Character
The full name of the person who wrote Boy: Tales of a Childhood.
Who is Roald Dahl?
To be grateful.
What is obliged?
This event happened when Dahl was walking home from school and he wants to grow up to do this.
What is riding a bicycle with no hands on the handlebars, wearing clips on his trousers, and wearing a cap at an angle?
The items that boys store in the tuck-boxes.
What is food, clothes, and toys?
The name of the person who is described as a "horror" and "has a mouth as sour as a goose-berry."
Who is Mrs. Pratchett?
To be beaten with a cane.
What is a caning?
This event happened after the lesson ended and Dahl and his friends make an exciting discovery.
What is finding a dead mouse under the loose floor-board and the boys plan to put it in Mrs. Pratchett's candy jar?
The necessity of the tuck-boxes at school.
What is to store personal items and food and live at boarding school?
The name of the person who is described as "an angel of death" and works at the Llandaff Cathedral School.
Who is Mr. Coombes?
Having or expressing a cheerful or careless manner.
What is jaunty?
This event happened where Dahl's friends make a distraction at the sweet shop.
What is Dahl putting a dead mouse in the Gobstoppers jar?
Dahl's feelings about going to boarding school and how they changed.
What is excited and going on an adventure to sad and being away from his family?
The person who "flashes a grin like a shark" and encourages parents to send food to their children from home.
Who is the Headmaster at St. Peter's School?
Encouraging someone to do something.
What is exhorting?
This event happened where Dahl's mother sees the red streaks on his pants and his little sisters listen "goggle-eyed" to his story.
What is Dahl is beaten with a cane and he is taking a bath?
The reason why parents are encouraged to send food to their children from home.
What is the Headmaster spends as little money as possible on food for the boys and he tricks the parents?
The person who flings all the dormitory doors open and turns on all the lights at St. Peter's School.
Who is the Matron?
What is a silhouette?
This event happened where the Matron got mad and all the boys had their tuck-box keys taken away.
What is a boy named Wragg put sugar all over the floor?
The importance of the lock and key on the tuck-box.
What is to keep their personal belongings safe and nobody can open their tuck-boxes?