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Guess the Book from the Plot

A stolen treasure map, a locked garden, a journey through time: identify twenty books from short plot clues written for this quiz.

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Question 1

A young woman forms a poor first impression of a wealthy man, then has reason to reconsider both his character and her own judgment. Which book?

Question 2

A student of science assembles a living being, then abandons the creature he has made. Which book?

Question 3

A girl follows a hurried white rabbit and falls into a place with a changing sense of scale and logic. Which book?

Question 4

A boy obtains a map and sails with a crew in search of buried pirate gold. Which book?

Question 5

Four sisters grow up while their father is away at war, each finding a different path into adulthood. Which book?

Question 6

An orphan becomes a governess in a house where strange sounds and a concealed secret trouble her new life. Which book?

Question 7

An English solicitor travels to a Transylvanian castle and discovers that his host plans to move to England. Which book?

Question 8

A ship's captain becomes consumed by his hunt for a particular white whale. Which book?

Question 9

A young orphan helps a convict, then grows up believing his new money has a different source. Which book?

Question 10

A miser is visited by his dead partner and three spirits over Christmas Eve. Which book?

Question 11

A lonely child sent to a Yorkshire manor finds a locked garden and begins bringing it back to life. Which book?

Question 12

An inventor travels to a distant future and encounters two very different groups of human descendants. Which book?

Question 13

A cyclone carries a girl and her dog to a strange land; she follows a yellow-brick road to seek help getting home. Which book?

Question 14

A boy persuades other children to do his fence-painting chore, then later witnesses a murder in a graveyard. Which book?

Question 15

A brother and sister expect to adopt a boy to help on their farm, but an imaginative red-haired girl arrives instead. Which book?

Question 16

A detective is called to investigate a death linked to a family legend about a fearsome hound on the moor. Which book?

Question 17

A young man's portrait carries the visible cost of his actions while he appears to remain young. Which book?

Question 18

A gentleman accepts a wager that he can circle the globe within a strict time limit. Which book?

Question 19

After strange cylinders land in England, their occupants emerge and begin an invasion. Which book?

Question 20

A sailor is falsely imprisoned, escapes with a hidden fortune, and returns under a new identity to confront his betrayers. Which book?

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