You are Tearing This Family Apart! Quiz

Answer: Sold his wife and daughter

Henchard, who became "The Mayor of Casterbridge", was a respectable man with a shameful past, brought on at least in part by the demon drink. As a young man, and under the influence of alcohol, he sold his wife and child to a sailor, an act which later returned to haunt him. Hardy's characters seldom lead happy lives, and Henchard's was no different.

Answer: Married Frank Kennedy

Scarlett needed money to pay the taxes on Tara, so she married Frank, long Suellen's boyfriend, who could provide the funds. He was her second husband, the first having been Charles Hamilton, who had been the intended of Honey Wilkes before Scarlett turned his head. Rhett was her third husband.

Answer: Tiny Tim Cratchit

Young Tim suffered from an ailment that made him quite frail, and the implication was that he would die if not given proper care. After his night with the Christmas ghosts, Scrooge resolved to provide the necessary to save the boy's life.

Answer: Mary, the mother

All three men were practicing alcoholics to some degree, with James Jr probably being the worst of the lot. Eugene O'Neill is said to have based the Tyrones on his own family, including his drug-addicted mother.

Answer: His wife died in childbirth, along with their son.

Mr Chipping, affectionately known as "Chips", married late in life and had the devastating experience of losing both his wife and infant at the same time. He rallied to carry on his duties at the school, and even returned from retirement to fill in for other teachers who had volunteered to serve in the First World War.

It was the family of another literary teacher, David Powlett-Jones of R.F. Delderfield's "To Serve Them All My Days" who died in a traffic accident.

Answer: The Grapes of Wrath

Forced from their home in Oklahoma, the Joads joined the great westward migration in search of work and the hope of a better life. Some of the older family members did not survive the journey; younger ones were forced to leave the group; a child was stillborn, yet they managed to retain their self-respect and sense of worth.

Answer: Gytha "Nanny" Ogg

As described in "Witches Abroad", the Ogg family feud was the nearest thing Nanny had to a hobby, so she encouraged the skirmishing. Everything would change, however, should an outsider take up against an Ogg, when the family would come together against the intruder.

Answer: His brother

Banks and his brother Roy were never close, and Roy's possibly shady business dealings did nothing to help the situation. Even so, when Alan received a message from Roy indicating that the younger Banks was in trouble he didn't hesitate to try to help, though without success.

Answer: Percy

A minor antagonist in J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter" series, Percy had been a prefect whilst at Hogwarts, and was the least likable of the Ron Weasley's brothers. Despite having toed the Ministry line during the years when Voldemort was preparing for his return, Percy proved himself a loyal member of his family during the Battle of Hogwarts.

Answer: The father gave the son away when he was a child.

During WWII, Bin and his parents and two siblings were forced to move from their coastal British Columbia home to an inland camp because of their Japanese ancestry. Whilst in the camp, Bin's father gave his youngest child to the childless Okuma-san, who raised the boy and taught him a love of music. Years later, after raising a son of his own and losing his wife to disease, Bin made the trek from Ottawa back to British Columbia for a possible reunion with his biological father.