Book Trivia Answers
Slaying Dragons: Quotes, Poetry, and a Few Short Stories for Every Day of the Year
1. This book is a compilation of original poems, adages, and short stories written by Richelle E. Goodrich―True or False?
ANSWER: True. All of the stories, poems, and adages in Slaying Dragons was written by Richelle E. Goodrich. It took two years of jotting down thoughts as they came to the author and lessons learned during her personal life trials.
2. To which of the author's sons is this book dedicated?
ANSWER: Slaying Dragons is dedicated to the author's middle son, Alexander. It was a graduation gift for him. He graduated from high school and from a local community college simultaneously in 2017.
3. Why does the cover feature a young man in knight's armor with a dragon peering over his shoulder?
ANSWER: The author's middle son loves dragons. He learned to paint dragons by spending many hours with his artistically talented grandmother during summer breaks. She taught him how to paint, and helped him paint a new dragon scene for seven summers in a row. He entered these paintings in the local county fair and earned a handful of ribbons for them, including "People's Choice," "Best of Show," "Best of Section," and multiple first place ribbons.
4. The beginning of each chapter starts with the name of a different dragon―True or False?
ANSWER: True. Every chapter in the book starts with the name of a dragon and a short description of that dragon.
5. What is the moral of the story about Young Raccoon and his caring animal friends?
ANSWER: The moral of Young Raccoon's story is that sometimes the best thing one can do to help a person dealing with grief is to sit quietly beside them and let them grieve.
6. In one short story a girl talks about seeing two sunsets every night. What does the second sunset actually turn out to be?
ANSWER: The second sunset turns out to be the opening and closing of a dragon's glowing red eye.
7. This book includes original quotes/poems for some popular U.S. holidays―True or False?
ANSWER: True. Some popular U.S. holidays have original quotes or poems that celebrate the day. Included are quotes for Valentine's Day, Easter, Mother's Day, Father's Day, Veteran's Day, Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas.
8. Why was the book titled Slaying Dragons?
ANSWER: The author chose Slaying Dragons as the title for this book as a tribute to her son for his hard work and dedication in painting a new dragon picture every summer under his grandmother's instruction. He improved in his artistic ability every year and ended out with seven original dragon paintings. An admirer of his artwork offered to buy three of his paintings, but his mother quickly jumped in and paid her son for the paintings so she could keep them.
9. This book contains a few quotes from other books written by the author―True or False?
ANSWER: True. In Slaying Dragons, there are a few quotes that were taken from other books written by the author. These have book titles beneath them from which the quotes were derived.
10. What percentage of royalties for sales of this book go to the author's son to whom the book was dedicated?
ANSWER: As part of his high school graduation gift, 50% of royalties earned from Slaying Dragons go to the author's middle son, Alexander.