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- 1. Multiple Choice
Roald Dahl was born where?
Wales
England
Australia
Norway
- 2. Multiple Choice
What is Roald Dahl's book about his childhood called?
Man
My life
Boy
Roald
- 3. Multiple Choice
What is Roald Dahl most famous for?
Flying planes
Writing books
Putting mice in gobstopper jars
Being naughty
- 4. Multiple Choice
How many books do you think Roald Dahl has sold worldwide?
20
1000
250 million
3 million
- 5. Multiple Choice
After Llandaff Cathedral school, where did Roald go to school?
St Peters
St Johns
St Dominics
St Bedfords
- 6. Multiple Choice
What do boys put in their tuck boxes?
Mud
books
Football boots
Prized possessions
- 7. Multiple Choice
Why did the boys hate Matron?
Because she was kind
Because she was caught kissing the Latin teacher
Because she was ugly
Because she liked to get them into trouble with the headmaster
- 8. Multiple Choice
To help with his homesickness Roald used to do what?
Turn his position on his bed to face home
Sleep upside down
Pretend he was ill
Go and see Matron everyday
- 9. Multiple Choice
What was Captain Hardcastle's favorite sport?
Tennis
Football
Rugby
Squash
- 10. Multiple Choice
Why was he called Captain?
Because he was fierce
Because he was a senior teacher
Because he was the headmasters favorite
Because he had fought in the war
- 11. Multiple Choice
His legs were described as what?
Big and flabby legs
Thin as ram's legs
Long like giraffe's legs
He only had one leg
- 12. Multiple Choice
What colour was his hair?
Orange
Grey
Black
Blonde
- 13. Multiple Choice
What did Roald say was a truly terrifying sight about Captain Hardcastle?
His hair
His legs
His moustache
His clothes
- 14. Multiple Choice
What style was Captain's moustache and why did Roald constantly look at it?
It was just a bit of hair on his top lip
It was pencil thin
It was covered in food
It was a thick orange hedge that curled upwards
- 15. Multiple Choice
Why was the Captain never still?
Because he needed the toilet
Because he twitched and jerked after a bomb had gone off near him
Because he wasn't very well after an illness
Because he was weird
- 16. Multiple Choice
Why did the Captain hate Roald?
Because Roald was naughty and grew a moustache
Because Roald was shorter than him and loved his moustache
Because Roald was as tall as him and couldn't keep his eye off his moustache
Because Roald was a model student and brilliant at Latin
- 17. Multiple Choice
What were the boys not allowed to do in prep
Work
Eat
Talk
Stand
- 18. Multiple Choice
What piece of work was Roald doing?
The life story of a pound
The life story of a penny
The life story of a duck
The life story of a teacher
- 19. Multiple Choice
What happened to get Roald in trouble
His chair broke and he fell on the floor
He was sleeping and Captain woke him up
His nib broke and he asked a friend for a spare one
He was writing the wrong piece of work
- 20. Multiple Choice
What did the Captain accuse Roald of doing?
Fighting
Talking
Cheating
Burping
- 21. Multiple Choice
What was Roald given by Captain?
A reward
A rap on the knuckles with a ruler
A pat on the back
A stripe
- 22. Multiple Choice
What colour was a stripe?
A fiendish blue-green colour
A fiendish pinky-red colour
A fiendish black colour
A fiendish rainbow colour
- 23. Multiple Choice
What did receiving a stripe mean?
A certificate in assembly
A weekend away at home
A thrashing from the headmaster
A special lunch
- 24. Multiple Choice
How many strokes of the cane was Roald given?
twenty
three
seven
six
- 25. Multiple Choice
How did Roald know that the Captain had been listening when he was given the cane?
He was in the room when it happened
The door to the master's common room was open
He'd bugged the headmaster's office
He was outside the door
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