Q 01/05

In Marissa Meyer's Cinder, what does the cyborg heroine lose on the palace steps as she flees the ball?

A) Her shoe

B) Her foot

C) Her hand

D) Her crown

Answer · why

B) Her foot

Her foot comes off on the stairs, an image that inspired the whole book: Marissa Meyer pictured Cinderella losing a foot instead of a shoe.

Q 02/05

Before The Lunar Chronicles, Marissa Meyer spent ten years writing fan fiction about which 1990s anime?

A) Sailor Moon

B) Cowboy Bebop

C) Outlaw Star

D) Gundam Wing

Answer · why

A) Sailor Moon

Sailor Moon fan fiction taught Marissa Meyer her craft: she finished more than forty stories, many of them novel-length, before she sold a book.

Q 03/05

What does a disguised Queen Levana feed her stepdaughter, Princess Winter, to give her the plague?

A) A slice of apple tart

B) A fresh red apple

C) A sour apple candy

D) A cup of apple cider

Answer · why

C) A sour apple candy

A sour apple candy, Winter's favorite treat, hides the plague, and Levana hands it over herself while dressed as an old crone. Winter faints and is ke...

Q 04/05

How is Queen Levana related to Cinder, the cyborg mechanic at the heart of The Lunar Chronicles?

A) Her mother

B) Her stepmother

C) Her older sister

D) Her aunt

Answer · why

D) Her aunt

Her aunt Levana is the younger sister of Cinder's mother, Queen Channary, and is believed to have tried to kill her as a small child to keep the thron...

Q 05/05

What happens to Captain Thorne when the satellite carrying him and Cress crashes to Earth in Cress?

A) He loses his memory

B) He breaks both legs

C) He goes blind

D) He loses his voice

Answer · why

C) He goes blind

He goes blind after hitting his head in the fall, so Cress, who has spent most of her life alone in orbit, has to lead them both to safety.