Q 01/05

The orphaned hero of A Redbird Christmas tells his landlady he was named after which everyday pantry item?

A) A box of crackers

B) A can of soup

C) A bar of soap

D) A tin of cocoa

Answer · why

B) A can of soup

A can of soup is where his name came from, he admits when Betty Kitchen coaxes out his life story.

Q 02/05

Jack, the pet redbird in Fannie Flagg's A Redbird Christmas, is which bird known for the male's bright red feathers?

A) Robin

B) Scarlet tanager

C) Cardinal

D) House finch

Answer · why

C) Cardinal

Cardinal and redbird are two names for the same bird, and Jack is no ordinary one: he is the unofficial mascot of Lost River.

Q 03/05

How does Claude Underwood deliver the mail around Lost River in Fannie Flagg's A Redbird Christmas?

A) By mule

B) By bicycle

C) By truck

D) By boat

Answer · why

D) By boat

By boat is how Claude makes his rounds, just as carriers do on Alabama's real Magnolia River, said to be the only year-round river mail route in the U...

Q 04/05

Which wintry Midwestern city does Oswald T. Campbell leave behind for Alabama in A Redbird Christmas?

A) Chicago

B) Detroit

C) Cleveland

D) Milwaukee

Answer · why

A) Chicago

Chicago is in the grip of an early November blizzard as the story opens, with Oswald trudging through slush to a fateful appointment.

Q 05/05

A Redbird Christmas author Fannie Flagg earned an Oscar nomination for adapting which of her novels for the screen?

A) Steel Magnolias

B) Fried Green Tomatoes

C) The Secret Life of Bees

D) The Prince of Tides

Answer · why

B) Fried Green Tomatoes

Fried Green Tomatoes began as her 1987 novel about the Whistle Stop Cafe, and the 1991 film starred Kathy Bates and Jessica Tandy.