A Little Princess Book Quiz
Eight multiple-choice questions on Frances Hodgson Burnett’s A Little Princess (1905) — plot, characters and the moments everyone quotes. Two minutes, instant score, every answer explained below. For the full mixed-classics version, take the original book quiz — 15 questions across the whole canon.
All 8 questions and answers
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- Where does Sara Crewe arrive from to attend Miss Minchin's school? — India. Sara has lived in India with her father and is sent to London for her education.
- What makes Sara wealthy at the beginning of the story? — Her father's investments in diamond mines. Captain Crewe invests his fortune in diamond mines, making Sara the school's richest pupil.
- What happens after Captain Crewe dies? — Miss Minchin makes Sara work as a servant. Believing the fortune lost, Miss Minchin takes Sara's room and makes her work for her keep.
- Who is Becky? — A servant girl in the school who becomes Sara's friend. Becky is the scullery maid, and Sara treats her as an equal and friend.
- What does Sara imagine herself to be, even in hardship? — A princess inside. Sara's inward rule is that she can remain a princess in spirit even in rags and tatters.
- What does Sara do with most of her buns when she meets a hungry child? — She gives them to the child. Sara keeps one bun and gives the rest to the hungry child outside the bakery.
- Who is the Indian gentleman who moves in next door? — Mr. Carrisford, Captain Crewe's former business partner. Mr. Carrisford has been searching for Captain Crewe's daughter and eventually learns Sara's identity.
- How does Sara's situation change at the end? — The diamond mine succeeds, and she is reunited with Mr. Carrisford. The mine succeeds; Mr. Carrisford restores Sara's fortune and gives Becky a better life too.
About A Little Princess
Sara Crewe arrives at Miss Minchin's London school with money, imagination, and a habit of treating everyone as a princess. When her father's fortune appears to vanish and he dies, Sara is made a servant in the same house. Frances Hodgson Burnett's 1905 novel follows the stories Sara tells herself and others - and the kindness that survives the attic. The novel runs about 58,000 words (roughly 243 pages in a standard paperback) — about 4 hours and 4 minutes of reading at an average pace. Before you commit, see the full breakdown in how long it takes to read A Little Princess or calculate reading time for any other book.
Easy - clear Victorian prose and a linear plot; the emotional pressure comes from poverty, grief, and the contrast between Sara's former life and her attic room. If you get 6 or more of the eight questions right, the book clearly stuck.
What this quiz covers
Frances Hodgson Burnett’s A Little Princess sits in our epic, adventure & fantasy shelf, and the eight questions follow the book the way a reader experiences it: how the story opens, the turn in the middle, the characters who carry it, and the ending people still argue about. You will not be asked for page numbers or publication trivia — but three or four questions are built to separate people who read the book from people who read a summary. If a question stumps you, that gap is your reading list talking.
Fair warning for the ambitious: readers who clear this quiz often move straight to the reading-time breakdown for A Little Princess to plan the reread, then test the rest of their shelf against the mixed classic literature quiz.
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Frequently asked questions
How many questions are in the A Little Princess quiz?
Eight multiple-choice questions covering Frances Hodgson Burnett's plot, characters and most famous moments. The quiz takes about two minutes and your score is instant.
Is the A Little Princess book quiz free?
Yes — no signup, no email, nothing to install. Answer the eight questions and get your score immediately.
What score should I aim for?
8/8 means you know the book cold; 6+ is a solid score. Below 4, the book is calling you back for a reread.
Is the A Little Princess quiz hard?
Easy - clear Victorian prose and a linear plot; the emotional pressure comes from poverty, grief, and the contrast between Sara's former life and her attic room. The questions themselves stick to famous, load-bearing moments — the scenes and lines the book is remembered for — so a genuine read usually scores 6+.
How long is the A Little Princess reading itself?
About 58,000 words — roughly 243 pages, or about 4 hours and 4 minutes at an average pace. The full pace breakdown is in how long it takes to read A Little Princess. It runs 19 chapters, averaging 3,052 words each; see the book-count guide for its full structure.