Boy: Tales of Childhood Quizzes

Boy: Tales of Childhood Quiz 1

1 Who wrote Boy: Tales of Childhood?
John Cheever

Tan France

John Steinbeck

Roald Dahl
2 In what year was Boy: Tales of Childhood published?
1901

1984

2001

1954
3 From where do the stories in Boy: Tales of Childhood come?
The author found them in newspapers

The author's life

The author's imagination

Letters fans have written to the author
4 Who is the protagonist of Boy: Tales of Childhood?
An unnamed child

Geddy Lee

Roald Dahl

John Francis
5 Who narrates Boy: Tales of Childhood?
An unnamed first-person narrator

John Francis

Roald Dahl

An unnamed third-person narrator
6 What was Dahl's father's name?
Harald

Frank

John

Derek
7 How does Dahl's father injure himself when young?
He is shot by a soldier

He jumps off a cliff

He is hit by a car

He falls off a roof
8 What contributes to the local doctor failing to fix Dahl's father's broken elbow?
He is in mourning

He is vindictive

He is drunk

He is blind
9 What happens to Harald's arm?
None of these, he hurt his leg

It becomes stronger than ever

It falls off

It is amputated
10 What does Dahl's father consider the only inconvenience of losing a limb?
He will never be a soldier

He cannot take the top off a boiled egg

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

He has to quit his roofing job
11 Where is Dahl's father from?
England

Wales

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 child-care facility

A shipbroking firm

A hospital

A dog-walking business
14 What nationality is Harald's first wife?
Scottish

French

British

Welsh
15 What is Harald's first wife's name?
Kara

Sonia

Marie

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

Three

Two

Zero
17 What does Harald do after his wife dies?
He meets another woman while in Norway

He dies of grief

He dies of pneumonia

He kills himself
18 What is the name of Dahl's mother?
Sonia

Sofie

Marie

Frances
19 What happens to Dahl's sister Astri in 1920?
She dies

She runs away

She crashes a car the family is in

She begins school
20 How does Astri die?
Appendicitis

Suicide

Pneumonia

Car accident
21 How does Harald die?
Roofing accident

Car accident

Suicide

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

Leeches

Vaccines

Penicillin
23 Why doesn't Harald fight against his illness?
He has been fighting with his wife

He has no will to live after Astri dies

He has always been suicidal

He is disappointed in Roald's life choices
24 What significant event occurs two months after Harald's death?
Sofie's parents stop talking to her

Sofie gives birth to another child

Dahl's eldest sister dies

Dahl begins school
25 Why does Sofie stay in the UK after her husband dies?
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

She doesn't want to burden her family in France