Gingersnaps! Trivia Quiz

Answer: Cassia

Ginger's full name is Ginger Brown. She states at the beginning of the book that she sounds like a colour on a paint chart, or a new shade of hair dye or "one of those treacly sort of cakes nobody really likes". Cassia is a very supportive sister, but in primary school they were very different.

Answer: False

Ginger was bullied in primary school, due to her name, and appearance. However, in the holiday between year six in primary school, and year seven of secondary school, she "reinvented herself". She wanted to be popular, and to be accepted by her class.

Answer: Shannon

Ginger says that "a year ago, she walked into Kinnerton High like she owned the place. She picked me out of the crowd in the mistaken belief that I was cool too, and I kept up the pretense until, somewhere along the line, I started to believe it myself."

Answer: False

Ginger and Shannon makeover Emily Croft - not Meg. They find Emily crying in the toilets because Meg moved to Scotland. Shannon felt sorry for her and wanted to change her to make her happier and more accepted. Ginger was nervous, she didn't want Emily to feel like a project.

When Shannon made Emily wash her newly-cut hair and wear make-up and accessories and more fashionable clothes she looked like a whole new person.

Answer: Sam

Sam is the new boy, just joined year eight, the same as Shannon and Ginger. From the first time she met him, Sam Taylor had made Ginger's "cheeks burn" and made her "heart beat faster".

Answer: A school magazine

Mr Hunter, the new teacher, put forward the idea saying it was by the kids, for the kids, and it could be about anything they wanted. "It could be about feelings, films, fashion, sports, music, health, humour, politics..." All the class got involved. The magazine was named "S'cool".

Answer: Sam's

First Sam's band was called "Ska Tissue" and it was newly constructed when he told Ginger about it. So new, that it contained only one person (himself). Sam and his father are very musical - his father plays the violin, and Sam himself plays the saxophone.

Answer: Blue lemonade

The blue lemonade stained both Sam's and Ginger's mouths, so they burst out laughing. Sam wiped Ginger's lips and then kissed her. Funnily, Sam's next band name was "Blue Lemonade" which caused Ginger to turn bright red when Sam mentioned it in front of her friends.

Answer: Shannon

Shannon has a party for her thirteenth birthday, but it was also for, she said, the magazine. She convinced Mr Hunter to come, and she invited lots of people, who brought alcohol. Shannon got tipsy, and tried to see if she could get anywhere with Mr Hunter.

Answer: Mr Hunter

Ginger says that apparently staying late with teens to work on the magazine, asking them to call him Steve, and going to a teenage party were not good ideas. Shannon was incredibly nasty towards Mr Hunter and Ginger and cropped a photo of them and allowed it to be found by her parents. However, Ginger told the truth, and two people backed her up, but Mr Hunter still left the school.