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Many of Audrey Woods's books, starting with "Moonflute", have been illustrated by her husband. Their son is also an illustrator of children's books.
2 Audrey Wood quizzes and 20 Audrey Wood trivia questions.
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  Audrey Wood's "Heckedy Peg"    
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This quiz is about one of my most favorite children's books from Audrey Wood and Don Wood, "Heckedy Peg."
Average, 10 Qns, TuTu10, Sep 09 17
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  "Heckedy Peg" By Audrey Wood    
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Answer these questions from the book "Heckedy Peg."
Average, 10 Qns, lovesmoodies, Sep 18 03
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What does the seventh child want from the market?

From Quiz "Audrey Wood's "Heckedy Peg""





Audrey Wood Trivia Questions
1. What are the mother's children named after?

From Quiz Audrey Wood's "Heckedy Peg"

Answer: after the seven days of the week

The mother's children are all named after the seven days of the week, which are Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

2. Who illustrated this book?

From Quiz "Heckedy Peg" By Audrey Wood

Answer: Don Wood

This is one of the many books illustrated by Audrey's husband, Don Wood.

3. What does the seventh child want from the market?

From Quiz Audrey Wood's "Heckedy Peg"

Answer: Some crackers

Sunday (the first child) wanted a bowl of egg pudding, Monday (the second child) wanted a tub of butter, and Tuesday (the third child) wanted a pocket knife. Saturday (the seventh child) wanted some crackers from the market.

4. How many children did the poor mother have?

From Quiz "Heckedy Peg" By Audrey Wood

Answer: 7

Their names were: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.

5. What are the two things the mother told the children not to do?

From Quiz Audrey Wood's "Heckedy Peg"

Answer: Not to let strangers in, and to not touch fire.

The mother wants to make sure that her children are safe from strangers, so she gives them these directions.

6. When the mother went to market, she kissed her children goodbye and gave them two rules: "Now be careful, and remember- don't let a stranger in and ________." What was the second rule?

From Quiz "Heckedy Peg" By Audrey Wood

Answer: Don't touch fire

The children locked the door after their mother left and began to play.

7. Who visits the children while the mother is out?

From Quiz Audrey Wood's "Heckedy Peg"

Answer: Heckedy Peg

Heckedy Peg is the witch who eventually comes to the house of the seven children and wants to come inside the house.

8. What was the name of the witch who rapped on the window?

From Quiz "Heckedy Peg" By Audrey Wood

Answer: Heckedy Peg

The witch said, "I'm Heckedy Peg. I've lost my leg. Let me in!"

9. What does the witch promise to give the children if they let her in the house to light her pipe?

From Quiz Audrey Wood's "Heckedy Peg"

Answer: Gold

Heckedy Peg tells the children that she will give them gold if they let her inside the house to light her pipe. The children immediately fall for the trick and let Heckedy Peg inside the house.

10. What did the witch have in her sack that convinced the children to let her in?

From Quiz "Heckedy Peg" By Audrey Wood

Answer: Gold

She had a sack full of gold. The children offered to let her in and light her pipe for the sack of gold.

11. What does the witch change the children into?

From Quiz Audrey Wood's "Heckedy Peg"

Answer: Food

After the children light up the straw for Heckedy Peg to light her pipe, Heckedy Peg throws the pipe down on the ground and immediately, the children transform into different types of food and Heckedy Peg takes the food with her to her hideout in the forest.

12. What did the witch turn the kids into?

From Quiz "Heckedy Peg" By Audrey Wood

Answer: food

After the children let her in and lit her pipe, the witch threw her pipe to the floor and shouted, "Now I've got you!" She turned the children into food.

13. What does the mother discover on the floor when she comes back home?

From Quiz Audrey Wood's "Heckedy Peg"

Answer: The witch's pipe

When the mother returned home from the market, she tries to call out her children's names, but they do not answer her. It is then that the mother finds Heckedy Peg's pipe on the ground and she realizes that her children are kidnapped.

14. Who told the mother where her children were?

From Quiz "Heckedy Peg" By Audrey Wood

Answer: A blackbird

A blackbird who had seen what happened took pity on the mother and told her. "Follow me!" the bird chirped. "It's Heckedy Peg. She's lost her leg. They let her in."

15. How does the mother trick the witch to let her inside?

From Quiz Audrey Wood's "Heckedy Peg"

Answer: She hides her legs and crawls inside.

Heckedy Peg tells the mother that she will not let her in unless she takes off her shoes and socks because she they are dirty. When the mother takes off her shoes and socks, Heckedy Peg still will not let her in and tells the mother to cut off her feet because they are dirty. But, the mother just hides her legs and crawls inside Heckedy Peg's hut.

16. Why wouldn't the witch let the mother in when she first knocked on the door?

From Quiz "Heckedy Peg" By Audrey Wood

Answer: Her shoes were dirty

The witch would not let her in because her shoes were dirty. The mother then took her shoes off. But, the witch claimed that her socks, and then her feet were also dirty.

17. How does the mother guess correctly which food items are her children?

From Quiz Audrey Wood's "Heckedy Peg"

Answer: She matches the food items according to what her children told her to get for them.

The mother remembered that before she left for the market, she asked each of her children what they wanted from the market. So, the mother just matched each food item based on what her children wanted from the market. For example, Monday wanted a tub of butter from the market, so the mother knew that the bread was Monday because bread goes with butter.

18. What did the witch tell the mother she must do to get her children back?

From Quiz "Heckedy Peg" By Audrey Wood

Answer: Guess which food was which child

The witch had turned each child into different food. She told the mother to guess which food was which individual child.

19. What happens to the witch at the end of the book?

From Quiz Audrey Wood's "Heckedy Peg"

Answer: She drowns in the river.

When the mother is reunited with her children, she is angry at Heckedy Peg for kidnapping her children and she and her children chase Heckedy Peg towards a bridge, where Heckedy Peg jumps into the river and drowns.

20. What happened to the witch at the end of the story?

From Quiz "Heckedy Peg" By Audrey Wood

Answer: She jumped off the bridge and was never seen again

The mother guessed her children correctly. She chased Heckedy Peg until they came to a bridge. Heckedy Peg jumped off of the bridge and was never seen again!

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