Q 01/05

Who wrote the Fear Street books?

A) R. L. Stine

B) Christopher Pike

C) Lois Duncan

D) Stephen King

Answer · why

A) R. L. Stine

He started the teen series in 1989, three years before Goosebumps.

Q 02/05

In what year did the Fear Street series begin?

A) 1985

B) 1989

C) 1992

D) 1995

Answer · why

B) 1989

The first book was The New Girl.

Q 03/05

What was the first Fear Street book?

A) The Surprise Party

B) The New Girl

C) The Overnight

D) Missing

Answer · why

B) The New Girl

Its hero, Cory Brooks, pops up in several later novels.

Q 04/05

The street is named after which family?

A) The Goodes

B) The Bermans

C) The Fears

D) The Millers

Answer · why

C) The Fears

The family name was originally spelled Fier.

Q 05/05

Why did Simon Fier change the family name to Fear?

A) To hide from creditors

B) To sound more English

C) A clerk misspelled it

D) The letters could spell 'fire'

Answer · why

D) The letters could spell 'fire'

He was told the family was cursed; the curse followed them to Shadyside after the Civil War.