Q 01/05

In The Tiger Rising, Rob imagines locking his painful feelings inside which everyday object?

A) A glass jar

B) A suitcase

C) A toolbox

D) A shoebox

Answer · why

B) A suitcase

A suitcase is where Rob stuffs every painful thought, and he scolds himself whenever a memory of his mother makes him open it. Meeting Sistine slowly ...

Q 02/05

What happens to the tiger moments after Rob and Sistine set it free in The Tiger Rising?

A) It attacks Beauchamp

B) It climbs back inside

C) It runs off for good

D) It is shot dead

Answer · why

D) It is shot dead

It is shot dead by Rob's father, who feared the animal would hurt or kill his son. The loss finally gets the two of them talking about Rob's mother.

Q 03/05

Which singer and actress plays wise Willie May in the film adaptation of The Tiger Rising?

A) Queen Latifah

B) Jennifer Hudson

C) Mary J. Blige

D) Janelle Monáe

Answer · why

A) Queen Latifah

Queen Latifah plays Willie May, who warns Rob that letting the animal loose is not an option. The film was made in late 2019 but did not reach cinemas...

Q 04/05

The Tiger Rising's Sistine is named after a chapel ceiling painted by which Renaissance artist?

A) Botticelli

B) Donatello

C) Michelangelo

D) Leonardo da Vinci

Answer · why

C) Michelangelo

Michelangelo painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling in fresco between 1508 and 1512. Rob stuns his new classmate on the bus by being the only kid in town ...

Q 05/05

Which English poet wrote the tiger poem that Sistine recites beside the cage in The Tiger Rising?

A) Rudyard Kipling

B) William Blake

C) Lord Byron

D) John Keats

Answer · why

B) William Blake

William Blake published 'The Tyger' in 1794 in his collection Songs of Experience. Sistine recites its opening the first time she sees the caged anima...