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Brightstorm Chapters 1-7

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the names of the protagonists in our story?

(a)  

2.

Ernest Brightstorm was a famous what?

a)

Author

b)

Explorer

c)

Mathematician

d)

Archaeologist

3.

What was Arthur reading before Madame Gainsford arrived to tell the twins the unfortunate news about their father?

a)

The Lontown Chronicle

b)

Rare Herbs of the Northern Marshes

c)

A History of Ship Aviation

d)

Volcanic Islands of the North

4.

Who is the captain of the Violetta?

(a)  

5.

What does Eudora Vane (and the rest of her crew) accuse Ernest Brightstorm of doing?

a)

Sabotaging her attempt to reach South Polaris by stealing her golden sovereigns to buy more pitch

b)

Sabotaging her attempt to reach South Polaris by stealing their pitch and damaging the sky-ship

c)

Sabotaging her attempt to reach South Polaris by luring them into a wolf den

d)

Sabotaging her attempt to reach South Polaris by sending them in the wrong direction

6.

Who does Mistress Poacher sell the Brightstorm twins to, after their home and belongings are repossessed?

(a)  

7.

Where do the Beggins force Maudie to work to earn the Brightstorm's keep?

a)

Lontown Geographical Society

b)

the kitchens

c)

the shipyards

d)

the pitch mines

8.

Where does Harriet Culpepper live?

a)

4 Burlington Street

b)

4 Sky-Ship Avenue

c)

4 Archangel Street

d)

4 Chronicle Way

9.

What is the name of Ernest Brightstorm's sapient companion?

a)

Athena

b)

Agnes

c)

Parthena

d)

Patricia

10.

Which of these are Lontown Chronicle headlines that feature in the book?

Hint: There is more than one correct answer!

a)

Blarthington drops out of bid for South Polaris after sky-ship fire

b)

Pelt of vicious Third Continent Wolf makes a record amount at auction

c)

Ernest Brightstorm: hero or horror?

d)

Labour urgently needed in southern pitch mines due to unprecedented demand