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A horrible quiz about horrible characters

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1. In George’s Marvellous Medicine, why does his horrible grandma want him to eat cabbage and not chocolate?

A So that he grows down and doesn’t ever grow up.
B Because she’s a cabbage farmer
C So he’ll turn into a rabbit


2. What does Mr Twit keep in his beard?

A Birds
B Sequins
C Stilton Cheese and Cornflakes

3. Why does Mr Gum have evil written all over his face?

A. Because you can tell just by looking at him
B. Because he wrote it there himself in Biro
C. Because he has a beard and we know what that means. 

4. What’s the name of Matilda’s scary headmistress?

A. Miss Battleaxe
B. Miss Trunchbull
C. Miss Trenchcoat


5. What is the name of Mr Gum’s disgusting side-kick?
a. Billy Bob Thornton
b. Billy Goat Gruff
c. Billy William the Third

6. In Roald Dahl’s book The Witches, there are some easy ways of spotting witches. Which one of these do witches NOT have?
a. Square toes
b. Three eyes
c. Bald heads

7. When George Kranky makes medicine to cure his grandmother of her nastiness- is it
a. Magical medicine
b. Marvellous Medicine
c. Mouldy bananas medicine?

8. Which of these is the odd one out?
a. The Twits
b. The BFG
c. Aunt Spiker and Aunt Sponge




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