Characters
The author of the story
Who is Roald Dahl?
The event that Dahl recalls when he was seven years old.
What is the boy riding on his bike.
The definition of apprehensive.
What is "nervous or uneasy"?
A place that the boys store food and other important objects.
What is a tuck box?
The character described as an "ogre".
Who is The Matron?
The person who owns the candy shop.
Who is Mrs. Pratchett?
The idea the boys have to get back at Mrs. Pratchett.
What is the Great Mouse Plot (hiding a mouse inside of the candy jar).
The definition of phenomenal.
What is "amazing or extraordinary"?
The object found under the floorboards with candy and treasure.
What is a dead mouse?
The age Dahl is when he arrives at boarding school.
What is nine?
The first headmaster.
Who is Mr. Coombes?
The reason that Dahl is taken out of school.
What is being caned? (Dahl was beaten with a cane by the headmaster)
The definition of famished.
What is "extremely hungry"?
A candy that looks like black tape.
What is a liquorice bootlace?
The name of the new boarding school.
What is St. Peters?
The boy who keeps a frog in his tuck box.
Who is Arkle?
Dahl's reaction on his first day of school.
What is crying? (Dahl cries when his mother leaves him at the new school)
The British word for "grades"
What is "forms"?
The clothes the boy riding the bicycle was wearing.
What is a scarlet cap, trousers, and bicycle clips.
The direction Dahl slept every night.
What is the direction of home?
The boy who is forced to eat soap.
Who is Tweedie?
The punishment for snoring.
What is being forced to eat soap shavings in your sleep?
The definition of esplanade.
What is "a long walking area next to a body of water".
The candy that smells like nail varnish.
What are pear drops?
What was the sugar prank? (Pouring sugar down the hallway)