THE BIG QUIZ: 'SUPERMAN & PAULA BROWN'S NEW SNOWSUIT'

Complete the opening line from the novel - you should select 2 answers.

'The year the - - - began I was in the - - - - - grade at the Annie F Warren Grammar School in Winthrop, and that was the winter I won the prize for drawing the best Civil Defence signs.'

• fifth

• sixth

• tenth

• fight

• war

Before bed each night the speaker looks out of her bedroom window.

What does she look at?

• The movies

• Kennedy Space Station

• Logan Airport

• Annie F. Warren School

• Paula Brown's House

What technique does the speaker use below to describe their feelings about the airport?

'The airport was my Mecca, my Jerusalem.'

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• List

• Short sentence

The speaker describes themselves as 'a worshipper of Superman' - but they are not alone.

Who else loves to watch Superman?

• Sheldon Fein

• David Sterling

• Jimmy Lane

• Paula Brown

• Uncle Frank

What is the speaker's father's name?

• Frank

• Fred

• James

• Jim

• Otto

The speaker's uncle looks like someone the speaker recognises.

Who does Uncle Frank look like?

(a)  

On which street does Paula Brown live?

• Somerset Terrace

• Green Terrace

• Bray Street

• Ivy Avenue

• Bread Street

When Paula Brown answers the door to her party guests, what does she wear to greet them?

• A blue organdie dress

• A green snowsuit

• A white organdie dress

• A blue snowsuit

• A floral dress

Which film does the speaker go to see for Paula Brown's birthday?

• Snow White

• Sleeping Beauty

• 101 Dalmations

• The Jungle Book

• The Sword in the Stone

What does the speaker see before the film that the children expected?

• A film about the Nazis

• A film about the First World War

• A film about Japanese prisoners of war

• A film about Hiroshima

• A film about war in Great Britain