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c. Shirley Temple

 

d. June Allyson

 

 

3. How many different characters did Frank Morgan play in the MGM movie?

 

 

a. 2

 

b. 3

 

c. 4

 

d. 5

 

 

4. In the book, the Wicked Witch melts away like…

 

 

a. wax

 

b. sand

 

c. brown sugar

 

d. ashes

 

 

5. Which of the following L. Frank Baum projects never got past the planning stage?

 

 

a. an Oz theme park

 

b. an Oz Sunday comic strip

 

c. an Oz silent movie

 

d. an Oz stage extravaganza

 

 

6. The Shaggy-Man carries

 

 

a. an iron

 

b. a sandwich

 

c. a love magnet

 

d. a sewing kit

 

 

7. An Ork is somewhat like an ostrich, but has

 

 

a. metal feathers

 

b. a propeller

 

c. green plumes

 

d. skis

 

 

8. In the MGM movie, the initial scenes in Kansas are filmed in

 

 

a. black and white

 

b. Technicolor

 

c. emerald green

 

d. sepia

 

 

9. You can escape from Pokes by

 

 

a. running

 

b. dancing

 

c. calling for Glinda the Good

 

d. singing

 

 

10. The Hungry Tiger wants to eat

 

 

a. emeralds

 

b. chocolate

 

c. fat babies

 

d. broccoli

 

 

11. In Bunbury, houses are made of

 

 

a. Rice Krispy squares

 

b. green cheese

 

c. crackers

 

d. gingerbread

 

 

12. Kalidahs are beasts with

 

 

a. heads of tigers and bodies of bears

 

b. bodies of tigers, heads of hawks

 

c. no heads

 

d. sharp beaks

 

 

13. Polychrome lost her

 

 

a. emeralds

 

b. rainbow

 

c. magic mirror

 

d. blue and red

 

 

14. How tall is Mister Yoop the Giant?

 

 

a. 2 inches

 

b. 21 feet

 

c. 210 feet

 

d. as tall as you want

 

 

15. In the MGM film, the idea of Glinda's using snow to neutralize the effect of the poppy field came from

 

 

a. L. Frank Baum's original book

 

b. L. Frank Baum's Oz musical comedy

 

c. L Frank Baum's Oz silent movie

 

d. The MGM screenwriters

 

 

16. The Lonesome Duck lives in a

 

 

a. diamond palace

 

b. emerald castle

 

c. cave of rubies

 

d. wicker basket

 

 

17. What was Billina the Yellow Hen's name before Dorothy renamed her?

 

 

a. Lisa

 

b. Bill

 

c. Eggstraordinary

 

d. Chick-chick

 

 

18. Old Mombi plans to turn the boy Tip into a

 

 

a. pumpkin

 

b. goldfish for her pond

 

c. statue

 

d. stew

 

 

19. The Glass Cat is transparent except for her

 

 

a. heart

 

b. heart and brains

 

c. heart and brains and eyes

 

d. a mouse in her tummy

 

 

20. Haughty, cruel Queen Coo-ee-oh was changed into a

 

 

a. rutabaga

 

b. diamond swan

 

c. stuffed tiger

 

d. goldfish made of gold

 

 

Answers: 1) d 2) c 3) d 4) c 5) a 6) c 7) b 8) d 9) c 10) c 11) c 12) a 13) b 14) b 15) b 16) a 17) b 18) c 19) c 20) d

 

 

 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

In addition to her nine Cat Marsala novels, Barbara D'Amato is the author of the Anthony- and Agatha-winning true crime book
The Doctor, the Murder, the Mystery: The True Story of the John Branion Murder Case,
as well as a mystery novel,
On My Honor,
which was nominated for an Anthony. Her
Good Cop, Bad Cop
won the prestigious Carl Sandburg Award. Her other novels include
Help Me, Please
and
Killer App.