Q 01/05

In Greek myth, the sirens behind the title Secret of the Sirens lured sailors to their deaths using what?

A) False beacons

B) Their singing

C) A magic fog

D) Golden treasure

Answer · why

B) Their singing

Their singing was so hard to resist that Odysseus had his crew plug their ears with beeswax and tie him to the mast.

Q 02/05

The Gorgon's Gaze is named for monsters of Greek myth whose look turned people into what?

A) Stone

B) Glass

C) Salt

D) Ash

Answer · why

A) Stone

Stone was the fate of anyone who looked at the three Gorgon sisters; in Julia Golding's novel, just one gorgon is left in the world.

Q 03/05

In which seaside town does Connie Lionheart go to live with her aunt at the start of the Companions Quartet?

A) Chartmouth

B) Salcombe

C) Hescombe

D) Lynmouth

Answer · why

C) Hescombe

Hescombe is a fictional town in the south of England, and most of the four books take place there.

Q 04/05

Connie Lionheart and Col Clamworthy share which unusual physical feature in the Companions Quartet?

A) Silver hair

B) A crescent birthmark

C) Pointed ears

D) Mismatched eyes

Answer · why

D) Mismatched eyes

Mismatched eyes set both friends apart, and Connie's gift for talking to animals had already seen her moved from school to school.

Q 05/05

The Gorgon's Gaze features the last gorgon; which gorgon of Greek myth was beheaded by Perseus?

A) Stheno

B) Medusa

C) Euryale

D) Echidna

Answer · why

B) Medusa

Medusa was the only mortal one of the three sisters, which is why Perseus could kill her; Stheno and Euryale were immortal.