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Esio Trot by Roald Dahl

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  • What is the British word for 'apartment'?
    a flat
    a garage
    a place
    a balcony
  • What do tortoises love to eat?
    Roses and daffodils
    Cabbage leaves, tomato and lettuce.
    Meat pies
    Hamburgers and fries
  • What do you call a lady whose husband has died?
    widowed
    married
    window
    single
  • Who are the main characters of Esio Trot?
    Mr. Hoppy and Mrs. Silver
    The plants on the balcony
    The readers and the teacher
    Alfie and the tortoises
  • Who does Mrs. Silver love at the beginning of the story?
    Mr. Quacks
    Mr. Hoppy
    no one because her husband has died
    Alfie the tortoise
  • Do you think it is OK to lie for love?
    Any answer is OK
  • Why did Mr. Hoppy love Mrs. Silver?
    Because she loved trotoises
    Because she had a beautiful voice
    Because she was funny
    Because she was kind, sweet and gentle
  • Why does Mr. Hoppy need so many tortoises?
    He likes turtle soup
    He is collecting them for a hobby.
    He needs a tortoise that is a little bigger every week
    He caught them for Mrs. Silver
  • Why did Alfie go into the little house in winter?
    to have dinner
    because he was shy
    to hide from the snow
    to hibernate
  • Why did Mrs. Silver want Alfie to grow bigger?
    She wanted him to have a bigger house
    She thought he was feeling small and miserable
    She thought he was still a baby
    She was worried he may be sick
  • What did Mr. Hoppy call the tool he made out of metal and wires?
    a tortoise-catcher
    turtle-toucher
    Esio-Trot pepper
    tortoise-grabber
  • How many years did Mrs. Silver have Alfie?
    11 years
    1 year
    9 years
    7 years
  • Why couldn't Mr. Hoppy talk to Mrs. Silver?
    He had nothing to say.
    She was too far away.
    He was jealous of Alfie.
    He was too shy.
  • How much did Alfie weigh?
    19 ounces
    17 ounces
    13 ounces
    11 ounces
  • What is Mr. Hoppy looking up in the phone book?
    restaurants that make tortoise soup
    all of the pet shop addresses in town
    how to make a duck lay eggs
    how to make a widow fall in love with you
  • Where does Mr. Hoppy find 140 tortoises?
    in one pet store
    in Jamaica
    in the zoo
    in multiple pet stores
  • What is Mr. Hoppy's hobby?
    growing plants and flowers
    making things
    riding bears
    fixing cars
  • What does Mr. Hoppy wish would happen?
    That he is a villain beating up the good guys
    That he and Mrs. Silver could go to a boxing match together
    That he could save Mrs. Silver from a gang of armed thugs
    That he could help Mrs. Silver water her plants
  • Why does Mr. Hoppy move his table and chairs into his bedroom?
    He needed them for an art project in his bedroom.
    He needed room for the tortoises he was going to buy.
    He needed the extra room for a dance party he was giving.
    He was getting new furniture in the living room.
  • What do you call a hanging porch?
    a slide
    a balcony
    a screen
    a swing
  • How does Mr. Hoppy spend his spare time?
    growing plants on his balcony
    watching Alfie
    reading long books
    knitting socks for Mrs. Silver
  • What is written on the note that Mr. Hoppy lowers to Mrs. Silver?
    a love poem
    a spell to make 259 tortoises
    a spell written backwards
    a drawing of Mrs. Silver's favorite plant
  • Who is Mrs. Silver usually talking to?
    Herself
    Mr. Hoppy
    Alfie the tortoise
    Her plants
  • Have you ever been in love?
    Any answer is OK