HAPPY EASTER! Here's a quiz about the most famous egg in children's literature!
Quiz created by: Mtrusello
1. Who was the author of "The Enormous Egg"?
2. What was the name of the town in which the famous egg was hatched?
3. In what state was it located?
4. What was the name of the main human charachter, an 11-year-old farm boy?
5. What was the name of the rooster who was believed to have "fathered" the enormous egg, with a little help from a perfectly ordinary hen?
6. Where did the boy meet the vacationing paleontologist who helped to incubate the egg?
7. What was the paleontologist's name?
8. When this scientist first met the boy, he (the scientist) was eating something; when he saw the boy eyeing it hungrily, he shared it. What was it?
9. As every fan of the book already knows, the inhabitant of the egg turned out to be a baby dinosaur. What type of dinosaur was it?
10. On what day of the week did the egg hatch?
11. What did the boy name the baby dinosaur?
12. The baby dino loved to eat; his favorite foods were grass, leaves, and a certain type of flower?
13. The dinosaur first tasted one of these flowers while raiding a neighbor's garden. What color was the first flower that he ate?
14. Soon, the little dino grew too big to subsist on grass and flowers. What did the boy feed him at this stage?
15. Eventually, the dinosaur outgrew the farm altogether, so the paleontologist had him shipped to Washington. What method of transportation was used?
16. By arrangement with the scientist, the boy accompanied the dinosaur as a government-employed caretaker. How much was his weekly salary?
17. Which national landmark donated floor space to serve as the dino's FIRST home in Washington?
18. What was the name of the senator who wanted to have the dinosaur shot, stuffed, and mounted, to save the Capitol the expense of taking care of him?
19. At length, everything resolved happily; dino fans donated enough money for years of upkeep, and a donated crop surplus kept him happy. What crop?
20. After the boy returned home without his pet, his family planned a camping trip to cheer him up. What was the name of the campsite?
