Q 01/05

What happens when William first picks up the tiny Silver Knight in The Castle in the Attic?

A) It turns to gold

B) It crumbles to dust

C) It comes alive

D) It begins to glow

Answer · why

C) It comes alive

It comes alive in his hand and tells William about a kingdom stolen from him by a wizard's spell. Until then the knight had been a toy guarding the ga...

Q 02/05

How does William stop his beloved housekeeper from leaving him in The Castle in the Attic?

A) Puts her to sleep

B) Shrinks her

C) Makes her forget

D) Freezes her

Answer · why

B) Shrinks her

Shrinks her is the answer: William has a magic token used on her, leaving her the size of a toy and stuck inside the model castle. He soon regrets it ...

Q 03/05

William topples the evil wizard in The Castle in the Attic using skills from which sport?

A) Fencing

B) Wrestling

C) Martial arts

D) Gymnastics

Answer · why

D) Gymnastics

Gymnastics gives William the move that knocks the wizard down, letting him snatch the wizard's magic before he has to face his own fears.

Q 04/05

The author of The Castle in the Attic is a great-great-niece of which US president?

A) Theodore Roosevelt

B) Woodrow Wilson

C) William Howard Taft

D) Calvin Coolidge

Answer · why

A) Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt's sister, a poet, was the author's ancestor, and the president wrote 38 books himself. She says it is his writing, not his office, ...

Q 05/05

Which creature guards the wizard's fortress and must be beaten by William in The Castle in the Attic?

A) A giant

B) A dragon

C) A griffin

D) A troll

Answer · why

B) A dragon

A dragon blocks the way in, and William learns how to defeat it from a man he frees from a spell on his journey. The fortress guards then keep quiet a...