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Malorie Blackman held the position of Children's Laureate for the two-year term of 2013-2015. She writes primarily for children and young adults, including the "Noughts and Crosses" series (American title "Black and White"), which explores the issue of racism using a fictional dystopian setting in which dark-skinned people (Crosses) are in control of light-skinned people (Noughts), although slavery has been abolished.
10 Malorie Blackman quizzes and 105 Malorie Blackman trivia questions.
1.
  Pig Heart Boy    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz is about the Malorie Blackman book 'Pig Heart Boy'.
Average, 10 Qns, fluffybunnyssg, Aug 23 17
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fluffybunnyssg
241 plays
2.
  Noughts, Crosses, and Mixes!    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Hi, this is my quiz on the books "Noughts and Crosses" and "Checkmate", NOT "Knife Edge". If you have read the books it should be easy for you. Have fun!
Average, 10 Qns, jazzykid1, Dec 03 07
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jazzykid1
311 plays
3.
  Noughts & Crosses    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Just see how much you know about the first book in the series by Malorie Blackman. Enjoy!
Average, 10 Qns, thingie001, Jan 30 14
Average
thingie001
236 plays
4.
  Knife Edge Trivia    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is a quiz on a fantastic book called 'Knife Edge' by Malorie Blackman.
Average, 10 Qns, Fone, Jul 23 05
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Fone
392 plays
5.
  Knife Edge - The Book of Hate    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz is about the second book in the "Noughts and Crosses" trilogy by Malorie Blackman.
Average, 10 Qns, saints4eva, Dec 13 06
Average
saints4eva
337 plays
6.
  Noughts and Crosses - The Book of Love    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A quiz about the first book in the "Noughts and Crosses" trilogy by Malorie Blackman. It is also my favourite.
Average, 10 Qns, saints4eva, Nov 24 06
Average
saints4eva
484 plays
7.
  Average Noughts and Crosses Quiz - 15 Questions    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
Just a few questions on the fantastic 'Noughts and Crosses' trilogy by Malorie Blackman. This quiz does not include questions on 'An Eye for an Eye', as it is not really in the series. Contains spoilers!
Average, 15 Qns, sasnannie, Mar 12 06
Average
sasnannie
581 plays
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  Checkmate - The Book of Hope    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is a quiz about the third book of the "Noughts and Crosses" series by Malorie Blackman.
Average, 10 Qns, saints4eva, Feb 16 09
Average
saints4eva
349 plays
9.
  Noughts & Crosses - By Malorie Blackman    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is a quiz on my favourite book by Malorie Blackman, a book that won the FCBG Children's Book Award, 'Noughts & Crosses'. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
Average, 10 Qns, thea_bethorn, Jul 23 05
Average
thea_bethorn
540 plays
10.
  Take this Noughts and Crosses Quiz    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
I love this wonderful book by Malorie Blackman. If you do too, take this quiz! (WARNING: may contain spoilers.)
Tough, 10 Qns, mrsjdepp, Mar 28 09
Tough
mrsjdepp
649 plays
trivia question Quick Question
What was the first thing Jude said when Callum told his family that he was going to the shopping centre?

From Quiz "Noughts & Crosses - By Malorie Blackman"




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Malorie Blackman Trivia Questions
1. How did Lynette (Callum's sister) die?

From Quiz Noughts & Crosses

Answer: She walked in front of a bus.

Later, Callum finds a note for him from Lynette, saying that she had given up on life and had tried to make it look like an accident.

2. What sort of problem does Cameron have?

From Quiz Pig Heart Boy

Answer: Heart problem

Cameron has a heart problem which means that he can't do much sport; he can't do it for long before his heart starts hurting.

3. Hiya! Let's start. Who is the first person that dies in Callum's family?

From Quiz Noughts, Crosses, and Mixes!

Answer: Lynette

Lynette was Callum's sister. She lived in a fantasy world for three years, then Jude brought her back. She couldn't cope with it, so she killed herself after writing a letter to Callum about it.

4. Who is the general of the Liberation Militia?

From Quiz Checkmate - The Book of Hope

Answer: Jude & Jude McGregor & McGregor

At the end of the prologue it says, "How long had it been since anyone had called him Jude?"

5. What is the newspaper called at the beginning of the book?

From Quiz Knife Edge - The Book of Hate

Answer: The Daily Shouter

This article is headlined "Nought Terrorist Shot Dead" and it also briefly explains what happened in the first book in the trilogy. There are several more articles from "The Daily Shouter" featured throughout the book.

6. When Meggie has a moment to herself, what game does she like to play?

From Quiz Noughts and Crosses - The Book of Love

Answer: 'what if' games

This is mentioned in the prologue. She asks herself, "What if Callum and Sephy...? What if Sephy and Callum...?"

7. What is Sephy's proper first name?

From Quiz Noughts and Crosses

Answer: Persephone

Her full name is Persephone Mira Hadley. Everyone just calls her Sephy!

8. In the prologue, when Meggie asked Mr Hadley 'Is everything all right', what was his response?

From Quiz Noughts & Crosses - By Malorie Blackman

Answer: 'No. But I'll survive'

Kamal Hadley asks Meggie this because he knew that his wife had been lying to him about what she had been doing the night before. She had used Meggie as an excuse but poor Meggie had not caught on when Kamal questioned her.

