Roal Dahl- Ten short stories

In the story "The Umbrella Man" why are the girl and her mum in London?

• They have just arrived from a trip

• They have just been to a play

• They have just seen "Singing in the rain"

• The have just been to the dentist

What does the girl have at the cafe?

• an ice-cream dish with banana

• a cup of coffee

• both

• none

frosty- nosed means

• with a running nose

• having a cold

• with a cold nose

• unfriendly

the old man was

• too tired to walk back home

• a crook

• an umbrella seller

• a beggar

Mr Botibol was a character in which story?

• Dip in the pool

• The Butler

• The Hitchhiker

• none

What is the auction pool at the ship about?

• winning seven thousand dollars

• winning a Lincoln convertible

• estimating the day's run

• all of them

Mr Botibol jumped from the ship because

• He couldn't face telling his wife he had lost all their savings

• He wanted the ship to go faster

• He wanted the ship to go more slowly

• To have a swim

In The Butler, how did Mr Cleaver pretend to make his parties funnier?

• Serving the best Spanish wine

• Giiving the guests claret wine

• serving mouth- watering salad

• cocktails

The Hitchhiker was a

• priest

• carpenter

• pickpocket

• pianist

Flabbergasted means

• furious

• extremely clever

• annoyed

• shocked