The Magic Finger Trivia Quiz

Answer: Philip and William

The book's heroine is never given a name, but she is eight years old and lives on a farm. She likes to play with Philip and William Gregg, the two boys who live on the next farm to her. Philip is also eight years old, while William is eleven.

Answer: The girl

When the girl gets angry with someone, she gets hot and her right index finger tingles. Then a flash jumps across at the person who has upset her and something bad happens to him or her.

Answer: Shot wild animals and birds

Mr Gregg and his sons, William and Philip, used to shoot a lot of wild creatures. One day they shot a young deer and the girl was angry. She put the Magic Finger on their whole family, including Mrs Gregg.

Answer: Their arms and hands turned into wings

When the Greggs woke up the next morning, they found they had all shrunk a lot and also had wings instead of arms and hands. First the boys and then their parents realised they could fly, and so they flew outside and around in the sky.

Answer: Ducks

While the Greggs were flying about, they saw four human-sized ducks with arms and hands instead of wings go into their house. These ducks took over the house so that the humans had nowhere to live.

Answer: In a nest

Led by Mr Gregg, the family built a good nest up in a tree and settled down in it. They were hungry because they found it very hard to eat without their hands to hold food. The night was windy and rainy and they all got soaked.

Answer: She telephoned the Greggs' house

When the girl rang up, a duck answered the telephone and just quacked, so the girl guessed that her Magic Finger had done something to the family. She only found out the full story from Philip and William Gregg later on.

Answer: The ducks preparing to shoot them

Three of the ducks had guns pointed at the Greggs, and Mr and Mrs Gregg begged them not to shoot. When Mr Gregg promised that he and his sons would never shoot birds and animals again, the ducks relented.

Answer: They changed back to how they used to be

Things went black for the Greggs and they felt funny. When they could see properly once more, they found they were normal human beings again. The four ducks also changed back into normal ducks and flew away.

Answer: Egg

Mr Gregg decided to change their surname to 'Egg' in honour of their feathered friends. They destroyed their guns and were kind to all wild birds after what had happened to them.