Q 01/05

Kiera Cass's The Selection is often pitched as The Hunger Games meets which reality dating show?

A) Love Island

B) The Bachelor

C) Love Is Blind

D) Married at First Sight

Answer · why

B) The Bachelor

The Bachelor is the obvious model: 35 girls move into a palace and compete on camera for one prince's hand. A weekly broadcast keeps the whole country...

Q 02/05

In Kiera Cass's The Selection, America Singer is born into which caste of artists, musicians and performers?

A) Three

B) Four

C) Five

D) Six

Answer · why

C) Five

Five is the artists' caste, and its members live gig to gig. A family like America's eats well only when richer households keep hiring them to enterta...

Q 03/05

Which caste sits at the bottom of the ladder in The Selection, covering the homeless, runaways and addicts?

A) One

B) Six

C) Seven

D) Eight

Answer · why

D) Eight

Eight is the bottom rung, and falling there doubles as a punishment. In The Elite a disgraced contestant is stripped of her rank and made an Eight ove...

Q 04/05

Early in The Selection, what does America Singer do to Prince Maxon when she misreads his intentions?

A) Slaps him across the face

B) Pushes him into a fountain

C) Knees him in the groin

D) Throws wine at him

Answer · why

C) Knees him in the groin

Knees him in the groin, and stays in the contest anyway. Maxon forgives her, and the two go on to become close friends who trade secrets and advice.

Q 05/05

Which Selected girl, America Singer's best friend, is caned in The Elite for a secret romance with a guard?

A) Natalie Luca

B) Tuesday Keeper

C) Emmica Brass

D) Marlee Tames

Answer · why

D) Marlee Tames

Marlee Tames takes fifteen strokes and loses her caste for it. Maxon then hides her in the palace kitchens, where she marries the guard she fell for.