A Little Princess Quizzes

A Little Princess Quiz Chapters 1-5

1 Where does Sara Crewe come from?
India

Boston

Egypt

London
2 Who runs the school that Sara will attend?
Miss Amelia

Miss Minchin

Monsieur Dufarge

Mr. Carmichael
3 What does Sara notice about the furniture at her new school?
It is well-made but threadbare

It is elaborately carved and painted

It is overly soft and frilly

It is ugly and hard
4 Who is Emily?
The doll Sara buys to keep at school

Sara's mother back at home

The maid who cares for Sara

Sara's first friend at school
5 What does Sara's father tell the headmistress about his daughter?
She is too interested in books and needs to be taught to enjoy dolls instead

She has a hot temper, but only when others provoke her

She is an excellent French speaker and will need a private tutor to continue learning

She loves to play outside, but her health is too fragile to let her do so
6 How does Sara behave when her father leaves her at school?
She sits quietly alone in her room

She goes for a long walk and returns completely cheerful

She cries openly in the dining room

She immediately sits down to write him a letter
7 Who is the oldest student at Sara's school?
Ermengarde

Lottie

Lavinia

Jessie
8 Why does Sara tell Miss Minchin that she has never learned French?
She is lying to avoid a conflict

She spoke French from a young age without formal lessons

She was forbidden from learning French because her father wanted to forget her French mother

She learned various Indian languages instead of European ones
9 Who is Mariette?
Sara's roommate

The woman who runs the nearby bakery

The French teacher

The maid hired to care for Sara
10 Why do Sara's classmates immediately turn their attention to her when she enters their classroom?
They know she is wealthy and wears expensive clothes

They want to befriend her and share her doll

They hope she will have exciting stories about her faraway childhood

They see that she is by far the most beautiful student in the school
11 What first makes Sara want to befriend Ermengarde?
She knows that Ermengarde has unused books she will lend to Sara

She sees teachers and students laugh at her and scold her

She wants Ermengarde's help with French

She knows that Ermengarde also likes to tell stories and play pretend
12 What is Ermengarde's "greatest trial"?
She has the smallest and dingiest dormitory in the school

She has a very intelligent father

She believes herself to be ugly

She is too shy to talk to new people
13 Why, according to Sara, does she have a playroom of her own at school?
She is prone to injury and can't roughhouse with other children

She likes to tell herself stories out loud in privacy

She needs lots of space to host parties and get-togethers

She needs space for all her clothes and toys
14 What do Sara and Ermengarde do together in Sara's playroom?
Gossip about Lavinia

Play with Emily

Drink tea and eat buns

Try on the new clothes Sara's father has sent
15 Why does Sara almost cry while Ermengarde is in her room?
She is afraid that she has not been acting like a princess

She is exhausted and overworked from studying

She is afraid that Ermengarde does not like her

She is thinking about how much she misses her father
16 What job does Sara's father have?
Farmer

Writer

Architect

Soldier
17 How does Miss Minchin treat Sara during her earliest days at school?
She exploits Sara's maternal personality and makes her babysit the young children

She tries to humiliate Sara, whom she finds irritating

She treats Sara indulgently because of her wealth

She is extremely strict with Sara because she wants her to live up to her full potential
18 What is Lavinia's primary motive in antagonizing Sara?
Boredom

Admiration

Jealousy

Scorn
19 How does Sara comfort Lottie during her tantrum?
By asking her to join her for a tea party

By quietly singing to herself until Lottie calms down

By explaining to her that she should act like a princess

By telling her a story about their mothers together in the afterlife
20 Why does Lavinia scold Becky in front of her and Sara's classmates?
For listening in on one of Sara's stories

For daring to speak to students

For stealing food from her room

For failing to properly clean one of the bathrooms
21 Why is Becky in Sara's room?
Becky is waiting for Sara to return so they can talk

Becky is furiously cleaning because she is afraid of Sara

Becky is admiring Sara's beautiful possessions

Becky, exhausted, has fallen asleep there
22 Why are Becky's lines of dialogue written with such characteristics as dropped "H"s?
To demonstrate her working-class accent

To show that she does not speak English as a first language

To show that she is tired and breathless

To provide a rationale for Sara's trouble understanding her
23 What admirable piece of clothing does Sara where when she first speaks with Becky?
A silver nightgown

A bright red coat

A pink dancing-frock

A velvet muff and jacket
24 What does Sara feed Becky when she comes to visit?
Sausage

Muffins

Fruit

Cake
25 Why does Sara wish she was a princess?
She wants to pay for a ticket home to see her father

She wants to make laws banning injustice

She wants to help the people around her

She wants to live in a palace

A Little Princess is a children’s novel written by the English-American novelist Frances Hodgson Burnett. Published in 1905 as an adaptation of Burnett's serialized novel Sara Crewe, it is considered a classic of English-language children's...

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Answered by Aslan on 6/4/2023 6:17 PM