[Many know famous novels by their FIRST lines. But what a=
bout how they end? Here are the LAST lines of a dozen famous books. S=
ome well-known, some obscure, some self-evident, some cryptic. Your j=
ob is to guess BOOK (and AUTHOR if you know it). That is tough for me=
=2E See how your memory holds up.
This is a quiz for YOUR brain, no=
t your ability to google or (if you’re really old) open pages of an e=
ncyclopedia or anything else that might cheat you from hard mental exercise=
=2E]
E=
XAMPLE: "The scar had not pained Harry for nineteen years. All was wel=
l."
ANSWER: Harry Potter and the Deathl=
y Hallows, J.K. Rowling
1. "He was soon borne away by the waves and los=
t in darkness and distance."
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;
2. "He reached the top of the bank in a si=
ngle, powerful leap. Hazel followed; and together they slipped away, runnin=
g easily down through the wood, where the first primroses were beginning to=
bloom."
3. "It was the devious-cruising Rachel, that in her retracing =
search after her missing children, only found another orphan."
4. "The =
knife came down, missing him by inches, and he took off."
5. "He turned=
away to give them time to pull themselves together; and waited, allowing h=
is eyes to rest on the trim cruiser in the distance."
6. "And then we c=
ontinued blissfully into this small but perfect piece of our forever."=
7. &q=
uot;She looked up and across the barn, and her lips came together and smile=
d mysteriously."
8. "’Rest assured, our father, rest assured. The land =
is not to be sold.’ But over the old man’s head they looked at each other a=
nd smiled."
9. "This stone is entirely blank. The only thought in cutti=
ng it was of the essentials of the grave, and there was no other care than =
to make this stone long enough and narrow enough to cover a man. No name ca=
n be read there."
10. "An excellent year’s progress."
11. "The offi=
ng was barred by a black bank of clouds, and the tranquil waterway leading =
to the utmost ends of the earth flowed sombre under an overcast sky —=
seemed to lead into the heart of an immense darkness."
12. "’God’s in =
his heaven, all’s right with the world,’ whispered Anne softly."=
~~
Dr Bob Griffin
[email protected] www.grif.net
"Jesus Knows Me, Thi=
s I Love!"