Worksheets"Boy" Final Quiz Amplify Unit 6A
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 22mins
Where was Roald Dahl first attend school?
Lake Chancellor Prep School
Llandaff Cathedral School
St. Peter's School
Weston-super-Mare, Somerset
What was Mrs. Pratchett’s job?
Headmistress
Sweet-shop owner
Teacher
Cook
What prank did Dahl and his friends play in the sweet shop?
Spilled ink on the counter
Hid a dead mouse in a candy jar
Stole gobstoppers
Put glue on the door handle
What was a “tuck box” used for at boarding school?
To store books
To keep food from home
To hide letters
To hold sports equipment
How did the headmaster punish students who broke rules?
Detention
Writing lines
Caning
Expulsion
Which detail from the text best supports the idea that Mrs. Pratchett disliked children?
She wore a dirty apron with bits of breakfast left on it.
She counted the coins carefully before giving change.
She never welcomed them when the boys entered the shop.
She offered them extra sweets for free.
What evidence shows that Dahl and his friends planned the prank carefully?
We decided to put the mouse in the jar of gobstoppers.
We ran out of the shop as fast as we could.
We thought about it for days before doing it.
We told Mrs. Pratchett about the mouse.
Which sentence best supports the claim that punishments at school were harsh?
The headmaster spoke to us in a calm voice.
He ordered us to write lines after class.
He took out a thin bamboo cane and struck us hard.
He asked us to apologize politely.
What detail from the story shows Dahl’s feelings about boarding school?
I loved the food in the tuck box.
I felt lonely and missed my family terribly.
I enjoyed playing cricket with my friends.
I was excited to meet the headmaster.
What happened first in the Great Mouse Plot?
The boys placed the mouse in the jar.
The boys found a dead mouse.
Mrs. Pratchett complained to the headmaster.
The boys were punished.
Which event happened right after Mrs. Pratchett discovered the prank?
She laughed and forgave the boys.
She went to the headmaster to report them.
She gave them extra sweets.
She told their parents immediately.
Put these events in the correct order:
The boys planned the prank.
Thwaites distracted Mrs. Pratchett.
Dahl placed the mouse in the jar.
Mrs. Pratchett visited the school.
The headmaster used the cane to punish the boys.
What is the definition of a memoir?
A book about imaginary events and people
A collection of memories written by the person who experienced them
A list of facts about a country
A story about animals
Choose the correct word: Roald Dahl described his childhood __________, making the reader feel as if they were there.
vividly
lapse
fiction
ambition
Read the sentence and use context clues to answer: "Roald Dahl’s imagination was flourishing as he wrote new stories, creating worlds no one had seen before." What does "flourishing" mean in this sentence?
Fading away
Growing and thriving
Stopping
Being destroyed
Read this sentence from paragraph three of "The Bicycle and the Sweet Shop":
"The sweet-shop in Llandaff in the year 1923 was the very centre of our lives."
Now read these sentences from paragraph five of "The Bicycle and the Sweet Shop:"
"The mere sight of her grimy right hand with its black fingernails digging an ounce of Chocolate Fudge out of a jar would have caused a starving tramp to go running from the shop. But not us. Sweets were our life-blood. We would have put up with far worse than that to get them."
How do the sentences from paragraph five relate to paragraph one?
They give an explanation of how Dahl and his friends love candy.
They give an explanation of how Dahl and his friends want to prank Mrs. Pratchett,
They give an explanation of Dahl and his friends' experience at Llandaff Cathedral School.
Based on paragraph four of "The Bicycle and the Sweet Shop," Dahl writes, "She never smiled. She never welcomed us when we went in, and the only times she spoke were when she said things like, ‘I’m watchin’ you so keep yer thievin’ fingers off them chocolates!’ How does Dahl likely feel when he first enters the candy shop?
Excited
Intimidated
Impressed
Comforted
In "The Great Mouse Plot," Dahl uses figurative langauage in lines 29-31 when he writes, "We were strutting a little as we entered the shop. We were the victors now and Mrs. Pratchett was the victim.” What can readers infer about the kids’ attitude from this language?
The kids were sullen.
The kids were feeling anxious or nervous.
The kids were prideful.
The kids were confident.
Dahl uses figurative language to describe Mrs. Pratchett in “The Bicycle and the Sweet Shop” when he writes in lines 21-22, “She was a small skinny old hag with a moustache on her upper lip and a mouth as sour as a green gooseberry.” What can readers infer about Mrs. Pratchett from this language?
Mrs. Pratchett is always kind to Dahl and his friends.
Mrs. Pratchett is a cruel, older woman.
Mrs. Pratchett is a nurturing, lovely woman.
How does Dahl's attitude about going to the sweet shop change from the beginning to the end of "The Bicycle and the Sweet Shop?
He notices Mrs. Pratchett's behavior and doesn't like it, he comes up with a scheme to get back at her.
He notices Mrs. Pratchett's behavior and finds himself comfortable with going to the sweet shop everyday.
He notices how candy surrounds the sweet shop, he has a deeper connection to candy.
What idea is developed when Dahl writes, "But by far the most loathsome thing about Mrs Pratchett was the filth that clung around her. Her apron was grey and greasy. Her blouse had bits of breakfast all over it, toast-crumbs and tea stains and splotches of dried egg-yolk. It was her hands, however, that disturbed us most. They were disgusting. They were black with dirt and grime. They looked as though they had been putting lumps of coal on the fire all day long."
Young boys can be very mischievous.
Parents are worried about sending their child to a new school.
Some adults can be very unpleasant.
In "The Great Mouse Plot," how do Dahl and his friends feel after playing their trick on Mrs. Pratchett?
They feel scared and want to confess.
They feel triumphant and pleased with themselves.
They feel guilty and regretful.
What can readers infer about Dahl's relationship with his friends based on their actions in "The Bicycle and the Sweet Shop"?
They are supportive of each other and enjoy shared adventures.
They often argue and do not get along.
They prefer to spend time alone rather than together.
"Dialogue" refers to (a)
Write a complete sentence explaining the one "unwritten law" that everyone knew about tuck boxes.
