Who are the main characters of Esio Trot?
Alfie and the tortoises
The plants on the balcony
The readers and the teacher
Mr. Hoppy and Mrs. Silver
How does Mr. Hoppy spend his spare time?
knitting socks for Mrs. Silver
reading long books
watching Alfie
growing plants on his balcony
What do you call a hanging porch?
a balcony
a slide
a swing
a screen
What does Mr. Hoppy wish would happen?
That he and Mrs. Silver could go to a boxing match together
That he is a villain beating up the good guys
That he could help Mrs. Silver water her plants
That he could save Mrs. Silver from a gang of armed thugs
Who does Mrs. Silver love at the beginning of the story?
Alfie the tortoise
Mr. Hoppy
Mr. Quacks
no one because her husband has died
Who is Mrs. Silver usually talking to?
Her plants
Herself
Alfie the tortoise
Mr. Hoppy
What is the British word for 'apartment'?
a garage
a balcony
a flat
a place
What do you call a lady whose husband has died?
widowed
married
single
window
What is Mr. Hoppy looking up in the phone book?
all of the pet shop addresses in town
how to make a widow fall in love with you
how to make a duck lay eggs
restaurants that make tortoise soup
Where does Mr. Hoppy find 140 tortoises?
in one pet store
in multiple pet stores
in Jamaica
in the zoo
Why does Mr. Hoppy need so many tortoises?
He is collecting them for a hobby.
He likes turtle soup
He caught them for Mrs. Silver
He needs a tortoise that is a little bigger every week
What is Mr. Hoppy's hobby?
fixing cars
growing plants and flowers
riding bears
making things
What is written on the note that Mr. Hoppy lowers to Mrs. Silver?
a spell written backwards
a spell to make 259 tortoises
a love poem
a drawing of Mrs. Silver's favorite plant
Why did Alfie go into the little house in winter?
because he was shy
to have dinner
to hide from the snow
to hibernate
Why does Mr. Hoppy move his table and chairs into his bedroom?
He needed them for an art project in his bedroom.
He was getting new furniture in the living room.
He needed the extra room for a dance party he was giving.
He needed room for the tortoises he was going to buy.
What did Mr. Hoppy call the tool he made out of metal and wires?
Esio-Trot pepper
tortoise-grabber
a tortoise-catcher
turtle-toucher
