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St Helen's and St Mary's World Book Day 2021 - KS2 quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who wrote Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?

a)

JK Rowling

b)

Roald Dahl

c)

Julia Donaldson

d)

Nicola Davies

2.

What is the most widely distributed, most translated and best selling book of all time>

a)

Harry Potter

b)

The Bible

c)

Alice in Wonderland

d)

Oliver Twist

3.

Who was created by Gepetto, the wood carver?

a)

The Gruffalo

b)

The Stick man

c)

Peter Pan

d)

Pinocchio

4.

In Roald Dahl's 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory', how many golden tickets were there?

a)

11

b)

7

c)

5

d)

9

5.

Who is the first creature Alice meets in Alice in Wonderland?

a)

The Mad Hatter

b)

The Queen of Hearts

c)

The Cheshire Cat

d)

A mock turtle

6.

Which book is NOT by David Walliams?

a)

Gangsta Granny

b)

Code name Apples

c)

The world's worst teachers

d)

The midnight gang

7.

Paddington Bear is from ...

a)

Chile

b)

Argentina

c)

Brazil

d)

Peru

8.

At Hogwarts, which spell would you use to disarm your opponent?

a)

Expelliarmus

b)

Lumos

c)

Accio

d)

Riddikulus

9.

In which country is the 'jungle' in Rudyard Kipling's 'The jungle book'?

a)

Brazil

b)

India

c)

Indonesia

d)

Kenya

10.

What type of animal was Moby Dick?

a)

Tiger

b)

Cow

c)

Cat

d)

Whale

11.

What is the name of the main character in 'Wonder' by R . J. Palacio

a)

Jack

b)

Julian

c)

Auggie

d)

Amos

12.

What happens to George's grandma when she takes the medicine for the first time?

a)

She grows very tall.

b)

She explodes.

c)

She shrinks.

d)

She is sick.

13.

The author Michael Morpurgo writes books mainly about what?

a)

Comedy

b)

Witches and wizards

c)

Science fiction

d)

Adventures set in real places

14.

'People laugh at me because I use big words. But if you have big ideas, you have to use big words to express them, haven't you?' This is a quote from which book?

a)

Charlotte's Web

b)

The secret garden

c)

Anne of Green Gables

d)

Mathilda

15.

Which book was NOT written by Shakespeare?

a)

Romeo and Juliet

b)

The tempest

c)

Hamlet

d)

Wuthering Heights

16.

In which series, do we meet Julian, Dick, Anne, Georgina and their dog Timmy?

a)

The famous five

b)

The secret seven

c)

Harry Potter

d)

Narnia

17.

In Charles Dickens 'A Tale of two Cities', which are the two cities?

a)

London and Paris

b)

London and New-York

c)

London and Rome

d)

London and Edinburgh

18.

Wally is always wearing ...

a)

a black and white striped tee-shirt

b)

a blue and white striped tee-shirt

c)

a yellow and white striped tee-shirt

d)

a red and white striped tee-shirt

19.

Which ancient civilization is said to have invented paper?

a)

Egyptians

b)

Romans

c)

Greeks

d)

Chinese

20.

Which book Mark Twain didn't write?

a)

The adventures of Tom Sawyer

b)

The little Prince

c)

The adventures of Huckleberry Finn

d)

River Boy