Characters
General Book Questions
General Book Questions
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
100

Who Martyn is sent to live with at the novel's conclusion.

Auntie Jean.

100

The amount of money given to William Pig

30,000 pounds

100

What William Pig hits his head on.

What is the fireplace?

100

Choose the correct word.

The lawyer did not see how the question was ____ to the case.

incoherent / relevant 

What is relevant? 

100

Choose the correct word.

Dean ____ at the sight of the dead body.

shuddered / trudged 

What is shuddered?

200

Could have been handsome, but wasn't because of drinking. Abusive.

Who is William Pig? 

200
How Martyn finds out about the inheritance money.

What is a letter (from the lawyer)?

200

Where Martyn decides to put William's body.

What is the gravel pit / old quarry?

200

Choose the correct word.

Martyn thinks of Dean as a complete _____. 

glum / imbecile / flinch 

What is imbecile? 

200

Choose the correct word.

The small shower, where Alex hiding from Aunty Jean, was very ____.

cramped / rummaged / scrawny


What is cramped? 

300

The name of the Aunt who bequested William Pig the money.

Eileen Pig.

300

What mode of transportation do Martyn and Alex use to get the body to the disposal spot? 

What is Mrs. Freeman's car?

300

The insult Dean calls Martyn

Pigman

300

Choose the correct word. 

Martyn couldn't help but ____ when his father's fist came towards him.

vague / revive / flinch / pallor

What is flinch? 

300

Choose the correct word. 

Martyn has a ____ recollection of his mother, but doesn't remember much.

vague / revive / flinch / pallor

What is vague? 

400
Was once an actress. Pretends to be William Pig.

Who is Alex's mom? 

400

One thing that Martyn considers spending the money on.

Options:

1) What is opening a detective agency?

2) What is traveling far away? 

400

What the police find in Martyn's bathroom.

What is a towel with an oil stain?

400

Fill in the gap with a vocabulary word.

Only the fresh air at the beach could _____ him, and make him feel alive again.

What is revive? 

400

Fill in the blank with a vocabulary word.

When someone is depressed, you might say they are feeling _____.

What is glum? 

500

In the police force. Is kind to Martyn when they tell him about his father being dead.

Who is Sally? 
500

What Martyn imagines he sees at the beach.

What is a hallucination of Alex/Dad?

500

Something Martyn buys at the beginning of the story that Alex makes jokes about.

What is a chicken? 

500

Fill in the blank with a vocabulary word.

William Pig's drunken rambling was _______.

What is incoherent? 

500

Fill in the gap with a vocabulary word.

I could not understand why Martyn would not call the police. It is _______!

What is inexplicable?