In "The Grapes of Wrath", which character has been paroled from prison?

Literature Trivia / October 12, 2026

Tom Joad. Tom Joad was in prison for committing a homicide.

In "The Thief Lord", what magical device can make a person younger?

Literature Trivia / October 12, 2026

Merry-Go-Round. Merry-go-rounds, or carousels, often play calliope music.

What pond did Henry David Thoreau make famous?

Literature Trivia / October 11, 2026

Walden Pond. Thoreau built himself a house on the shore of Walden Pond.

What country, in the Jonathan Swift book "Gulliver's Travels", is a land of giants?

Literature Trivia / October 11, 2026

Brobdingnag. Gulliver is discovered in Brobdingnag by a farmer who then sells him to the Queen.

Which best seller is about Dr. Kay Scarpetta returning to Richmond to work on a perplexing crime?

Literature Trivia / October 10, 2026

Trace. Patricia Cromwell's Dr. Kay Scarpetta is modeled after former Virginia Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Marcella Fierro.

What color was Anna Karenina's bag in the Tolstoy novel of the same name?

Literature Trivia / October 10, 2026

Red. Anna was inspired by the daughter of Russian poet, Alexander Pushkin.