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Margaret Mahy - The Changeover Quiz

"The Changeover" by Margaret Mahy is one of my favourite books. See what you remember about it.

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

Author
Sallyo

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
215,520

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
154

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. What was Sorry Carlisle's real first name in "The Changeover"?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 2 of 10

2. What was Sorry's grandmother's name? Hint

Summer

Winter

Autumn

Spring

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Question 3 of 10

3. How did Carmody Braque get power over Laura's brother Jacko? Hint

He used a stamp on his hand

He kidnapped his toy elephant

He fed him drugged peppermints

He wrote his name on a paper and then shut it in a casket.

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Question 4 of 10

4. What was Carmody Braque doing when Laura and Sorry spied on him with fieldglasses? Hint

Making cake

Playing with a teddy bear

Doing his accounts

Pruning roses

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Question 5 of 10

5. What was the unlikely name of Jacko's babysitter? Hint

Miss Fleece

Mrs Fangboner

Miss Direction

Mrs Moonsigner

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Question 6 of 10

6. What was Laura's mother's name? Hint

Phyllida Chant

Dido May

Angela May

Kate Chant

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Question 7 of 10

7. What unlikely habit did Sorry admit to having? Hint

Writing love songs to his fish

Writing letters to his unknown father

Reading romance fiction

Wearing a kilt at home

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Question 8 of 10

8. What colour were Sorry Carlisle's eyes? Hint

Grey

Blue

Black

One green, one blue

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Question 9 of 10

9. What was Laura's nickname? Hint

Lolly

Lorelei

Laurie

Lottie

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Question 10 of 10

10. What was left after Carmody Braque had been banished? Hint

A dead body

Nothing

His shoes and clothes

A smell of peppermints

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What was Sorry Carlisle's real first name in "The Changeover"?

Answer: Sorenson

Laura thought it unfair that in naming himself he had to seem to apologise.

2. What was Sorry's grandmother's name?

Answer: Winter

Winter Carlisle was the "crone" of the three witches in the family. The other two were Miryam, the "mother" and Sorenson, the "maiden".

3. How did Carmody Braque get power over Laura's brother Jacko?

Answer: He used a stamp on his hand

Braque used a self-inking stamp on Jacko's hand. It would not come off.

4. What was Carmody Braque doing when Laura and Sorry spied on him with fieldglasses?

Answer: Pruning roses

He was pruning the roses at the wrong time of year; another clue that he wasn't what he pretended to be.

5. What was the unlikely name of Jacko's babysitter?

Answer: Mrs Fangboner

Mrs Fangboner was an inoffensive little woman with pretty brown hair. She always wore lipstick and was proud that she had "never let herself go".

6. What was Laura's mother's name?

Answer: Kate Chant

Kate and her ex-husband had two children, Laura and Jacko. Kate acquires a boyfriend named Chris Holly, and she and Laura both have some sorting out to do as Chris and Sorenson become part of their lives. Angela and Dido May are daughter and mother characters from "The Catalogue of the Universe", another book by Margaret Mahy.

7. What unlikely habit did Sorry admit to having?

Answer: Reading romance fiction

Sorry used to read romance fiction, because it made him feel closer to his foster mother. It may also have given him a sense of certainty in an uncertain world.

8. What colour were Sorry Carlisle's eyes?

Answer: Grey

Sorry had grey eyes that looked silver when seen from the side. Laura thought he didn't look very dependable.

9. What was Laura's nickname?

Answer: Lolly

Jacko, and sometimes Kate - called Laura "Lolly". Sorry Carlisle called her "Chant".

10. What was left after Carmody Braque had been banished?

Answer: His shoes and clothes

There was nothing left of Carmody Braque but his empty clothes and shoes, which were full of dried leaves.

Source: Author Sallyo

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