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"Love You Forever", a picture book showing the relationship between a man and his mother from his childhood through until her death and his new parenthood, is only one of the many books that Robert Munsch has published based on the stories he made up in his work with children.
3 Robert Munsch quizzes and 35 Robert Munsch trivia questions.
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  Munsch On These Great Reads    
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My brother and I both loved Robert Munsch's stories when we were kids. Here's a quiz about ten of his books. The focus will be on books from the 1980s and '90s.
Average, 10 Qns, guitargoddess, Sep 16 11
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  Robert Munsch Stories and Characters    
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One of Canada's most beloved children's authors is Robert Munsch. His stories are smart, lively, funny, and sweet, and have enchanted kids (and kids at heart) for decades. Come test your knowledge!
Average, 15 Qns, skippymac, Dec 28 07
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  Love You Forever    
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This is a quiz on the book "Love You Forever" by Robert Munsch. I grew up having my mother read this to me, although she cried almost every time that she did.
Tough, 10 Qns, AlchemyGirl, Dec 28 07
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Robert Munsch uses the names of real children in his stories, including his own three children. What are his children's names?

From Quiz "Robert Munsch Stories and Characters"





Robert Munsch Trivia Questions
1. In "Stephanie's Ponytail" (1996), a young girl named Stephanie had a problem with everyone at school copying her hairstyle every day. How did she finally get them to stop copying her?

From Quiz Munsch On These Great Reads

Answer: She said she was going to shave her head.

Stephanie went to school one day with a normal ponytail coming out the back of her head, and even though everyone at school said it was ugly, the next day all the girls came to school with ponytails. Stephanie tried a few more hairstyles, such as ponytails right on top of her head and in front of her face, and eventually everyone, including the boys and the teachers, were coming to school with the same styles. Fed up, Stephanie announced at school that she would shave her head. The next day, everyone else at school had shaved their heads... and Stephanie showed up with a normal ponytail coming out the back of her head.

2. Who is this book dedicated to?

From Quiz Love You Forever

Answer: Sam And Gilly

This is an excellent book by Robert Munsch with beautiful illustrations by Sheila McGraw. It was published in 1986 and has been reprinted many, many times. This book tells the heartwarming story of a mother who cares very much for her son, and always makes sure that he knows that he is loved although he can sometimes be a handful.

3. In "Love You Forever" a mother held her very new baby as she rocked him back and forth, back and forth, back and forth. What did she sing?

From Quiz Robert Munsch Stories and Characters

Answer: I'll love you forever, I'll like you for always, as long as I'm living my baby you'll be

This is definitely the most tender and touching children's book ever! He wrote the book after he and his wife had two stillborn babies, and the book is dedicated to them.

4. In a classic 1984 story, a young boy named Mortimer would not go to sleep. He continued to make noise in his bedroom long after he was told to go to bed. Who did NOT thump-thump-thump up the stairs to tell Mortimer to be quiet?

From Quiz Munsch On These Great Reads

Answer: Neighbour

At the beginning of the book, simply titled "Mortimer", Mortimer's mother was the first one to take him upstairs to bed and tell him to be quiet, and Mortimer said that he would be. As soon as his mother got back downstairs, he started yelling, "Clang clang, rattle bing bang, gonna make my noise all day. Clang, clang, rattle bing bang, gonna make my noise all day!" His father, hearing this, went upstairs to tell him to be quiet, but of course, as soon as he got back downstairs, it started again. Next, his 17 brothers and sisters went up the stairs and told Mortimer to be quiet, but the noise started up again. The family phoned the police, and two policemen came and went through the routine of telling Mortimer to be quiet. When that didn't work, they were out of ideas. They spent so long figuring out who should go upstairs next that Mortimer fell asleep waiting.

5. How many major characters are in this book?

From Quiz Love You Forever

Answer: Two

In this book, the only major characters are the baby and his mother. The book says that the mother recites a beautiful poem to her son. "I'll love you forever, I'll like you for always, as long as I'm living, by baby you'll be."

6. What was so unusual about David's father?

From Quiz Robert Munsch Stories and Characters

Answer: He was a giant

That's why he needed a spoon as big as a shovel, a fork as bog as a pitchfork, and a knife as big as a flagpole! Robert Munsch created this story for his own adopted daughter Julie, who wanted a story about a girl who was afraid to meet new people, and a dad who didn't look like his adopted son. I always thought there should be a story about his hairy, scary grandmother too!

