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The "La Rochelle" Books Trivia Quiz

Elinor M. Brent-Dyer is best known for her "Chalet School" series. This quiz is about another shorter set of stories by her.

A multiple-choice quiz by Lottie1001. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
Lottie1001

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
272,521

Updated
Jul 23 22

# Qns
10

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Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

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Top 20% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. Most of the books in the series are set on an island. Which one is it? Hint

Isle of Man.

Jersey.

Guernsey.

Isle of Wight.

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Question 2 of 10

2. In "Gerry Goes to School", why does Gerry leave her existing home to go to school? Hint

Her parents have just died.

Her great aunts have to go to Madeira.

Her sister is due to get married.

Her grandfather is very ill.

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Question 3 of 10

3. In "A Head Girl's Difficulties", who is the Head Girl with the difficulties? Hint

Nina Ruffell.

Gerry Challoner.

Rosamund Atherton.

Jill Trevennor.

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Question 4 of 10

4. In "The Maids of La Rochelle" why do Elizabeth, Anne and Janie Temple move to the island? Hint

Their father has died, and left them a large house on the island.

Their father has died, and they have very little money.

Their mother needs the sea air to convalesce.

For a long summer holiday.

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Question 5 of 10

5. In "Seven Scamps" Sancho Panza goes to church. Who is Sancho Panza? Hint

A dog.

A rabbit.

An elephant.

A donkey.

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Question 6 of 10

6. In "Heather Leaves School" why does she leave? Hint

She is eighteen and going study at university.

She has a serious illness, and needs time off to recover.

She is eighteen and going to be presented at Court.

She is going home to be taught by a governess.

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Question 7 of 10

7. In "Janie of La Rochelle" where do Janie and Julian spend their honeymoon? Hint

Sark.

Jersey.

Paris.

Quimper.

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Question 8 of 10

8. In "Janie Steps In" who goes to stay with the Lucy family? Hint

Beth Chester.

Rosamund Willoughby.

Nan Blakeney

Pauline Ozanne.

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who is the main character throughout the series? Hint

There is no main character.

Janie Lucy.

Gerry Challoner.

Heather Raphael.

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which other set of books written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer has links to the La Rochelle series? Hint

The Chalet School series.

The Chudleigh Hold series.

The Wynyards books.

The Skelton Hall books.

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Most of the books in the series are set on an island. Which one is it?

Answer: Guernsey.

It is believed that Elinor spent a summer holiday in Guernsey in 1923. She was also close friends with a fellow teacher at Western House, who was from Guernsey.

2. In "Gerry Goes to School", why does Gerry leave her existing home to go to school?

Answer: Her great aunts have to go to Madeira.

Gerry has been brought up by her great aunts since she was tiny, and has led a very old fashioned existence. One of her dreams is to go to school and make lots of friends, who will call her 'Gerry' and not 'Geraldine'.

3. In "A Head Girl's Difficulties", who is the Head Girl with the difficulties?

Answer: Rosamund Atherton.

Some of Rosamund's difficulties include the Headmistress being absent due to a train accident, an outbreak of diphtheria, an episode of sentimentality amongst the juniors, a cat siege and a fire which destroys her essay competition entry.

4. In "The Maids of La Rochelle" why do Elizabeth, Anne and Janie Temple move to the island?

Answer: Their father has died, and they have very little money.

Captain Temple's first wife died when Anne was a baby and the second Mrs. Temple died some years later. Their father's death leaves the three girls practically destitute, since he had been unable to save. Fortunately there is a cottage available to rent quite cheaply in Guernsey.

5. In "Seven Scamps" Sancho Panza goes to church. Who is Sancho Panza?

Answer: A donkey.

Sancho Panza is a donkey who was rescued by the Willoughbys five years previously, after he had been maltreated by his owner - a peddler. Peter, David and Britta send the donkey to church to annoy the curate, but they are caught by Sir Piers!

6. In "Heather Leaves School" why does she leave?

Answer: She is going home to be taught by a governess.

Heather's father is not happy with the standards of behaviour and manners which Heather has been acquiring from her school, so he brings her home to be taught with her two sisters, and the vicar's four daughters by a governess. After some months she is much improved and is allowed to go to school in Paris with Janie Lucy and Pauline Ozanne.

7. In "Janie of La Rochelle" where do Janie and Julian spend their honeymoon?

Answer: Sark.

Janie and Julian plan to spend a few days on Sark before going on to Quimper, but change their minds and spend the whole time on Sark, before returning to Guernsey to live in La Rochelle.

8. In "Janie Steps In" who goes to stay with the Lucy family?

Answer: Nan Blakeney

Nan has been staying with her cousin, Rosamund Willoughby (n�e Atherton) following the death of her mother in a motor accident in Ireland, but she is making herself ill with grieving. A visit to Guernsey is just what she needs to get her on the road to recovery again.

9. Who is the main character throughout the series?

Answer: There is no main character.

Gerry is the heroine of the first book, and gets mentioned in the second and then vanishes until she reappears at the Chalet School! Janie Lucy is important in three of the books and appears in two others, but is not mentioned at all in the first two books. Heather is the heroine of the fifth book, but barely gets a mention after that.

10. Which other set of books written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer has links to the La Rochelle series?

Answer: The Chalet School series.

The Ozanne, Chester and Lucy families meet the Chalet School when it settles in Guernsey after fleeing from Austria just before the start of the Second World War. Subsequently all their daughters attend the Chalet School.

Source: Author Lottie1001

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