harry Potter" series has an owl named Hedwig which helps him get his mail. Wizard's mail, of course, because the boy is a famous wizard. In fact, he is the "boy who lived" when the evil Lord Voldemort attacked him as a baby which also makes him a target for Voldemort when he seeks his revenge. JK Rowling wrote the first book, "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" when she was at a low point in her life but the unexpected success of the series propelled her into stardom and fortune.

Answer: Pig

Wilbur was the runt of his litter and was saved by Fern Arable. Wilbur later moves to Fern's uncle's farm where he meets a charming and resourceful spider named Charlotte, and their story is the basis for "Charlotte's Web" written by E. B. White. Charlotte is bent on saving her friend Wilbur from the butcher and does everything in her power to make the pig famous so that he won't be slaughtered.

A wonderful children's story, themes of death and change are introduced in a kind and gentle way.

Answer: Parrot

A story of pirates and their buried booty, "Treasure Island" was every young lad's dream adventure. Robert Louis Stevenson crafted a swashbuckling story of a young man, Jim Hawkins, who joins a band of buccaneers on their search after Captain Flint's treasure.

A crew member, "Long John" Silver, is one of the men who fascinates Jim, along with his charming parrot also called Captain Flint. "Treasure Island" is a story of growing up, but it also influenced how pirates were viewed by people generally.

Answer: Cat

Dinah was Alice's little cat in "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" written by Lewis Carroll. This was a pseudonym; his actual name was Charles Dodgson. Dodgson, a shy and introverted man at the best of times, was inspired one day when he was boating with his friend and met three young girls.

He proceeded to tell the three girls a story. These three girls begged Dodgson to write down this story, a project he proceeded to do the very next day. This became the story of a young girl, Alice, who is bored of her sister reading to her.

She then follows a white rabbit down a rabbit hole and has numerous adventures.