LOCATIONS
This seaside resort town is where St Peter’s School is located.
What is Weston-super-Mare?
The narrator describes this emotion as he waited after his mother left.
What is crying?
The school is described as resembling this type of building.
What is a private lunatic asylum?
A tuck-box is this type of container.
What is a small pinewood trunk?
The Headmaster had this type of tooth decoration.
What is gold edging?
The school is located in this county of England.
What is Somerset?
The narrator liked this part of the boat journey.
What is the ride on the paddle-steamer (the splash/spray)?
The number of boys attending St Peter’s School.
What is about 150?
This fruit is NOT mentioned as being in the tuck-box.
What are Oranges, Bananas, or Pears
The Headmaster told the narrator’s mother to do this after dropping off her son.
What is to leave quickly (not linger)?
This body of water separates Weston-super-Mare and Cardiff
What is the Bristol Channel?
The narrator had no previous experience spending a night away from this place.
What is his large family/home?
This person’s family lived in one-third of the school building.
Who is the Headmaster?
The tuck-box contents were kept secret, even from this school authority.
Who is the Headmaster?
The Headmaster’s smile was compared to this sea predator’s grin.
What is a shark?
What city is Dahl from?
What is Cardiff?
What is the emotion Dahl feels as he steps off the boat?
anxious of nervous
Boys hang their games clothes on these inside the changing-room.
What are pegs?
This boy kept a pet frog inside his tuck-box by drilling an airhole in the lid.
Who is Arkle?
The Headmaster encouraged parents to send this to their sons from home.
What are parcels of tuck?
What is the boarding school compared to?
What is a private lunatic asylum?
On arrival at school, the narrator was left standing next to these two items.
What are his trunk and tuck-box?
This item was compulsory for every boy going to an English Prep School.
What is a tuck-box?
Name two of the sweet treats sent by mothers in the tuck parcels.
What are currant cake and Liquorice Allsorts?
The Headmaster operated the school primarily as this kind of business.
What is a money-making business?