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Many of her novels, including "Heidi", use as all or part of their setting the Alps where Johanna Spyri spent several summers in her childhood.
4 Johanna Spyri quizzes and 50 Johanna Spyri trivia questions.
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  10 Questions on Heidi   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Hi, my mum bought this book for me when I was younger and I really liked it. It is by Johanna Spyri.
Tough, 10 Qns, clazanet, Jan 26 09
Recommended for grades: 5,6,7
Tough
clazanet
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  'Heidi' quiz    
Multiple Choice
 20 Qns
This quiz is for my daughter, because this is one of her favorite bedtime stories, from Mom with love.
Average, 20 Qns, LindaC007, Feb 20 19
Average
LindaC007
Feb 20 19
1109 plays
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  Heidi Quiz Challenge   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
"Heidi" by Johanna Spyri is one of my favourite children's books, hence I made a quiz on it. Hope you enjoy!
Average, 10 Qns, triv15, Apr 28 17
Average
triv15
568 plays
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  Heading Away with Heidi!    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is my first quiz based on Heidi. The book was written on the author, Johanna Spyri's experiences. I won a prize speaking about it. I hope you enjoy it!
Average, 10 Qns, madhuiyer15, Jun 24 17
Average
madhuiyer15
171 plays
trivia question Quick Question
Why can't Peter's grandmother sleep at night?

From Quiz "'Heidi' quiz"





Johanna Spyri Trivia Questions
1. Who are Heidi's parents?

From Quiz Heading Away with Heidi!

Answer: Tobias and Adelheid

Heidi is named after her mother Adelheid and looks a lot like her father, Tobias. Tobias is Uncle Alp's son. Many people believe that Heidi's parents died because of Uncle Alp's misdeeds in his past.

2. Who was Dete talking to at the beginning of the book?

From Quiz Heidi

Answer: Barbel

Barbel was going to talk to the grandmother but she walked with Dete.

3. What is Heidi's bed made of?

From Quiz Heidi

Answer: Hay

Alm-Uncle uses hay to cover the floor and then he puts a thick blanket over the top. Heidi loves this bed.

4. Who is the author of 'Heidi'?

From Quiz 'Heidi' quiz

Answer: Johanna Spyri & Spyri

I'm sure you know this, so I don't think you need a multiple choice question. If you know of any other novels by Spyri, please let me know.

5. What is the name of Detie's friend?

From Quiz Heading Away with Heidi!

Answer: Barbie

Barbie is a lady who loves to gossip. She has recently come to Dorfli, thus she takes special interest in Uncle Alp's life.

6. Who did Dete pay to go and get Heidi's clothes?

From Quiz Heidi

Answer: Peter

When Dete asks Peter to get the clothes he hesitates, so she pays him to do it.

7. Where does Klara live?

From Quiz Heidi

Answer: Frankfurt

Klara cannot walk and always stays in her wheelchair. Dete takes Heidi to Frankfurt to live with Klara and keep her company.

8. When the story begins, how old is Heidi?

From Quiz 'Heidi' quiz

Answer: five

Heidi's grandfather last saw Heidi when she was one, and Dete comments that it is now four years later, so Heidi is five.

9. What are the names of Uncle Alp's goats?

From Quiz Heading Away with Heidi!

Answer: Daisy and Dusky

Peter herds these two goats along with Heidi, who is very fond of these white and brown goats.

10. Where does Clara live?

From Quiz Heidi

Answer: Frankfurt

Clara lives in Frankfurt and for a while Heidi does too, but she does go home.

11. What are the names of the two goats that Heidi likes best?

From Quiz Heidi

Answer: Little Swan, Little Bear

These goats belong to Alm-Uncle and he always washes them. Heidi loves these two the best and they provide excellent milk.

12. Why is Dete taking Heidi to the Grandfather's house?

From Quiz 'Heidi' quiz

Answer: to leave her there

Dete had been offered a job in Frankfurt, so she was leaving Heidi with her grandfather.

13. What is the name of Peter's mother?

From Quiz Heading Away with Heidi!

