Three Cheers, Secret Seven (Book 8) Quiz

Answer: A toy plane from America

Jack and Susie's cousin sent them both toys from America. Jack asked for a cowboy outfit, and Susie asked for a plane and was sent the most wonderful plane in the world! Jack is eager to play with it and so are the rest of the Secret Seven, so they let Susie join them and go play in the field.

Answer: A gas fire is burning

The plane doesn't turn round when it should and flies straight over the wall. The mean gardener tells them to clear off and says if he finds their plane he will throw it away. When the gardener goes on his break, Peter and Jack climb up and over the wall again and look for it. Peter sees it up on a balcony and climbs up to get it.

While there, something catches his eye through the window where the curtains are just open a little - it is a gas fire burning in the fireplace. Very odd for an empty house!

Answer: Two men arrive and catch Jack & Peter in the garden

Jack and Peter head to the house to see if the gas fire is still burning. They plan to climb over the wall with a ladder but Susie knows they're up to something and won't let them have it. They go to the front door and two men catch them - the gardener they have already met, and Mr Frampton from the bank.

The children have to explain what they are doing there or the men threaten to tell the police and their parents. When Peter explains about seeing the gas fire upstairs, Mr Frampton insists on going inside to check.

Answer: A table set with a fresh bread and hot food

The two men take the boys up to the balcony room, where the gas fire is not turned on. After assuming Peter was lying to him, Mr Frampton tells him to clear off and stop telling tales. Peter tries to point out the other things in the room that suggest someone has indeed been there but they won't let him speak. The boys leave the house and cycle off but Peter is VERY VERY CROSS!

Answer: Grim

The children comment that his name seems to be very appropriate - he is a very grim man!

Answer: The gardener and his wife looked after her house for a week and were good, honest people

Pam's granny says she always felt Mr Grim was a good man, and he and his wife looked after her house for a week once. His wife looked after her house well and even made a batch of jam with the fruit from her garden. His wife had a bad cough and was very happy to stay there.

Answer: A small cottage by the canal which is damp and mouldy

Janet and Barbara find out that Mr & Mrs Grim live in a small cottage by the canal which is a very bad condition. The water has come right into the garden and it is very very damp with fungus growing up one wall. Mrs Grim is in poor health, so Mr Grim has to do all the shopping and cooking as well. Their neighbour hasn't seen Mrs Grim for a while ...

Answer: The gardener

Mr Grim climbs up the tree that the boys are sitting in. They clearly see his face as the window to the balcony room is opened and he is let inside.

Answer: The gardener and his poor sick wife

When he finds out what has been happening, Peter's dad calls his friend - Mr Frampton from the bank. They go over to the house with Peter and Jack and let themselves in. Slowly they creep up to the balcony room and knock on the door. Mr Grim tries to stop them from coming in but eventually he has to let them.

They expect to see him there with an accomplice, planning to rob the house, but instead all they find is Mrs Grim, his wife, who is quite ill after living in the damp cottage. Mrs Grim had to go to hospital but didn't want to leave Mr Grim.

Answer: Have a whip round to raise some money

The children feel sad that Mr Grim and his wife live in such poor conditions that they had to hide out in the empty house. Nobody is going to press charges but they don't want Mr & Mrs Grim to have to go back to their own home. They have a whip round to raise some money for them - even Susie gives money from her piggy bank! Then Peter's dad tells them he has decided to let them live in an empty cottage on his farm that has just become available. Hurrah!