Q 01/05

'Erin Hunter', the credited author of Warriors, is what?

A) A retired veterinarian

B) A pseudonym of J. K. Rowling

C) A Scottish schoolteacher

D) A pen name for a team of writers

Answer · why

D) A pen name for a team of writers

The team, working with HarperCollins and the packager Working Partners, includes Kate Cary, Cherith Baldry, Victoria Holmes and Tui Sutherland. Holmes...

Q 02/05

The surname 'Hunter' was picked partly so the books would shelve next to which other animal fantasy series?

A) Watership Down

B) The Animals of Farthing Wood

C) Redwall

D) Guardians of Ga'Hoole

Answer · why

C) Redwall

The team has said 'Hunter' was chosen so the books would sit on shop shelves near Brian Jacques's Redwall, the mouse-abbey saga that was the obvious c...

Q 03/05

Which of Rusty's friends refuses to follow him into the forest in Into the Wild?

A) Smudge

B) Henry

C) Hattie

D) Jake

Answer · why

A) Smudge

Smudge, the plump black-and-white cat from the garden next door, warns Rusty against the wild cats and stays behind; Rusty joins ThunderClan anyway an...

Q 04/05

Who wrote the first two Warriors novels, Into the Wild and Fire and Ice?

A) Victoria Holmes

B) Kate Cary

C) Cherith Baldry

D) Tui Sutherland

Answer · why

B) Kate Cary

Kate Cary wrote both Into the Wild and Fire and Ice, the first two books of the original arc, and went on to write many later Warriors titles.

Q 05/05

In which year was Into the Wild, the first Warriors book, published?

A) 1999

B) 2003

C) 2006

D) 2010

Answer · why

B) 2003

Into the Wild was released in January 2003, launching the original arc later retitled The Prophecies Begin; its sequel Fire and Ice followed the same ...