Characters
Setting
Events
Whose Line is it Anyway?
Identify the Technique
100
Who is the protagonist in 'Boy'?
Roald Dahl
100
Where does the Great Mouse Plot take place?
Mrs Pratchett's sweet-shop
100
What creature did Roald put in the jar of gobstoppers?
A dead mouse
100
"I'm watchin' you so keep yer thievin' fingers off them chocolates!"
Mrs Pratchett
100
This man was slim and wiry and he played football. (identify the adjectives)
Slim wiry
200
Who is the owner of the sweet-shop?
Mrs Pratchett
200
Where was Roald Dahl born?
Cardiff
200
What does Roald Dahl put into the manly lover's pipe?
Goat droppings
200
"Don't be such a ridiculous little baby"
The Matron
200
Her mouth was as sour as a green gooseberry.
Simile
300
Headmaster of Llandaff Cathedral School
Mr Coombes
300
The Matron was the head of the Roald's dormitory at which school?
St Peter's
300
What did Thwaites tell Dahl that Licorice Bootlaces were made from?
Rats' blood
300
"Your father was right. English schools are the best in the world."
Roald Dahl's mother
300
I gave a great gushing gasp that emptied my lungs...
Alliteration
400
Who dropped soap flakes into Tweedie's snoring mouth?
The Matron
400
At the end of the book where is Roald sent for work?
East Africa
400
What was the punishment for the Great Mouse Plot?
Four strokes with the cane
400
"Ah-h-h, there's nothing like a good pipe after a bracing swim."
The Manly Lover (sister's fiance)
400
Down the corridor came a resounding CRUNCH!
Onomatopoeia
500
Who had a gruesome boil and had it equally as gruesomely cut out?
Ellis
500
In the summer holidays, Roald's family always went to which country?
Norway
500
Roald Dahl pretended to have __________ to get himself sent home from his first boarding school.
Appendicitis
500
"You, what's-your-name, get on with your work!'
Captain Hardcastle
500
Headmasters are giants.
metaphor
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