Only a Monster Quiz: 20 Questions to Test Your Knowledge of Vanessa Len's Debut

⚠️ Spoiler Warning: This guide contains detailed spoilers for the entire novel. Proceed only if you've finished reading or are comfortable knowing the plot.

Part One: Plot and Sequence (Questions 1–8)

1. What happens the first time Joan touches Mr. Solt's neck?

A. She heals his dementia and restores his memory.

B. She steals time from him and jumps from morning to night.

C. She freezes him in place for several hours.

D. She accidentally swaps bodies with him.

2. Where does Joan first learn that she is a monster?

A. From Ruth, the night of the Holland House massacre.

B. From Aaron, in the hotel room after the massacre.

C. From Gran, during a summer visit when Joan is six.

D. From Nick, in the library at Holland House.

3. What does Nick do when the Olivers confront him and Joan at Holland House?

A. He surrenders and negotiates a truce with Edmund.

B. He escapes through a time gate with Joan.

C. He kills Lucien, two other Olivers, and Edmund.

D. He reveals that he is secretly a monster himself.

4. What does Gran give Joan just before she dies?

A. A ruby wedding ring.

B. A family chop for the Monster Court.

C. A gold necklace with an alphyn pendant.

D. A travel token for a fifty-year jump.

5. Where do Joan and Aaron land after their time jump from Buckingham Palace?

A. 1970s London.

B. 1993 London.

C. 2005 London.

D. Ancient Rome.

6. What does Ying Liu tell Joan about the timeline?

A. The timeline cannot be changed under any circumstances.

B. The King erased a true timeline using a device at the Monster Court.

C. The hero is a myth invented by the Oliver family.

D. The Olivers control the timeline through their records.

7. What do Joan and her companions find in the Royal Archive at the Monster Court?

A. The transformatio device, guarded by a saber-toothed tiger.

B. A vacant prison cell, not the device.

C. A map of all monster family territories.

D. The King's treasury of stolen artifacts.

8. What does Joan do to Nick at the end of the book?

A. She kills him with a knife in the Holland House library.

B. She traps him in a frozen moment of time.

C. She convinces him to surrender to the monster families.

D. She unleashes her power and unmakes him, restoring her family.

Part Two: Character Motivation (Questions 9–13)

9. Why does Nick hunt and kill monsters?

A. He was hired by the Monster Court to eliminate rivals.

B. Monsters killed his whole family, and he was trained from childhood to kill them.

C. He wants the King's power for himself.

D. He believes all non-humans are dangerous by nature.

10. Why does Aaron Oliver help Joan, even though the Hunts and Olivers are enemies?

A. He wants the gold necklace for himself.

B. He is in love with her.

C. She saved his life in the maze, creating a life-debt.

D. He wants revenge against Nick for killing his father.

11. Why did Gran keep the truth about monsters from Joan?

A. Gran believed Joan couldn't travel and therefore wasn't a monster.

B. Gran wanted to protect Nick from the Hunt family.

C. Gran was ashamed of the family's history.

D. Gran didn't know the truth herself until Joan was older.

12. Short answer: Why does Joan decide to leave the safe house alone to stop Nick?

13. Why does Tom Hathaway become a Court Guard?

A. To steal the transformatio for himself.

B. To gain power and influence in the Monster Court.

C. To rescue Jamie Liu, who was imprisoned for discovering the truth about the hero.

D. To spy for the Oliver family.

Part Three: Theme and Symbol (Questions 14–17)

14. What does the gold necklace symbolize in the story?

A. A wedding gift from Gran to Joan's mother.

B. A key to the Monster Court and a link to Joan's family legacy.

C. A time-travel token that allows a fifty-year jump.

D. A weapon that can be used against the hero.

15. What does the hedge maze at Holland House represent?

A. The path to the Monster Court.

B. Joan's childhood memories of her grandmother.

C. Nick's carefully constructed trap for monsters.

D. The confusion and danger of the hidden monster world.

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