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Arthur Ransome -- "Pigeon Post" Quiz

"Pigeon Post" is the sixth of the "Swallows and Amazons" books by Arthur Ransome, and features all three groups of children: the Swallows (the four Walker children), the Amazons (Nancy and Peggy), the D's (Dick and Dorothea).

A multiple-choice quiz by Ampelos. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
Ampelos

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
330,590

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
164

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Question 1 of 10

1. What is NOT one of the three pigeons of the story? Hint

Sappho

Plato

Sophocles

Homer

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Question 2 of 10

2. At whose farm do they stay for the first part of the story? Hint

Swainson's

Atkinson's

Tyson's

Dixon's

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Question 3 of 10

3. What is the name of the miner whom the children consult about prospecting? Hint

Slater Pete

Slater Jim

Slater Bob

Slater Ted

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Question 4 of 10

4. Where does the Slater tell the children to start prospecting? Hint

Ling Scar

Grey Screes

Kachenjunga

High Topps

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Question 5 of 10

5. What mineral are the children searching for? Hint

Silver

Gold

Copper

Uranium

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Question 6 of 10

6. What mineral does their strike turn out to be? Hint

Gold

Uranium

Silver

Copper

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who is the only one able to dowse for water? Hint

Nancy

Titty

Peggy

Susan

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Question 8 of 10

8. What sort of tree branch is used to dowse for water? Hint

Oak

Hazel

Larch

Maple

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Question 9 of 10

9. What was Squashy Hat's real name? Hint

James Turner

Colonel Jolys

Robin Tyson

Timothy Stedding

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Question 10 of 10

10. What is the title of Dorothea's book that she is constantly working on during the story? Hint

The Outlaw of the Broads

Coot Club

Secret Water

The Big Six

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is NOT one of the three pigeons of the story?

Answer: Plato

While Sappho is the least reliable of the pigeons, she is the one who saves the day at the end of the story.

2. At whose farm do they stay for the first part of the story?

Answer: Tyson's

Atkinson's farm is where Squashy Hat (their imagined enemy and rival) is staying. Dixon's is where the D's stay in Winter Holiday. Swainson's is the farm in Swallowdale. Tyson's farm may be based on Low Yewdale, near Coniston.

3. What is the name of the miner whom the children consult about prospecting?

Answer: Slater Bob

He is currently working slates in the mine under Ling Scar, but "give me metal every time".

4. Where does the Slater tell the children to start prospecting?

Answer: High Topps

They are to look for an old working where heather grows along a fault in the rocks.

5. What mineral are the children searching for?

Answer: Gold

Even though Slater Bob tells them several times that there is copper on High Topps, they insist on looking for gold.

6. What mineral does their strike turn out to be?

Answer: Copper

Dick is crestfallen that they have not found gold, only copper, but Captain Flint replies, "But it's copper we've been looking for".

7. Who is the only one able to dowse for water?

Answer: Titty

At first she is terrified when the dowsing stick seems to move on its own, but she perseveres and the discovery of water allows them to move their camp from Tyson's farm to the edge of High Topps.

8. What sort of tree branch is used to dowse for water?

Answer: Hazel

Dick had seen a dowser find water in his schoolyard and describes what the rod should look like.

9. What was Squashy Hat's real name?

Answer: Timothy Stedding

James Turner is the uncle of the Amazons, otherwise known as "Captain Flint". Robin Tyson is the young man who lives at Tyson's farm, while Colonel Jolys is in charge of the fire brigade. Timothy (Squashy Hat) had met Captain Flint when they were prospecting for gold in South America.

10. What is the title of Dorothea's book that she is constantly working on during the story?

Answer: The Outlaw of the Broads

She never seems to get more than a chapter or so into the story.

Source: Author Ampelos

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