9. What is the name of the woman Jude kills?

From Quiz Knife Edge Trivia

Answer: Cara

She was a Cross who wanted equality. Jude was using her to get money, then found himself falling in love with her. He didn't want to fall in love with a Cross, so he killed her. Afterwards he couldn't stop thinking about her.

10. What is Mrs Hadley's first name?

From Quiz Noughts and Crosses

Answer: Jasmine

She is Sephy and Minnie's mother.

11. What did Sephy name her baby girl?

From Quiz Noughts & Crosses

Answer: Callie Rose

Callie Rose is a major character in "Checkmate", where she gets locked in a cellar with Sephy on her sixteenth birthday; she gets shot but survives in "Double Cross".

12. Who is Cameron's best friend?

From Quiz Pig Heart Boy

Answer: Marlon

Marlon is in the same year as Cameron. Cameron normally goes swimming with Marlon which he's not allowed, because of his heart problem. He still goes with Marlon because he knows Marlon won't tell his parents.

13. How many facts about her life does Callie Rose know for sure in chapter 1?

From Quiz Checkmate - The Book of Hope

Answer: 12

She indents every time she says a new fact, so there are 12 altogether.

14. How many times does Sephy say, "I thought of Callum" in chapter eight?

From Quiz Knife Edge - The Book of Hate

Answer: 5

In this chapter she is telling Callie what she did whilst she was sleeping. She thought of Callum in between everything she did.

15. Where do Callum and Sephy first kiss?

From Quiz Noughts and Crosses - The Book of Love

Answer: Beach

They first kiss in Chapter 1 because Callum wants to. Sephy doesn't really like the idea but agrees to it after he says that he really wants to.

16. What is Callum's middle name?

From Quiz Noughts and Crosses

Answer: Ryan

Ryan is his father's name. His father's middle name is Callum!

17. What did Sephy think of using tongues when she kissed Callum?

From Quiz Noughts & Crosses - By Malorie Blackman

Answer: She thought it was 'nice in a gross-to-think-about-but-OK-to-do' sort of way

Callum and Sephy were only young at this time and Callum wanted to try kissing. He thought that 'if you can't kiss your best friend, who can you kiss?'.

18. What was the name of the prison guard who had been with Callum in his last days and brought Sephy the letter he wrote?

From Quiz Knife Edge Trivia

Answer: Jack

Jack had promised to deliver it but Callum had written he had never loved her and was just using her. Sephy believed it and changed her baby's name and herself, but Meggie was convinced he didn't mean it.

19. What drink does Meggie offer Sarah at the beginning of the book?

From Quiz Noughts and Crosses

Answer: ginger beer

Sarah declines the drink, as she has a lot of work to do, and she is scared that she might be caught not doing her job.

20. Why did Callum get expelled from Heathcroft High, according to the headmaster?

From Quiz Noughts & Crosses

Answer: Because his dad was in prison.

The headmaster said that, but it was probably because Callum was one of the only noughts left.

21. What is Cameron's mum called?

From Quiz Pig Heart Boy

Answer: Cathy

Cameron's mum, at one point of the book, is having a baby. She didn't tell Cameron or his dad about it though. They found out when they went to a clinic and needed to be scanned.

22. How does Ryan McGregor die?

From Quiz Noughts, Crosses, and Mixes!

Answer: He tries to escape from jail and gets electrocuted

Jude is nearly found guilty of bombing a shopping centre so Ryan covers for him. Ryan says that he (Ryan) was the bomber. He was supposed to be hanged but it was changed to life imprisonment. Then Ryan died trying to escape.

23. What is the name of the story that Tobey tells Rose the wrong ending to?

From Quiz Checkmate - The Book of Hope

Answer: Chicken Licken

Rose prefers Tobey's ending and doesn't like the story anymore when she finds out the real ending in chapter 4.

24. What does Jude tell Cara Imega his name is?

From Quiz Knife Edge - The Book of Hate

Answer: Steve Winner

He tells her this in chapter 9, "without even blinking". She never discovers his true identity.

25. What did Callum say that all the scientists, inventors and pioneers in the history lesson had in common?

From Quiz Noughts and Crosses - The Book of Love

Answer: They were all Crosses

This happens in Chapter 30. Callum's history teacher, Mr Jason, says that this is because there are no Nought ones. At the back of the book, there is a note from the author to say that all of the people mentioned were real but she was never taught about them because they were black.

26. In which book would you find the character Cara Imega?

From Quiz Noughts and Crosses

Answer: Knife Edge

Cara Imega is a Cross. Well, she was, until Jude killed her.

27. What is the name of the Headmaster at Heathcroft High?

From Quiz Noughts & Crosses - By Malorie Blackman

Answer: Mr Corsa

Mr Corsa is one of the many teachers who do not want Noughts in his school, so when they start school he does nothing to stop the Cross children from throwing things at them and calling them 'Blankers'.

28. What business was Cara involved in?

From Quiz Knife Edge Trivia

Answer: Hairdressing

She ran a hairdressing salon for both Noughts and Crosses.

29. Which boarding school did Sephy decide to go to?

From Quiz Noughts & Crosses

Answer: Chivers

She went there much later in the book, as she was fed up and needed to get away.

30. Who is the girl that Cameron likes?

From Quiz Pig Heart Boy

Answer: Julie

Judy is the girl Cameron likes. He wrote a poem about her that he kept secret. Judy sweet talked Cameron into letting her borrow his homework because she didn't do hers.

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