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    Outer Banks Literature Quiz

    Test your knowledge of the OBX books.

    Outer Banks literature woman reading on the beach

    With so many books written about the Outer Banks, reading about this strip of sand by the sea has become a favorite pastime of literature buffs everywhere. But, do you really know your Outer Banks literature. Let’s find out.

    Who wrote Graveyard of the Atlantic?
    David Stick
    James Melvin
    Herman Melville
    Frank Stick

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    Suzanne Tate is well-known for her nature series books, but she had published two other series of books. What are they?
    Unsolved Mysteries of the Outer Banks and History Series for Children.
    Recipes of the Outer Banks and History series.
    Oral histories and History series for children.
    Nature Hikes and Bike Paths and Recipes of the Outer Banks.

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    Who illustrates Suzanne Tates Nature Series books?
    Thomas Jarvis
    James Melvin
    Glenn Eure
    Pablo Picasso

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    Who wrote Taffy of Torpedo Junction?
    Nell Wechter
    Joseph Terrell
    Unaka Jennette
    Anne Siddons

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    Who wrote Nights in Rodanthe?
    Addie Tate
    John White
    Jenny Hale
    Nicholas Sparks

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    Pulitzer Prize winning author David McCullough wrote a book about the Outer Banks. What was the title of the book and its subject?
    1719; the life and times of Blackbeard the Pirate
    Lighting the Paths of the Seas; the history of the lighthouses of the Outer Banks.
    Freedom’s Spirit; Roanoke Island and the Freedman’s Colony
    The Wright Brothers; Their time on the Outer Banks and beyond.

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    Author Kevin Duffus has written a number of books about coastal North Carolina. Three of his books are specifically about the Outer Banks and Outer Banks events. What are their titles?
    War Zone: World War II Off the North Carolina Coast; The Last Days of Black Beard the Pirate; The Story of Cape Fear and Bald Head Island
    The Last Days of Black Beard the Pirate; The Lost Light; Outer Banks Mysteries
    Shipwrecks of the Outer Banks; The Last Days of Black Beard the Pirate; Not Our Kind of Killing
    Into the Burning Sea; The Last Days of Black Beard the Pirate; The Lost Light

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    Who is Harrison Weaver?
    The Author of Legends of the Outer Banks.
    The main protagonist in Joseph Terrell’s mystery novels set on the Outer Banks.
    The nom de plume of Outer Banks author Joseph Terrell.
    Adrienne Willis love interest in Nights in Rodanthe.

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    Who wrote Sketches of Lower North Carolina?
    Edmund Ruffin
    Dixie Browning
    James D. Charlet
    Charles H. Whedbee

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