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2001 First Lines Trivia
Match the first line with the book it comes from.
1. The hill people and the Mexicans arrived on the same day. A) CLAY'S QUILT by Silas House B) A PAINTED HOUSE by John Grisham C) BILLY RAY'S FARM by Larry Brown D) HE COLUMNIST by Jeffrey Frank 2. Imagine a young man on his way to a less-than-thirty-second event --- the loss of his left hand, long before he reached middle age. A) THE FOURTH HAND by John Irving B) BACK FROM THE DEAD by Christopher Petit C) THE BODY ARTIST by Don DeLillo D) FEARLESS JONES by Walter Mosley 3. I lost my own father at 12 yr. of age and I know what it is to be raised on lies and silences my dear daughter you are presently too young to understand a word I write but this history is for you and will contain no single lie may I burn in Hell if I speak false. A) TRUE HISTORY OF THE KELLY GANG by Peter Carey B) FAY by Larry Brown C) A FRIEND OF THE EARTH by T. Coraghessen Boyle D) YONDER STANDS YOUR ORPHAN by Barry Hannah 4. I'm in a car park in Leeds when I tell my husband I don't want to be married to him anymore. A) THE CATSITTERS by James Wolcott B) THE CLOTHES THEY STOOD UP IN by Alan Bennett C) HOW TO BE GOOD by Nick Hornby D) SUZANNE'S DIARY OF NICHOLAS by James Patterson 5. It became their motto, and Jonesy couldn't for the life of him remember which of them started saying it first. A) MYSTIC RIVER by Dennis Lehane B) I DON'T WANT TO GO TO JAIL by Jimmy Breslin C) A DARKNESS MORE THAN NIGHT by Michael Connelly D) DREAMCATCHER by Stephen King 6. Once upon a time, there was a woman who discovered she had turned into the wrong person. A) BACK WHEN WE WERE GROWNUPS By Anne Tyler B) A DAY LATE AND A DOLLAR SHORT by Terry MacMillan C) COMFORT ME WITH APPLES by Ruth Reichl D) BLUE DIARY by Alice Hoffman 7. She had come from the plane and was even now forgetting the ride from the airport. A) A THEORY OF RELATIVITY by Jacquelyn Mitchard B) THE LAST TIME THEY MET by Anita Shreve C) BEL CANTO by Ann Patchett D) FOUR BLONDES by Candace Bushnell 8. The grass was white with frost on the shadowed sides of the reservation hills and ditches, but the morning air was almost warm, sweetened by a southern wind. A) SEABISCUIT by Laura Hillenbrand B) CANE RIVER by Lalita Tademy C) DROWNING RUTH by Christina Schwarz D) THE LAST REPORT ON THE MIRACLES AT LITTLE NO HORSE by Louise Erdrich 9. Bea Maxwell remembered the first time she'd driven out to see the new part of town. A) PLAIN JANE by Fern Michaels B) NEVER CHANGE by Elizabeth Berg C) LEAP OF FAITH by Danielle Steel D) OFF KECK ROAD by Mona Simpson 10. Given their druthers, Amanda and Graham would have eloped. A) SCARLET FEATHER by Maeve Binchy B) THE WOMAN NEXT DOOR by Barbara Delinsky C) THE VILLA by Nora Roberts D) SLIGHTLY SHADY by Amanda Quick
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