7. Who was the noisy child who kept making such a racket at bedtime, singing "Clang clang, rattle bing bang, gonna make my noise all day!"

From Quiz Robert Munsch Stories and Characters

Answer: Mortimer

Mortimer's parents, siblings, and even the police went thumping up the stairs to say "Mortimer, BE QUIET!" They ended up having a big noisy fight, while Mortimer fell fast asleep.

8. When the toddler grows to be a nine year old boy, what does he do when his Grandma comes to visit?

From Quiz Love You Forever

Answer: He says bad words

All of these things happen, but only one is specified to happen when his Grandma visits. The nine year old boy once again makes his mother frustrated, although she still comes into his room and rocks him while reciting her poem.

9. Thomas had an article of clothing which caused him, and the adults in his life, a lot of trouble. What was it?

From Quiz Robert Munsch Stories and Characters

Answer: Snowsuit

In "Thomas's Snowsuit", he refused to wear that ugly snowsuit - and his mother, teacher and principal try to take Thomas in one hand, the snowsuit in the other, and stick them both together, with hilarious results!

10. What kind of markers did Brigid have in "Purple, Green and Yellow" (1992)?

From Quiz Munsch On These Great Reads

Answer: Super-indelible-never-comes-off-till-you're-dead markers

Brigid loved markers and drawing pictures with them. She drew with felt markers, with markers that washed off, and with markers that smelled good. Then, she got the super-indelible-never-comes-off-till-you're-dead markers. She drew lots of pictures with them, and was very satisfied with her markers. Then, she drew on herself. Not just a little bit, but all over herself. She got carried away and then realized - the marker would never come off till she's dead! When she managed to get it washed off - she was invisible! She solved the problem by colouring herself with a people-coloured marker.

11. Also when the boy is nine, what does his mom want to sell him to?

From Quiz Love You Forever

Answer: The zoo

This is a threat that I am very familiar with. The mother in the story wants to sell her son to the zoo due to the way he acts. Although the mother tells the nine year old boy that she is going to sell him to the zoo, she, of course, does not mean it.

12. What kind of animals showed up at Megan's school, wreaking havoc in the office, the classroom, and even on the school bus?

From Quiz Robert Munsch Stories and Characters

Answer: Pigs

Megan starts out convinced those pigs are pretty dumb when they just stand there "like lumps on a bump" - but after a chaotic day she realizes they might not be so dumb after all!

13. In the 1981 story "Jonathan Cleaned Up and Then He Heard a Sound", what was the sound that Jonathan kept hearing?

From Quiz Munsch On These Great Reads

Answer: A subway train

In this story, Jonathan's mom went out shopping and asked him to not to make a mess. While she was gone, Jonathan heard a sound behind the wall and then suddenly a subway train pulled up and every got off and came into the apartment! They made a huge mess. Jonathan's mother came back, saw the mess and got upset, and then went back out. While she was out, Jonathan cleaned up the mess, and then heard the sound again. The subway train pulled up again, everyone got off, came in and made another big mess! Jonathan's mother came home again and started getting mad about the mess, but then they both heard the sound and she saw the subway train and all the people for herself. Jonathan had to go to city hall to get the subway to stop coming to their apartment.

14. When the teenager grows up, becomes a grown-up man and moves out, where is his new house located?

From Quiz Love You Forever

Answer: Across town

When the man moves out, he gets a house across town. His mother misses him, but she will not be defeated by her son's move. On dark nights, she sometimes would tie a ladder to the roof of her car and drive to her son's house. If all the lights were out in her son's house, she would set up the ladder and climb through her son's window to recite the beautiful poem that she said to him since he was a newborn baby.

15. In "50 Below Zero" (1986), what did the boy's father keep doing?

From Quiz Munsch On These Great Reads

Answer: Sleeping in odd places

Jason kept being awoken by noises while he was sleeping soundly in bed. Whenever he went to inspect the noises, he would find his father sleeping somewhere odd, such as on top of the fridge, in the bathtub and in the garage on top of the car. One time when Jason went looking for where his father was sleeping, he noticed that the front door was open and discovered that his father must have sleepwalked outside on a really, really cold night. Jason bundled up and went out to find his father. He found him, frozen like a popsicle! Jason dragged his father inside and defrosted him in a hot bath.