Answer: Bridget

Bridget is fascinated by Heidi, who had changed Uncle Alp so fully. She lost her husband at a young age herself; hence, she has had to work hard as she was the sole breadwinner of the family.

14. Which goat did Heidi stop Peter from hitting?

From Quiz Heidi

Answer: Goldfinch

To stop Peter from hitting Goldfinch Heidi always shared her lunch with Peter.

15. What name does Fraulein Rottenmeier call Heidi?

From Quiz Heidi

Answer: Adelheid

According to Dete, Heidi's real name is Adelheid. Fraulein Rottenmeier always call Heidi Adelheid because she is always very proper and dislikes Heidi a lot.

16. Who goes down and brings Heidi's clothes back to Dete?

From Quiz 'Heidi' quiz

Answer: Peter

Dete offered Peter a 'bright new piece of money' to go down for Heidi's clothes. Peter was very poor, so he hurried down and got her clothes in no time flat.

17. What does Uncle Alp call Peter?

From Quiz Heading Away with Heidi!

Answer: General of the goats

Uncle Alp always addresses Peter as the 'General of the goats' throughout the story. Peter likes this name a lot and is fond of Uncle Alp, as the latter always gives him extra food.

18. What was Heidi's mother's name?

From Quiz Heidi

Answer: Adelheid

When Heidi lived in Frankfurt the housekeeper called her Adelheid.

19. Who encourages Heidi to learn to read?

From Quiz Heidi

Answer: Frau Sesemann

Frau Sesemann is Klara's grandmother and tells Heidi to call her Grandmamma. Frau gives a picture book to Heidi for her to learn how to read and Heidi succeeds and after always reads to her grandmother back at Dorfli.

20. What are the names of Grandfather's goats?

From Quiz 'Heidi' quiz

Answer: Little Bear and Little Swan

One was brown, the other goat was white.

21. With what does Detie convince Heidi to leave Dorfli?

From Quiz Heading Away with Heidi!

Answer: White rolls for Grannie

Heidi agrees to go to Frankfurt on the condition that she will get white rolls for Grannie, so she will not need to eat hard, black bread.

22. Who told Heidi that reading was difficult?

From Quiz Heidi

Answer: Peter

Because Peter told Heidi that reading was difficult, she never tried.

23. Who pushed Klara's wheelchair down the hill?

From Quiz Heidi

Answer: Peter

Peter was very jealous of Klara because Heidi spent so much time with her and none with him. After, he felt very guilty but Frau Sesemann forgave him because it helped Klara be able to walk.

24. Where does Heidi decide to sleep?

From Quiz 'Heidi' quiz

Answer: in the hayloft

She makes a bed out of fresh hay to sleep on. And she slept as soundly as any princess, we are told.

25. Who is the housekeeper in the Sesemann household?

From Quiz Heading Away with Heidi!

Answer: Miss Rottenmier

Sebastian is Heidi's friend and servant, Tinette is a snooty maid, John is the coachman ,and Miss Rottenmier, the housekeeper, is as rotten as her name!

26. Who was the 'ghost'?

From Quiz Heidi

Answer: Heidi

The ghost is actually Heidi who is a sleepwalker.

27. How old was Heidi when Dete took her up to Alm-Uncle's place to live?

From Quiz Heidi

Answer: 5

When Heidi's parents died, Dete looked after her. When she got a very good job in Frankfurt, she felt she could not look after Heidi anymore so she took her up to Alm-Uncle's place. Heidi loved living with Alm-Uncle.

28. What do the villagers of Dorfli call Heidi's grandfather?

From Quiz 'Heidi' quiz

Answer: the Alm-Uncle

Dete called him merely 'Uncle'. Heidi, of course, called him 'Grandfather'.

29. Who is the doctor in the Sesemann's house?

From Quiz Heading Away with Heidi!

Answer: Dr. Classen

Mr. Usher is Heidi's tutor, while Dr. Classen helps in sending Heidi back to the Swiss. The others are imaginary characters.

30. Who refuses to take Heidi back?

From Quiz Heidi

Answer: Dete

Dete, who doesn't want to take Heidi back, is sent away and Sebastian takes her instead.

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