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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?
    James Melvin
    Frank Stick
    Herman Melville
    David 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?
    Oral histories and History series for children.
    Recipes of the Outer Banks and History series.
    Nature Hikes and Bike Paths and Recipes of the Outer Banks.
    Unsolved Mysteries of the Outer Banks and History Series for Children.

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

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

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

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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
    Freedom’s Spirit; Roanoke Island and the Freedman’s Colony
    Lighting the Paths of the Seas; the history of the lighthouses of the Outer Banks.
    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
    Into the Burning Sea; The Last Days of Black Beard the Pirate; The Lost Light
    Shipwrecks of the Outer Banks; The Last Days of Black Beard the Pirate; Not Our Kind of Killing
    The Last Days of Black Beard the Pirate; The Lost Light; Outer Banks Mysteries

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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.
    Adrienne Willis love interest in Nights in Rodanthe.
    The nom de plume of Outer Banks author Joseph Terrell.

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

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