Girl, Stolen
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40 free Girl, Stolen trivia questions with answers — literature quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
April Henry's Girl, Stolen starts with a crime that goes wrong in seconds. A teenage car thief takes an SUV without checking the back seat, and finds he has also taken Cheyenne, a sixteen-year-old who is blind and seriously ill. What follows is a tense thriller about trust, loyalty and how much a person can notice without sight. This quiz follows the book from the theft to the final chase: who is who among the captors, the clues Cheyenne gathers, her escape attempts and the choices Griffin has to make. A few questions cover the true story that gave Henry the idea, her research into life without sight, the sequel and the honors the book has collected. It suits students who have just finished the novel, teachers who want a quick reading check, and book clubs looking for a discussion starter. Every answer comes with a short explanation.
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Q 01In Girl, Stolen, Cheyenne's father is president of which real company, making her worth a ransom?
Nike
Nike is the company Cheyenne's father runs. The moment the car thieves find that out, they stop talking about letting her go and start working out a ransom demand.
Q 02Which illness is Cheyenne already fighting when she is accidentally kidnapped in Girl, Stolen?
Pneumonia
Pneumonia saps Cheyenne's strength from the first page. She still turns the illness to her advantage, using it to win Griffin's sympathy.
Q 03Why does Griffin not notice Cheyenne when he steals the car in Girl, Stolen?
She is under a blanket
She is under a blanket, lying down sick on the back seat. The real teenager whose story inspired the book first thought a friend was playing a trick on her.
Q 04What must Cheyenne do to get away from Griffin's father at the climax of Girl, Stolen?
Drive a car
She has to drive a car, creeping a short way with the doors locked. April Henry gave the road a gravel surface so Cheyenne could tell it from pavement by sound.
Q 05Which famous author helped Girl, Stolen writer April Henry get a story published at age twelve?
Roald Dahl
Roald Dahl liked her tale of a frog named Herman so much that he read it to an editor over lunch. The editor then asked to print it in a children's magazine.
Q 06What is the name of Griffin's violent father, who decides to hold Cheyenne for ransom in Girl, Stolen?
Roy
Roy slaps his son for bringing a witness home. He changes his mind about the mistake once he learns how wealthy the girl's family is.
Q 07What is the name of Cheyenne's guide dog, who is not with her when she is kidnapped in Girl, Stolen?
Phantom
Phantom came to Cheyenne when she turned sixteen. She is convinced the whole ordeal would never have happened if he had been beside her in the car.
Q 08What argument does Cheyenne use when she begs Griffin to release her early in Girl, Stolen?
She cannot identify him
She cannot identify him because she is blind, she pleads. The irony is that her sharpened hearing, smell and touch are quietly collecting evidence the whole time.
Q 09In Girl, Stolen, Griffin's father disguises his voice and tricks Cheyenne by pretending to be what?
A police officer
A police officer is who he claims to be, even faking a call to say that she has been found. Cheyenne, exhausted after hours in the woods, runs straight to him.
Q 10April Henry got the idea for Girl, Stolen from which source about a real blind teenager's ordeal?
A local news report
A local news report caught her attention one evening in 2005. Fittingly, Henry grew up in southern Oregon as the daughter of a television newscaster.
Q 11Outside what kind of business is Cheyenne waiting in the car when it is stolen in Girl, Stolen?
A pharmacy
A pharmacy in a shopping center is the scene of the theft. Cheyenne's antibiotics are being collected inside, so she is carried off without the medicine she badly needs.
Q 12Who has just left Cheyenne alone in the car when Griffin steals it in Girl, Stolen?
Her stepmother
Her stepmother, Danielle, is driving that day and leaves the keys behind. Cheyenne adores her father but has a strained relationship with Danielle.
Q 13What is the name of the half-pit bull guard dog kept on a chain at Griffin's home in Girl, Stolen?
Duke
Duke sounds ferocious, but he has been shaped by rough treatment rather than born mean. By the last chapter Griffin admits he feels a little like the dog himself.
Q 21What does Cheyenne use to cut herself free before her night-time escape from the house in Girl, Stolen?
