"Curious George Goes to the Hospital" Quiz

Answer: Puzzle piece

That morning, George found a jigsaw puzzle on the desk of the man with the yellow hat. He opened the box, and mistook the pieces as candy. George swallowed one of the wooden pieces, and began to feel sick.

Answer: He broke his leg.

George fell from a fire escape in the hilarious book "Curious George Takes a Job". He had been washing the windows of a skyscaper, looking for his friend with the yellow hat. After entering a room, and painting jungle animals on the walls, George was chased down the fire escape by angry residents.

He fell at the bottom, breaking his leg. The man with the yellow hat reminds George of all the kind doctors and nurses that cared for him when he broke his leg, as they are entering the hospital.

Answer: True

It makes George's insides brighter so the x-ray can be read easier. In reality, the white liquid sometimes given before an x-ray is barium sulfate, not pure barium, and it has a chalky taste and texture. They seem to have added some sugar to the dose that George received!

Answer: Betsy

George is placed in the children's ward of the hospital. In the bed next to his, is Betsy, a worried girl who is not smiling. It was her first visit to the hospital. Also in the ward are Steve, who has a broken leg; and Dave, having a blood transfusion.

Answer: Picture book

George felt sick and dizzy after he woke up from the operation. His friend even brough him a new book, but George felt too miserable to look at it. The operation had been a great success: the puzzle piece was removed.

Answer: Ice cream

George recovered quickly from the surgery. He ate some ice cream and got a visit from Dr. Baker. The doctor had come to George's house when it all began.

Answer: He spins around on the record player.

Nurse Carol took George to the playroom with the other children. First, he performed a puppet show with puppets on all four hands. His comical show makes Betsy smile a little for the first time. Later, George climbs on the record player, and makes it spin.

He becomes dizzy, and flies through the air! George landed on a pillow in the corner. Then the supervisor picks him up, and takes the little monkey back to the children's ward for a nap. She also reminds him that he is going home that afternoon.

Answer: Mayor

George wakes up, and he sees Steve attempting to walk. Steve's go-cart was not being used. George climbed in it and took off! He was already zooming down the hall at top speed when the nurse saw him. George flew down the ramp, and tried to stop. The mayor is nearby, taking a tour of the hospital. Suddenly, George crashed into two lunch carts. Food and broken dishes are scattered everywhere, and George landed in the mayor's arms.

Answer: Betsy

After George hit the lunch cart, he sat down and cried. Then everyone hears laughing from the balcony above. It is Betsy. The other children laugh, and the doctors and nurses join in. Finally, even the mayor is laughing. George continued to cry until Betsy came down, and comforted him.

Answer: Yes

The man with the yellow hat arrived to take George home. Right before they drive away, the nurse runs out and gives a small box to George. When George and his friend arrive home, George opens the box. Inside is the puzzle piece that had cause the whole problem. Then they finish the puzzle. It is a picture of George sitting beside the yellow hat!