Upside-Down Magic
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40 free Upside-Down Magic trivia questions with answers — literature quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
Upside-Down Magic starts with a simple question: what happens to the kids whose powers don't work the way everyone expects? Nory Horace can turn into animals, but never just one at a time, and her classmates have magic that is every bit as unpredictable. The series follows them through a public magic school where being different turns out to be the point. This quiz covers the whole series, with extra attention to the books readers are most often tested on. There are questions on the first book and how Nory lands in the Upside-Down Magic class, on the talent show in Showing Off, and on the field trip to Dragon Haven in Dragon Overnight, along with the later books, the three authors and the 2020 movie. It is written for readers aged about eight to twelve, and for parents, teachers and librarians who want a quick check after a chapter book is finished. Every answer comes with a short explanation, so a wrong guess still teaches something about the story.
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Q 01In the Upside-Down Magic books, which elite school rejects Nory Horace after her entrance exam goes wrong?
Sage Academy
Sage Academy turns her down when she is asked for a plain black kitten and produces a dragon-kitten mix instead.
Q 02The 2020 movie version of Upside-Down Magic first aired as an original film on which children's TV network?
Disney Channel
Disney Channel optioned the books in 2015, the year the first one came out, and premiered its film version five years later.
Q 03In the first Upside-Down Magic book, Nory Horace wrecks furniture as a 'bitten', a kitten mixed with which animal?
Beaver
Beaver plus kitten makes a 'bitten', and her brother Hawthorn has to scare her back into human form before they clean up the mess.
Q 04Bax Kapoor is an upside-down Fluxer in Upside-Down Magic: instead of an animal, what does he usually turn into?
A rock
A rock is his usual shape, and because he cannot change back by himself, a classmate often pushes him around in a wheelbarrow.
Q 05In the Upside-Down Magic books, which of the five main types of magic lets a person communicate with animals?
Fuzzy
Fuzzy students begin by feeding animals and work up to bonding with them, and a few can even understand animal language.
Q 06In the 2020 Upside-Down Magic movie, which kind of evil magic possesses a student on Founders' Day?
Shadow
Shadow Magic takes the form of a girl whom only its victim can see, and it is the UDM students who finally break its hold.
Q 07Dragon Overnight follows Nory Horace and which Upside-Down Magic classmate, a boy who cannot stop floating upward?
Andres Padillo
Andres Padillo is kept down by a leash or a backpack full of bricks, yet he can fly far higher than other fifth graders, who rise only a few feet.
Q 08In the Upside-Down Magic books, which sport for young Fluxers does Nory Horace play in an after-school club?
Kittenball
Kittenball teams take turns whacking yarn balls at a basket on a tower while defenders try to unravel them, and adults play the same game as tigers.
Q 09In the Upside-Down Magic books, a student like Pepper Phan whose magic terrifies animals is known as what?
A Fierce
A Fierce scares animals instead of charming them, and Pepper frightened the family pet so badly that her parents had to give it away.
Q 10Elliott Cohen is an upside-down Flare in the Upside-Down Magic books: instead of making fire, what does his magic do?
Freezes things
Freezes things, and it cost him: the Flare friends he had before his magic came in dropped him once it turned out icy.
Q 11After failing her entrance exam in the first Upside-Down Magic book, Nory Horace is sent to live with which relative?
Her aunt
Her aunt Margo is a Flyer who earns a living as a flying taxi, carrying passengers through the air on trips as long as an hour.
Q 12In the Upside-Down Magic books, what job does Nory Horace's strict father hold at an elite magic school?
Headmaster
Headmaster or not, her father gives her no special treatment, and his school turns her away like any other applicant who fails the test.
Q 13In the first Upside-Down Magic book, Nory Horace becomes an elephant mixed with which animal at lunch on day one?
Skunk
Skunk and elephant combine into a 'skunkephant' that sprays the bullies at the lunch table, after which she hides in a closet.
