Fahrenheit 2/21 — test your knowledge of taboo texts
It’s National Library Lover’s Month! Celebrate with this ten-pack of trivia about Banned Books. For answers, click over to page 23 of the Local’s February Edition — or pick up printed copy for free at various locations in East Falls, Germantown and Allegheny West.
How well did you pay attention in English class? Ten questions, GO:
- Getting inspiration for the title from a Robert Burns poem, which Steinbeck novel tells the story of migrant workers George and Lennie?
- Arguably one of the best young adult novels of all time, which 1974 Robert Cormier book is about a secret student which descends into mob mentality against lone, non-conforming student Jerry Renault?
- Despite remaining on the NYT paperback bestseller list for over two years, which writer and poet’s autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is often banned in some schools and libraries?
- Revolving around advice about killing, stealing, and cheating, which 2003 book is about a young boy, his father, and his best friend, set against the backdrop of the rise of the Taliban?
- Named one of the Greatest American Novels, which Mark Twain book is about a Missouri boy who runs away with his slave friend Jim in an escape from civilized life?
- Featuring such enemies as the Talking Toilets, the Incredibly Naughty Cafeteria Ladies from Outer Space, and Professor Poopypants, which children’s series revolves around a high school principal with a superhero alter ego whose catchphrase is “Tra La La!”?
- In a post about the book by someone who has never read it, one BuzzFeed writer said which book series was about “A boy with a magic scar on his head continually sav[ing] his kind without complaining or taking a nap”?
- Leading to its criticism as an ‘assassination trigger,’ which JD Salinger book is associated with, among others, John Lennon’s killer?
- Harper Lee’s second and final book, called Go Set a Watchman, was released in 2015, 55 years after her first one. What was the first book?
- A soothing, happiness-inducing drug, Soma is a reoccurring substance in which Huxley book set in a dystopian future?
Remember, you’ll find the answers in this month’s edition of The Local newspaper (inside back cover). Thank you for supporting independent community news!
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