e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia Online

Author! Author!

Sign in or create a free account to curate your search content.

1
This Morris Harvey College (now University of Charleston) graduate received the prestigious Newbery Award for the children's book Missing May.
  1. A.
  2. B.
  3. C.
  4. D.
2
This Lewisburg native wrote the acclaimed books Town Smokes, The Wrecking Yard, and Dogs of God?
  1. A.
  2. B.
  3. C.
  4. D.
3
This author who grew up in Bramwell was one of the most-respected poets of the Harlem Renaissance.
  1. A.
  2. B.
  3. C.
  4. D.
4
Which author wrote the acclamed short story "Trilobites," originally published in 1977?
  1. A.
  2. B.
  3. C.
  4. D.
5
In 1851, illustrator David Hunter Strother and his cousin Philip Pendleton Kennedy documented this famous site in a classic book.
  1. A.
  2. B.
  3. C.
  4. D.
6
In 1970, "Appalachia" became the first published poem by this author.
  1. A.
  2. B.
  3. C.
  4. D.
7
Who wrote the civil rights play Great Gettin' Up Mornin', which was broadcast on CBS-TV?
  1. A.
  2. B.
  3. C.
  4. D.
8
Which one of the following is NOT known primarily as an author of children's books?
  1. A.
  2. B.
  3. C.
  4. D.
9
Novelist Mittie Frances Clarke Point wrote under this pen name.
  1. A.
  2. B.
  3. C.
  4. D.
10
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor wrote which one of these classic books for youth.
  1. A.
  2. B.
  3. C.
  4. D.

Most quizzes offer a different set of 10 questions each time you test your knowledge, pulled from hundreds of facts about West Virginia. To test your West Virginia knowledge, choose an answer for each question and click the "Submit" button at the bottom, then we'll score your results!

Optionally, if you're not interested in this Quiz, please feel free to choose a different one!

Choose a different Quiz

Related Articles