"Five Go To Smuggler's Top"-Enid Blyton Quiz

Answer: An ash tree fell on the house during a gale.

The blame for the ash tree falling on the house can definitely be given to Uncle Quentin. For many years Aunt Fanny had warned him it was in a dangerous state but he did nothing about it. The upstairs bedrooms are badly damaged but, fortunately, no one is hurt by the disaster.

Answer: Pierre

Dick describes "Sooty" as having eyebrows that look as though they have been put on with charcoal. He also tells Uncle Quentin that "Sooty" is very fond of climbing.

Answer: Castaway

The story that the children were told was that Castaway was once a definite part of the mainland. Apparently one of the saints was angry with all the bad people who lived there and caused it to be cast away into the sea. In the story Castaway is joined to the mainland by a causeway.

Answer: Marybelle

Marybelle is about the same age as Anne but she is very small and delicate. Marybelle has the same mother as Sooty but they have different fathers.

Answer: The tip of his nose turned very white.

Mr.Lenoir is presented throughout the main part of the book as the most likely villain. The readers are meant to dislike him because he hates dogs so intensely that he won't have one in the house and because he always seems on the verge of losing his temper with the children.

Answer: Block

Block also pretended that he was deaf and obviously hoped that the children would talk freely and give away their secrets. He also very soon found out that a dog was hiding somewhere in the house and threatened that he would dispose of it.

Answer: They lowered him down in a laundry basket.

Timmy was slightly worried at first at being put in the basket. However, after a lot of reassurance from George, he soon accepted this unusual method of transport. The idea was thought up by the usually quiet Marybelle.

Answer: Mr. Barling

Mr. Barling is a very unusual character. He seems to have plenty of money and really has no need to resort to smuggling. He is a throwback to the past when smuggling was an accepted way of life in many coastal villages. The idea of the marshes being drained would mean an end to the dangerous occupation that he had enjoyed for many years.

Answer: He sees a rat and starts to chase it.

It is very difficult for Timmy to realise that he has to keep quiet so that Mr. Lenoir will not find that he is in the house. When he sees a rat all his natural instincts come to the surface and he gets very excited and starts to bark.

Answer: Sooty

It was, of course, Timmy who had nipped Block when the sly servant had been trapped whilst spying on the children. Sooty makes his comment and further provokes his step-father into unreasoning anger.

Answer: Uncle Quentin

Both Mr. Lenoir and Uncle Quentin are interested in being able to drain the marshes which surround Castaway. When Uncle Quentin is invited to stay Sooty has to move in with Julian and Dick and the children don't have time to move Timmy from his hiding place.

Answer: George

George had been in Mr. Lenoir's study trying to get into the passage where Timmy was being kept. Mr. Lenoir found her and had her locked in her room and even threatened to have her whipped. Naturally, taken in by her appearance, he believes that George is a boy.

Answer: He got through the window seat which contained a secret entrance.

The window seat and the secret entrance was normally kept screwed down. Even Sooty who knew most of the secrets of the old house had not suspected that there was a secret way into the underground passages from that part of the room.

Answer: He finds that it is just a ball and a bolster disguised to look like a man.

Block, the sly manservant had used the disguised figure in his bed to cover his nocturnal activities. These had included signalling to the smugglers out at sea. He was really an agent of Barling, the chief smuggler in the village of Castaway.

Answer: Timmy

Timmy was responsible for leading the others to the road that led back to the mainland and also to the safety of Castaway village. However, he took a flying leap, missed his footing and fell into mud. He is rescued with the help of a lorry driver who just happens to be passing with some planks on the back of his lorry!