Culture
Do You Recognize These Lines From Classic Young-Adult Novels?
Welcome to Lit Trivia, the Book Review’s multiple-choice quiz designed to test your knowledge of books, authors and literary culture. This week’s installment asks you to identify passages from 20th-century books that have become classic middle-grade and Y.A. novels.
To help narrow down the possibilities, each of the five questions focuses on a book from a specific decade: The first question is about a book published in the 1950s and the last question is about one published in the 1990s. After the last question, you’ll find links to the books for further reading (or rereading).
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“There are things you can’t back down on, things you gotta take a stand on. But it’s up to you to decide what them things are. You have to demand respect in this world, ain’t nobody just gonna hand it to you. How you carry yourself, what you stand for — that’s how you gain respect. But, little one, ain’t nobody’s respect worth more than your own. You understand that?”
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I don’t know if you’ve ever noticed this, but first impressions are often entirely wrong. You can look at a painting for the first time, for example, and not like it at all, but after looking at it a little longer you may find it very pleasing. The first time you try Gorgonzola cheese you may find it too strong, but when you are older you may want to eat nothing but Gorgonzola cheese.