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The Witches Multiple Choice Quiz | Dahl, Roald

This is a quiz about one of my favorite books, 'The Witches', by Roald Dahl. Take the quiz and you'll see how much you know about this book. Have fun and enjoy!

A multiple-choice quiz by goody2shoez. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
goody2shoez

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
79,329

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
1358

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. What was the name of the child who turned up in an oil painting one day? Hint

Ranghild

Leif

Birgit

Solveg

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Question 2 of 10

2. What is a person called who studies witches and knows a lot about them? Hint

witchophile

witchiner

witch-slayer

witch-killer

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Question 3 of 10

3. In which city is Hotel Magnifecent located? Hint

Bournemouth

Capitola

London

Bibbleville

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Question 4 of 10

4. When the boy was watching the witches scratching their heads, he thought they had nits. Who in his school had nits and had to dip his head in turpentine? Hint

Asher

Ashton

Aaron

Ashley

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Question 5 of 10

5. How long does it take for a child to turn into a mouse with Formula 86 Delayed Action Mouse Maker? Hint

86 seconds

26 seconds

12 seconds

instantly

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Question 6 of 10

6. What colour was the knitting-wool Grandmama dropped the boy down to the Grand High Witches balcony?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 7 of 10

7. What was the table number of the 'old hag (Grandmama) who said her meat was too tough'?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 8 of 10

8. How many witches were in the dining room?(not including the one who got fried) Hint

123

200

186

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Question 9 of 10

9. How old is Grandmama? Hint

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Question 10 of 10

10. In which country did the Grand High witch live? Hint

Sweden

Iceland

Denmark

Norway

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What was the name of the child who turned up in an oil painting one day?

Answer: Solveg

One day, Solveg came home from school eating an apple a nice lady had given to her on the street. The next morning she was missing but her father found her in an oil painting, feeding some ducks.

2. What is a person called who studies witches and knows a lot about them?

Answer: witchophile

Grandmama is a retired witchophile.

3. In which city is Hotel Magnifecent located?

Answer: Bournemouth

After Grandmama got pnemonia, the doctor whouldn't let them go to Norway, so they went there instead, even though Grandmama wouldn't stop smoking those 'vile, black cigars.'

4. When the boy was watching the witches scratching their heads, he thought they had nits. Who in his school had nits and had to dip his head in turpentine?

Answer: Ashton

'It killed all the nits all right, but it nearly killed Ashton as well.

5. How long does it take for a child to turn into a mouse with Formula 86 Delayed Action Mouse Maker?

Answer: 26 seconds

That's with one drop, the boy got a whole bottle and he turned into a mouse instantly.

6. What colour was the knitting-wool Grandmama dropped the boy down to the Grand High Witches balcony?

Answer: blue

She put him in a sock and pretended to 'drop' her blue knitting wool.

7. What was the table number of the 'old hag (Grandmama) who said her meat was too tough'?

Answer: 14

She said her meat was too tough probably just to stall time. They got her a second serving, but the cooks and bus-boys all spat on it.

8. How many witches were in the dining room?(not including the one who got fried)

Answer: 84

The boy thought it was 200, but Grandmama counted 84.

9. How old is Grandmama?

Answer: 86

10. In which country did the Grand High witch live?

Answer: Norway

She was a wealthy Baroness who gave away large sums of money to charities and lived in a huge castle high up in the mountains in Norway.

Source: Author goody2shoez

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