A Monster Calls Quizzes

A Monster Calls Quiz 1

1 Who narrates A Monster Calls?
Conor

The monster

Patrick Ness

An unnamed third-person narrator
2 Who wrote A Monster Calls?
Conor

Patrick Ness

The monster

Siobhan Dowd
3 In what tense is A Monster Calls narrated?
Future tense

Present tense

Past tense

None of these
4 In what country is A Monster Calls set?
Great Britain

Spain

United States

Canada
5 Who is the novel's protagonist?
Conor's mother

Conor

Siobhan Dowd

The monster
6 Who had the original idea for A Monster Calls?
Siobhan Dowd

Patrick Ness

Conor

Ness's terminally ill son
7 What genre is A Monster Calls?
Illness Memoir

Mystery

Science fiction

Fantasy
8 What wakes Conor at the beginning of the book?
His nightmare

His grandmother cleaning

His mother coughing

Blinding lights from a car
9 What image is most prominent in Conor's nightmare?
Life monitor machines beeping

A long hallway

A bright light

Hands gripped together
10 When does the monster tend to appear?
12:07

Whenever it feels like

Any time around midnight

11:56
11 How old is Conor?
Fifteen

Thirty

Thirteen

Twelve
12 What is Conor's surname?
O'Malley

Ness

O'Toole

Markey
13 In what month does the novel begin?
October

December

January

July
14 From what does the monster transform?
A maple tree

A church

A yew tree

A gravestone
15 Where does the monster remain while dormant?
Conor's backyard

A highway off-ramp

A graveyard

In the sky
16 What is ironic about Conor's response to the monster?
Conor isn't afraid

Conor knew the monster was coming

Nothing ironic happens when they meet

Conor thinks it is his grandmother
17 What ends Conor's first encounter with the monster?
The monster bursts into flames

The monster shakes Conor's hand

Conor forces himself to wake up

The monster puts Conor in his mouth
18 What evidence does the monster leave behind on Conor's floor after the first appearance?
Fruit

Seeds

Leaves

Branches
19 What does Conor do with what the monster leaves behind after nighttime visits?
Hides the evidence in the trash

Sweeps it under his bed

Leaves it and tells his mother the window must have been open

Sets fire to it in the yard
20 Why is Conor's mother bald?
She has always been bald

Her hair suddenly fell out one day without reason

She is undergoing chemotherapy

She prefers her head shaved
21 What is the metallic taste Conor perceives when he arrives at school?
Blood from biting his tongue after being tripped

His secret tongue piercing

The lucky coin he puts in his mouth when crossing thresholds

A loose filling
22 Who is the main bully at Conor's school?
Anton

Lily

Harry

Sully
23 What is ironic about Harry?
He is Miss Kwan's son

He has no friends

He is considered "the Blond Wonder Child" while also being a bully

He is actually Conor's brother
24 Who is referred to as Conor's "poodle"?
Miss Kwan

Lily

Sully

Anton
25 What does it mean when Miss Kwan says "don't milk it"?
Don't drink all the milk

Don't run too fast on the playground

Don't exploit an advantageous position

Don't cry

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