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Quiz about The Gruffalos Child and the Big Bad Mouse

'The Gruffalo's Child' and the Big Bad Mouse Quiz

The Gruffalo has had a daughter since his first encounter with the little brown mouse, a long long time ago. In this sequel to 'The Gruffalo', by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, 'The Gruffalo's Child' learns just how frightening this mouse is!

A multiple-choice quiz by dsimpy. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
dsimpy

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
316,546

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
264

Awards
Top 5% quiz!

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Question 1 of 10

1. What did the Gruffalo tell the Gruffalo's Child no gruffalo should do? Hint

Forget to wipe her gruffalo nose

Tiptoe out of the gruffalo cave

Ever set foot in the deep dark wood

Go for tea to a logpile house

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Question 2 of 10

2. What did the Gruffalo say would happen if the Gruffalo's Child disobeyed the rule? Hint

She'd be swallowed by the snake

She'd be swooped on by the owl

The Big Bad Mouse would be after her

The fox would out-fox her

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Question 3 of 10

3. What very 'hot' thing did the Gruffalo say the Big Bad Mouse's eyes looked like? Hint

Caverns of darkness

Pools of terrible fire

Whirling tornadoes

Black and beady

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Question 4 of 10

4. Why did the Gruffalo's Child go into the woods one snowy night? Hint

The Gruffalo told her to go

She wanted to look for food

She was feeling bored and brave

She heard a sound outside

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Question 5 of 10

5. Whose slithery tail did the Gruffalo's Child see poking out of the logpile house? Hint

Another gruffalo's tail

The Big Bad Mouse

A snake

A fox

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Question 6 of 10

6. Whose large round eyes did the Gruffalo's Child see gleaming out of a treetop house? Hint

The Big Bad Mouse

An owl

A squirrel

A badger

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Question 7 of 10

7. What worrying thing did the owl tell the Gruffalo's Child that the mouse was doing nearby? Hint

Gathering nuts

Clearing snow from his house

Sleeping and snoring

Eating gruffalo pie

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Question 8 of 10

8. When the 'hungry' Gruffalo's Child spotted the little brown mouse - not the Big Bad Mouse she was expecting! - what did she say she would do? Hint

Play hide-and-seek with him

Run home and not come back

Make a midnight feast of him

Pelt him with snowballs

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Question 9 of 10

9. What did the little brown mouse do to frighten the Gruffalo's Child? Hint

Climbed a tree to cast a huge shadow in the moonlight

Covered himself all over in snow

Shouted "look out, there's a gruffalo coming!"

Pulled a scary face

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Question 10 of 10

10. Finally, the mouse followed the footprints of the Gruffalo's Child back to a cave. What did he see there? Hint

A big basket of nuts

A carton of owl ice cream

A dishful of scrambled snake

The Gruffalo's Child asleep beside the snoring Gruffalo

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What did the Gruffalo tell the Gruffalo's Child no gruffalo should do?

Answer: Ever set foot in the deep dark wood

Of course this only increased the Gruffalo Child's curiosity.

2. What did the Gruffalo say would happen if the Gruffalo's Child disobeyed the rule?

Answer: The Big Bad Mouse would be after her

The Gruffalo told the Gruffalo's Child about his meeting with the Big Bad Mouse 'a long long time ago'. The exaggerated way he described the little brown mouse is sometimes called a 'tall tale'.

3. What very 'hot' thing did the Gruffalo say the Big Bad Mouse's eyes looked like?

Answer: Pools of terrible fire

He also said that the Big Bad Mouse was terribly strong, had a scaly tail that was terribly long, and had terrible whiskers that were tougher than wire. None of this was true of course!

4. Why did the Gruffalo's Child go into the woods one snowy night?

Answer: She was feeling bored and brave

It was a very snowy and windy night, but the Gruffalo's Child wanted to explore. She followed a trail in the snow. This first trail belonged to a slithering snake.

5. Whose slithery tail did the Gruffalo's Child see poking out of the logpile house?

Answer: A snake

At first, the Gruffalo's Child thought it might be the Big Bad Mouse's tail. However it belonged to the snake who told her the mouse was down by the lake - eating gruffalo cake!

6. Whose large round eyes did the Gruffalo's Child see gleaming out of a treetop house?

Answer: An owl

It was the owl's trail in the snow that the Gruffalo's Child had been following, but he also didn't fit the description the Gruffalo had given of the Big Bad Mouse. The owl only had a short tail and no whiskers.

7. What worrying thing did the owl tell the Gruffalo's Child that the mouse was doing nearby?

Answer: Eating gruffalo pie

As the Gruffalo's Child continued to follow a trail in the snow, this time the paw prints of the fox, she tried hard not to be scared. But it was a very wild and blustery night!

8. When the 'hungry' Gruffalo's Child spotted the little brown mouse - not the Big Bad Mouse she was expecting! - what did she say she would do?

Answer: Make a midnight feast of him

The Gruffalo's Child didn't realise that this little brown mouse was the same creature that tricked her Dad so long ago - and that he was about to trick her too.

9. What did the little brown mouse do to frighten the Gruffalo's Child?

Answer: Climbed a tree to cast a huge shadow in the moonlight

The Gruffalo's Child saw what she imagined was the Big Bad Mouse, with a long tail and whiskers, large ears, and carrying a nut 'as large as a boulder'. Of course, really, it was only the little brown mouse, with a little brown nut, whose moonlight reflection was a lot bigger than him!

10. Finally, the mouse followed the footprints of the Gruffalo's Child back to a cave. What did he see there?

Answer: The Gruffalo's Child asleep beside the snoring Gruffalo

The Gruffalo's cave was decorated with a picture of a Big Bad Mouse, as well as drawings of the fox, the snake and the owl!

Source: Author dsimpy

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