Wildfire by Hannah Grace: 20-Question Quiz
This quiz covers the entire novel Wildfire by Hannah Grace, the second book in the Maple Hills series. Questions are divided into four sections: plot/sequence, character motivation, theme/symbol, and synthesis. The complete answer key follows the questions.
For deeper analysis, visit the book overview page, the questions and answers page, or the ending explained.
Plot / Sequence Questions
1. (Multiple choice) Where does Russ first meet Aurora?
- A) At a hockey game
- B) At a house party (JJ’s party)
- C) At Honey Acres camp
- D) At a bookstore
2. (Multiple choice) What camp rule do Russ and Aurora break?
- A) No alcohol
- B) No fraternization
- C) No leaving camp
- D) No phones
3. (Short answer) What is the name of the camp where Russ and Aurora work?
4. (Multiple choice) Who catches Russ and Aurora together in the cabin?
- A) Orla
- B) Jenna
- C) Xander
- D) Emilia
5. (Multiple choice) What does Russ give Aurora as a gift on his twenty-first birthday?
- A) A necklace
- B) Handmade origami dogs and a children’s book
- C) A hockey puck
- D) A puppy
6. (Short answer) What is the name of the bookstore Russ and Aurora open in the epilogue?
7. (Multiple choice) What triggers Aurora’s fear of storms?
- A) A childhood accident
- B) A wildfire near camp when she was young
- C) Her father’s neglect
- D) A horror movie
8. (Multiple choice) How does Russ’s father’s addiction manifest?
- A) Alcohol
- B) Gambling
- C) Drugs
- D) Both alcohol and gambling
Character Motivation Questions
9. (Multiple choice) Why does Aurora initially hook up with Russ?
- A) She wants a serious relationship
- B) She seeks validation and physical intimacy
- C) She wants to make Clay jealous
- D) She is drunk
10. (Short answer) Why does Russ clean obsessively?
11. (Multiple choice) Why does Russ avoid celebrating his twenty-first birthday?
- A) He doesn’t like parties
- B) He fears his father will ruin it
- C) He is shy
- D) He has no friends
12. (Multiple choice) Why does Aurora decide to stop checking her spam account and start “Project Aurora”?
- A) To focus on camp work
- B) To avoid seeing her father’s happy family posts
- C) To get closer to Russ
- D) To impress Jenna
13. (Short answer) What does Russ reveal about his ex-girlfriend Leah?
Theme / Symbol Questions
14. (Multiple choice) What does the epigraph from Sense and Sensibility — “To love is to burn, to be on fire” — symbolize?
- A) The danger of wildfire
- B) Love as a consuming, passionate force
- C) The camp setting
- D) Russ’s anger
15. (Multiple choice) What does the “moonlight” metaphor represent for Aurora?
- A) Bright, flashy attention
- B) Gentle, safe love
- C) Loneliness
- D) Her father’s fame
16. (Short answer) What does the thunderstorm in Chapter Twenty symbolize?
17. (Multiple choice) The talent show at camp serves as a symbol of:
- A) Performance anxiety
- B) Community and vulnerability
- C) Competition
- D) Camp traditions
Synthesis Questions
18. (Short answer) How does the theme of “found family” manifest for both Russ and Aurora?
19. (Multiple choice) Which character’s arc most clearly demonstrates that confronting family trauma leads to personal growth?
- A) Russ’s father
- B) Russ
- C) Aurora’s father
- D) Emilia
20. (Short answer) In what way does the epilogue’s bookstore “Happy Ending” synthesize the novel’s themes?
Answer Key
1. B – At JJ’s party, Aurora is looking for glasses and meets Russ in the kitchen (Chapter Two).
2. B – The zero-fraternization policy at Honey Acres is clearly stated during orientation (Chapter Seven).
3. Honey Acres.
4. B – Camp director Jenna walks in on them (Chapter Thirty-One).
5. B – He gives her handmade origami dogs, a children’s book about presidents, and a Birthday Wish Coupon (Chapter Twenty-Six).
6. Happy Ending.
7. B – As a child during a storm, dry lightning sparked a wildfire near Orla’s land, causing her fear (Chapter Twenty).
8. D – Russ’s father struggles with both gambling and drinking (Chapters One, Seventeen, and Thirty-Six).
9. B – Aurora seeks physical validation to shield herself from rejection; she calls her post-hookup anxiety “the feeling scaries” (Chapter Five).
10. He learned to tidy everything to avoid triggering his father’s unpredictable anger (Chapter Nineteen).
11. B – He tries to downplay his birthday and later admits he fears his father’s reaction to his life choices (Chapter Twenty-Five).
12. B – She sees her father celebrating with Norah and his other family, then locks away her phone to stop checking (Chapter Nine).
13. Leah cheated on him, and her brother trashed the hockey rink in retaliation, causing Russ guilt (Chapter Twenty-Seven).
14. B – The epigraph directly equates love with a consuming fire, mirroring the title and the novel’s intense romance (Epigraph chapter).
15. B – Aurora tells Russ she prefers “moonlight” because it feels gentle and safe, unlike the harsh brightness of “sunlight” (Chapter Twenty-Four).
16. It symbolizes emotional barriers breaking down; Russ and Aurora share their first kiss in the rain during the storm (Chapter Twenty).
17. B – Aurora convinces Russ to participate, making them vulnerable together in front of the camp community (Chapter Thirteen).
18. Russ finds a chosen family with JJ, Henry, and his hockey teammates; Aurora finds acceptance with Jenna and Emilia at Honey Acres. Both ultimately choose these supportive relationships over their dysfunctional blood relatives.
19. B – Russ confronts his father about addiction, visits him in the hospital, and stops avoiding his family pain, leading to his growth and commitment to Aurora.
20. The bookstore represents the happy ending Russ and Aurora build through trust, vulnerability, and mutual support. It fulfills the promise of the title — surviving the wildfire of their pasts to create a loving, stable future together.