A shard of glass
A shard of glass does it. She waits until two in the morning, when the men have left the house and Griffin is asleep, before she cuts herself loose.
Q 22What does Cheyenne first pick up in the yard to use as a makeshift cane in Girl, Stolen?
A car antenna
A car antenna is her first idea, since a place that handles so many cars must have some lying around. It proves rather short, so she later swaps it for a branch.
Q 23What does Cheyenne turn into a leash so the guard dog can lead her into the woods in Girl, Stolen?
Her belt
Q 14What does Cheyenne use to knock Griffin unconscious before she flees the house in Girl, Stolen?
A wrench
A wrench is the heavy tool she finds, and she has to swing it twice. She cries afterward, terrified that she has killed the one captor who was kind to her.
Q 15What was Griffin hoping to steal from parked cars before he took a whole car instead in Girl, Stolen?
Christmas packages
Christmas packages were his target until he spotted keys hanging in an expensive SUV. He panics on finding a passenger, mostly out of fear of his father's temper.
Q 16Why are the keys left in the ignition while Cheyenne waits alone in the car in Girl, Stolen?
To run the heater
To run the heater if she got cold, a kindness that backfires. The detail comes from the real case, where a mother left her keys so her daughter could stay warm.
Q 17What does Cheyenne find beside her seat and turn on Griffin's father late in Girl, Stolen?
A gun
A gun is what her hand lands on while she feels around for a way to summon help. She fires when he grabs for it, then orders him out of the car.
Q 18Which way out does Cheyenne try in her first escape attempt from the house in Girl, Stolen?
A bathroom window
A bathroom window is her way out, sensed through a change in the air. Griffin kicks the door in and soon finds her hiding in the tub.
Q 19Which April Henry novel is the sequel to Girl, Stolen, reuniting Cheyenne and Griffin before a trial?
Count All Her Bones
Count All Her Bones picks up six months later, as both teenagers prepare to testify. Their plan to meet goes wrong and Cheyenne is captured a second time.
Q 20Which luxury SUV does Griffin steal with Cheyenne asleep in the back in Girl, Stolen?
Cadillac Escalade
A Cadillac Escalade is the prize, and two of the gang come out of the barn to admire it. They are then sent back to fetch the Honda that Griffin left behind.
Her belt becomes the leash once she has unchained him. The dog guides her for hours, then bolts after a small animal at dawn and leaves her alone.
Q 24What injury stops Griffin from going on with Cheyenne as they head for the road in Girl, Stolen?
A broken ankle
A broken ankle, from stepping into a hole, leaves him unable to walk. He urges Cheyenne to go on alone, because reaching the road fast is the only hope for either of them.
Q 25Which smell tells Cheyenne that her supposed rescuer is really Griffin's father in Girl, Stolen?
Peppermint and tobacco
Peppermint and tobacco give him away. April Henry asked blind people about distinctive smells while researching the book, then built that scent into the plot.
Q 26Where does Griffin go to live once his father is in custody at the end of Girl, Stolen?
With his aunt
With his aunt is where he lands, and two weeks after the rescue he rings Cheyenne from there. The book ends before she decides whether he may ring again.
Q 27What accident left Griffin with severe burn scars years before the events of Girl, Stolen?
A meth lab explosion
A meth lab explosion burned him badly, at a time when his father made and sold the drug. Griffin grew up believing his mother walked out soon afterwards.
Q 28What does Griffin learn really happened to the mother he believed had walked out on him in Girl, Stolen?
She was murdered
She was murdered by his own father and buried behind the house. Griffin hears it from one of the gang while lying injured in the woods, and goes into shock.
Q 29What illegal business do Griffin's father and his two friends run from the barn in Girl, Stolen?
A chop shop
A chop shop is the family trade: stolen cars come in, get new identification numbers and are sold on. It is the reason Griffin was out thieving that day.
Q 30How does Cheyenne explain to Griffin that she finds the food on her plate in Girl, Stolen?
By clock positions
By clock positions: her father tells her which food sits at which number on the plate. At school she prefers to bring a lunch she made herself, so she never has to ask.