Quiz: How Much Do You Know About Books With Iowa Connections?Posted January 26th, 2023 at 8:28am by Ellie Konfrst Photo: Getty Images</p><section data-block="SingleChoice"><h3>The 1989 film “Field of Dreams” was based on a book written by an alum of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. What was it called?</h3><ul><li>Shoeless Joe</li><li>Field of Dreams</li><li>Shoeless Joe Jackson Comes to Iowa</li><li>Dream Field</li></ul></section><section data-block="SingleChoice"><h3>In which one of these Iowa towns does Sal not stop in Jack Kerouac’s “On The Road”?</h3><ul><li>Adair</li><li>Adel</li><li>Des Moines</li><li>Davenport</li></ul></section><section data-block="SingleChoice"><h3>Which one of these Southern Gothic authors spent time in the Iowa Writers’ Workshop?</h3><ul><li>Flannery O’Connor</li><li>William Faulkner</li><li>Cormac McCarthy</li><li>Anne Rice</li></ul></section><section data-block="Order"><h3>Can you place these Iowa books in order of their release date?</h3><ul><li>“What’s Eating Gilbert Grape” – Peter Hedges</li><li>“The Bridges of Madison County” – Robert James Waller</li><li>“Little Heathens: Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm During the Great Depression” – Mildred Armstrong Kalish</li><li>“Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World” – Vicki Myron</li><li>“Stars Over Clear Lake” – Loretta Ellsworth</li></ul></section><section data-block="SingleChoice"><h3>Which of these Pulitzer Prize-winning books was written by an author who once lived in Iowa?</h3><ul><li>Gilead – Marilynne Robinson</li><li>The Overstory – Richard Powers</li><li>The Goldfinch – Donna Tartt</li><li>The Known World – Edward P. Jones</li></ul></section><p> </p><p> </p><p>