Q 21In Showing Off, the third Upside-Down Magic book, the UDM class enters the school talent show as what kind of act?
A band
A band of musicians is their choice, with Sebastian as conductor, since six of the classmates turn out to be musical.
Q 22In Showing Off, which fire-making bully surprises the others by helping the Upside-Down Magic class at the talent show?
Zinnia
Zinnia changes sides after making friends with Pepper, which leaves her old allies Lacey and Rune far from pleased.
Q 23In Showing Off, the third Upside-Down Magic book, Bax Kapoor fluxes into which instrument during the talent show?
A player piano
A player piano marks real progress for Bax, whose magic had nearly always produced the same lifeless shape, and he sometimes manages a swivel chair too.
Q 14In the Upside-Down Magic books, teacher Eloise Starr has unusual magic of her own: what happens to animals near her?
They can talk
They can talk in English whenever she is near, a power that caused chatty chaos around animals during her own school days.
Q 15In the first Upside-Down Magic book, Nory and Elliott practice a trick from a book titled The Box of what?
Normal
Normal is the missing word, and the trick works well enough for both of them to pass the test to leave UDM, yet the principal keeps them in the class.
Q 16Which children's publisher released all eight Upside-Down Magic books, starting with the first in 2015?
Scholastic
Scholastic launched the series in 2015 and kept it going for eight books, the last of which, Night Owl, appeared in 2021.
Q 17Sarah Mlynowski, a co-author of Upside-Down Magic, is best known for which bestselling series of her own?
Whatever After
Whatever After is a New York Times bestseller, and Mlynowski, originally from Montreal, also co-founded the OMG BookFest.
Q 18Upside-Down Magic co-author Emily Jenkins wrote the hit teen novel We Were Liars under which pen name?
E. Lockhart
E. Lockhart is the name on the cover of We Were Liars, which reached television as a series in 2025.
Q 19In the Upside-Down Magic books, which clique of mean Flares, led by Lacey Clench, bullies the UDM kids?
The Sparkies
The Sparkies used to include Elliott, until his own fire magic went wrong and the others pushed him out of the group.
Q 20In Weather or Not, the fifth Upside-Down Magic book, whose upside-down magic makes rain fall indoors?
Willa Ingeborg
Willa Ingeborg rains harder the worse she feels, flooding classrooms, so umbrellas are kept close by in case of an outburst.
Q 24In Showing Off, Pepper Phan earns money by turning her Upside-Down Magic into what kind of service?
Pest removal
Pest removal suits a girl who frightens animals, and because the pests simply flee unharmed, she earns more than a hundred dollars.
Q 25In Showing Off, the third Upside-Down Magic book, Nory Horace performs for her father as which bird?
Flamingo
Flamingo was the plan, but she adds kitten to make a 'kittingo', and her father takes it as proof that her magic is still out of control.
Q 26In Dragon Overnight, the Upside-Down Magic class visits Dragon Haven, which is what kind of place for dragons?
A rescue center
A rescue center for orphaned and injured dragons, it lets students and scientists study the animals while they recover.
Q 27In Dragon Overnight, what name does Nory Horace give the baby dragon she secretly carries around Dragon Haven?
Roarie
Roarie rhymes with Nory, and the newborn bonds with her so strongly that it knows her even when she is in dritten form.
Q 28Dragon Overnight reveals that the dragon half of Nory Horace's dritten is which fire-breathing, plant-eating species?
Blurper
Blurper dragons are rare, large fliers with enormous talons, and the noise they make is a 'blurp'.
Q 29In Dragon Overnight, in which part of Dragon Haven do the Upside-Down Magic kids hope to see a newborn dragon?
The Hatchery
The Hatchery is where dragon eggs crack open to release babies known as whelps, and one does arrive during the class's visit.
Q 30In the Upside-Down Magic books, what name is given to rare students like Mitali who have both Flare and Fluxer magic?
Double talents
Double talents are told to keep their two powers apart at her school, which Mitali says feels like being squished into a too-small box.