Q 01/05

What name does Julie give the big black leader of the wolf pack in Julie of the Wolves?

A) Nails

B) Amaroq

C) Silver

D) Zing

Answer · why

B) Amaroq

Amaroq follows an Iñupiaq word for wolf, though a teacher from Barrow later noted that the proper spelling is amaguq.

Q 02/05

Which American nature writer won a 1973 children's book prize for Julie of the Wolves?

A) Jean Craighead George

B) Gary Paulsen

C) Scott O'Dell

D) Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

Answer · why

A) Jean Craighead George

Jean Craighead George wrote more than a hundred books for children and worked in the 1940s as a Washington Post reporter.

Q 03/05

In Julie of the Wolves, which California city is home to the pen pal Julie sets out to reach?

A) Los Angeles

B) Santa Barbara

C) San Francisco

D) Sacramento

Answer · why

C) San Francisco

San Francisco reaches Julie through letters about television and sports cars, and her plan is to walk to the coast and sail there.

Q 04/05

How does the wolf pack's leader die as Julie nears the coast in Julie of the Wolves?

A) Caught in a steel trap

B) Drowned crossing a river

C) Starved during the winter

D) Shot from an airplane

Answer · why

D) Shot from an airplane

Shot from an airplane by hunters, the leader is killed, and the black pup she loves is badly wounded by the same gunfire.

Q 05/05

Which award, won a year earlier by Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, went to Julie of the Wolves in 1973?

A) Newbery Medal

B) Caldecott Medal

C) Carnegie Medal

D) Edgar Award

Answer · why

A) Newbery Medal

The Newbery Medal honours the year's most distinguished American children's book, and the author said it meant more to her than a Nobel.