Boy: Tales of Childhood Quizzes

Boy: Tales of Childhood Quiz 1

By Maxwell Olson · Edited by James Cooper · Last reviewed March 20, 2022

1 Who wrote Boy: Tales of Childhood?

Tan France

Roald Dahl

John Cheever

John Steinbeck
2 In what year was Boy: Tales of Childhood published?

2001

1984

1954

1901
3 From where do the stories in Boy: Tales of Childhood come?

Letters fans have written to the author

The author found them in newspapers

The author's imagination

The author's life
4 Who is the protagonist of Boy: Tales of Childhood?

John Francis

Roald Dahl

An unnamed child

Geddy Lee
5 Who narrates Boy: Tales of Childhood?

An unnamed third-person narrator

Roald Dahl

An unnamed first-person narrator

John Francis
6 What was Dahl's father's name?

John

Derek

Frank

Harald
7 How does Dahl's father injure himself when young?

He jumps off a cliff

He is shot by a soldier

He falls off a roof

He is hit by a car
8 What contributes to the local doctor failing to fix Dahl's father's broken elbow?

He is drunk

He is blind

He is vindictive

He is in mourning
9 What happens to Harald's arm?

It is amputated

It falls off

It becomes stronger than ever

None of these, he hurt his leg
10 What does Dahl's father consider the only inconvenience of losing a limb?

He will always be depressed he isn't able-bodied

He has to quit his roofing job

He cannot take the top off a boiled egg

He will never be a soldier
11 Where is Dahl's father from?

Wales

England

Norway

France
12 Where does Harald move to before Dahl is born?

France

Ethiopia

Canada

Egypt
13 What kind of company does Harald found in Wales?

A dog-walking business

A child-care facility

A hospital

A shipbroking firm
14 What nationality is Harald's first wife?

Scottish

Welsh

French

British
15 What is Harald's first wife's name?

Sonia

Sofie

Marie

Kara
16 How many children does Harald have with his first wife?

Three

One

Two

Zero
17 What does Harald do after his wife dies?

He dies of grief

He kills himself

He meets another woman while in Norway

He dies of pneumonia
18 What is the name of Dahl's mother?

Frances

Marie

Sofie

Sonia
19 What happens to Dahl's sister Astri in 1920?

She begins school

She runs away

She dies

She crashes a car the family is in
20 How does Astri die?

Car accident

Appendicitis

Suicide

Pneumonia
21 How does Harald die?

Car accident

Roofing accident

Suicide

Pneumonia
22 What medicine does Dahl believe might have saved his sister and father?

Ibuprofen

Vaccines

Leeches

Penicillin
23 Why doesn't Harald fight against his illness?

He is disappointed in Roald's life choices

He has no will to live after Astri dies

He has been fighting with his wife

He has always been suicidal
24 What significant event occurs two months after Harald's death?

Sofie gives birth to another child

Dahl's eldest sister dies

Dahl begins school

Sofie's parents stop talking to her
25 Why does Sofie stay in the UK after her husband dies?

She doesn't want to burden her family in France

She doesn't want to burden her family in Norway

She wants to honor his wish that their children go to English schools

She has no money to travel