Characters
Story details
The man in the garage
Literary devices
100

What does Michael call Dr. Dan, the doctor who takes care of his baby sister?

Doctor Death

100

Who gets very angry at Michael and calls him “stupid” for going in the garage?

His Mum.

100

Is the man in the garage Ernie Myers? 

No, he’s not.

100

Identify the literary device in the following sentence: 

“Even the feathers were hard as stone” 

Simile

200

What was the previous owner of the house called?

Ernie Myers

200

What does Michael’s Dad find behind the fire?

Pigeons

200

What is the first thing the man in the garage tells Michael?

”what do you want?”

200

Identify the literary device in the following sentence:

”Her breathing was cracked and hissy.”

Onomatopoeia

300

Who is Mr. Stone?

The estate agent / the man who sold Michael’s family the new house

300

How does Michael go to school from the new house?

By bus

300

What kind of medicine does the man ask for?

aspirin

300

Identify the literary device in the following sentence:

”My heart was thundering”

Hyperbole

400

What are Michael’s best friends called?

Leaky and Coot

400

What does Michael’s Dad take out of the house to make a garden seat? 

Ernie’s toilet

400

How is the man in the garage dressed?

in a black suit

400

Identify the literary device in the following sentences:

“I heard things scuttling and scratching.” 

“My heart was thudding and thundering.”


Alliteration

500

Who are Rasputin, Monkey Mitford and The Yeti?

Michael’s teachers

500

Who does Michael meet at the end of chapter 7 as he comes out of the garage?

Mina

500

What does the man in the garage say when Michael asks him if he would like something to eat?

27 and 53

500

In Chapter 5, there is an allusion ( reference) to Greek mythology. What characters are mentioned?

Icarus and Daedelus