Q 01/05

Which classic did Neil Gaiman rework as the tale of Nobody Owens, with ghosts replacing animals?

A) The Jungle Book

B) The Wind in the Willows

C) Watership Down

D) Charlotte's Web

Answer · why

A) The Jungle Book

The Jungle Book gave Gaiman his template: Mowgli grows up among jungle animals, Bod among the dead, and some chapters mirror Kipling's stories one for...

Q 02/05

In The Graveyard Book, what is Bod's guardian hinted to be, though the novel never says so?

A) A fallen angel

B) A wizard

C) A vampire

D) A demon

Answer · why

C) A vampire

A vampire is the clear implication: he casts no reflection, sleeps in a steamer trunk and takes a bat-like form, yet the text never names what he is.

Q 03/05

In The Graveyard Book, what kind of creature is Bod's strict tutor Miss Lupescu revealed to be?

A) A changeling

B) A werewolf

C) A banshee

D) A selkie

Answer · why

B) A werewolf

A werewolf, though her kind prefer the name Hounds of God: they see the change as a gift and will chase evildoers to the gates of Hell.

Q 04/05

What was Neil Gaiman's young son riding in a cemetery when the idea for The Graveyard Book struck?

A) A scooter

B) A skateboard

C) A pony

D) A tricycle

Answer · why

D) A tricycle

A tricycle: watching the boy pedal happily between the graves in 1985, Gaiman pictured a child raised among the dead, then took over twenty years to w...

Q 05/05

Which top American prize for children's literature did Neil Gaiman win with The Graveyard Book?

A) Newbery Medal

B) Caldecott Medal

C) Printz Award

D) National Book Award

Answer · why

A) Newbery Medal

Newbery Medal judges pick the year's most distinguished American children's book; it later took Britain's equivalent too, a double no book had managed...