16. Where did the principal in "Thomas' Snowsuit" (1985) retire to?

From Quiz Munsch On These Great Reads

Answer: Arizona

Thomas hated his ugly brown snowsuit and really didn't want to wear it. When his parents told him to put his snowsuit on, he would scream "Nooooo!" and carry on and have a fight with his parents. He also did this at school, when his teacher and the principal tried to get him into his snowsuit. Again, it turned into a big fight. Somehow the fight ended up with both Thomas and the principal in their underwear! This drove the principal so crazy that retired and moved to Arizona, where they don't need snowsuits.

17. When the grown-up man goes to visit his mother, he does something very nice for her. What does he do?

From Quiz Love You Forever

Answer: He recites the poem

When the son reaches the house that he grew up in, he sees that his mother is very weak. He knows that she cannot recite the poem to him, so he recites it to her. He rocks her back and forth while saying "I'll love you forever, I'll like you for always, as long as I'm living my Mommy you'll be."

18. Robert Munsch uses the names of real children in his stories, including his own three children. What are his children's names?

From Quiz Robert Munsch Stories and Characters

Answer: Andrew, Julie, Tyya

Robert Munsch's three children are Andrew, Julie, and Tyya. He created some stories especially for them, and other stories for other children he met.

19. In "Murmel, Murmel, Murmel" (1982), who ended up taking the baby?

From Quiz Munsch On These Great Reads

Answer: A truck driver

In the story, a young girl named Robin was playing in a sandbox when she heard a strange noise and found a baby in a hole. She knew she couldn't keep the baby, so she went around asking people if they wanted the baby. It seemed that no one was able to take care of the baby, until, at the end of the book, a truck driver decided to take the baby home and take care of it. Adoption is really important to Robert Munsch and his family, as he and his wife adopted all three of their kids. Adoption is a subtle theme in several of Munsch's books (such as when, in the illustrations, the children look very different from the parents), but it is a much more overt theme in "Murmel, Murmel, Murmel". Munsch has said that the truck driver character was based on himself.

20. When the grown-up son goes home, he recites the poem to someone else. Who does he recite the poem to?

From Quiz Love You Forever

Answer: His daughter

The grown-up man goes back to his home and goes upstairs into his daughter's room. He picks her and recites the poem to her, carrying on a tradition that will go on and on.

21. Robert Munsch wrote a delightfully different fairy tale, with a decidedly post-feminist bent, called "The Paper Bag Princess". How does the story end?

From Quiz Robert Munsch Stories and Characters

Answer: Elizabeth saves Prince Ronald from the dragon, but does not marry him

Ronald complained that Elizabeth's hair is messy and she's wearing a dirty old paper bag, and told her to come back when she looked like a real princess. (That's gratitude for you!) Elizabeth told Ronald he may look like a prince but he is a bum - and they don't get married after all!

22. In another story that was written to deal with adoption, a little girl named Robin found a baby in her sandbox and tried to find an adult who would take care of it. What is the title of the book?

From Quiz Robert Munsch Stories and Characters

Answer: Murmel Murmel Murmel

All the baby could say was "Murmel Murmel Murmel!" Robin had no luck finding someone to take care of it. Eventually Robin found a truck driver who was looking for a baby, and he happily takes the baby home with him, leaving his truck behind. This story was written when Robert Munsch and his wife were in the process of adopting their own first child, and Robin was a little girl who lived next door.

23. In "Purple Green and Yellow", Bridgid coloured herself almost entirely all over with markers. What kind of markers did she use?

From Quiz Robert Munsch Stories and Characters

Answer: Super indelible never come off till you're dead and maybe even later colouring markers

Bridgid's mother panicked and called the doctor, who gave Bridgid a pill and sent her to take a bath. The marker came off, but Bridgid turned invisible! She had to colour herself all over with markers until she was her regular colour again.

24. What did Ben bring to school in his knapsack in "Show and Tell"?

From Quiz Robert Munsch Stories and Characters

Answer: His baby sister

None of the adults at school seemed to know what to do with a crying baby, so they called the doctor and Ben phoned his Mom. While Ben and his Mom took the baby home, the doctor prepared to give the principal a big needle, and he was the one who ended up crying!

25. "Jonathan Cleaned Up And Then He Heard a Sound" is a quirky story about a boy whose apartment kept getting messed up while his mother was out. Why did it keep getting messed up?

From Quiz Robert Munsch Stories and Characters

Answer: The apartment was a subway station and passengers kept coming out of the walls

Jonathan did not like having a subway station in his apartment, so he took his concerns to City Hall, where of course everyone was on lunch all the time. He eventually worked out a deal with a mysterious little old man inside the computer, with an ending straight out of the "ironic punishments" department.

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