Nicky Gordon and Michelle Pauli 

Back to school in fiction quiz

Got the back to school blues? Ward them off with our schools in books quiz and find out if you'll be starting the new term at the top of the class or pretending that the dog ate your homework
  
  


  1. Who is the headmaster of Hogwarts?

    1. Snape

    2. Hermione

    3. Voldemort

    4. Dumbledore

  2. What is Horrid Henry's class teacher known as?

    1. Miss Battleaxe

    2. Mrs Codbottom

    3. Mrs Crabapple

    4. Mr Nosey

  3. From which school can you catch the “cheese touch”?

    1. Wimpy State

    2. Westmore Middle School

    3. Brie Academy

    4. East Coast High

  4. Which Young Bond novel starts with an Eton schoolmaster being kidnapped?

    1. Double or Die

    2. Blood Fever

    3. Hurricane Gold

    4. Eton Mess

  5. In Andy Stanton's Mr Gum books, Saint Pterodactyl's School for the Poor is run by who or what?

    1. A re-animated fossilised reptile wearing a large hat

    2. A lemon meringue pie

    3. A gingerbread man

    4. An octopus

  6. What school did Percy Jackson attend in his sixth grade?

    1. Bellair

    2. Yancy Academy

    3. Lightning High

    4. Driftwood Manor

  7. In David Walliams's Billionaire Boy, Joe transfers to the local comprehensive school in order to feel more like a normal boy. How does his father ruin the illusion?

    1. He hires a personal chef for Joe because the school canteen food is so horrible

    2. He makes sure Joe is always accompanied by a bodyguard

    3. He builds a Disney theme park in the school playground so that Joe won't be bored at breaktimes

    4. He brings Joe's homework to school by private helicopter

  8. In Malorie Blackman's Noughts and Crosses, what is the name of the school that both Sephy and Callum attend?

    1. Heathcroft High

    2. Crosstown College

    3. Noughty Academy

    4. Chivers boarding school

  9. In the Brilliant World of Tom Gates, what's the name of the clever girl Tom sits next to when his teacher moves him to the front of the class?

    1. Abby Partridge

    2. Alice Potter

    3. Hermione Grainger

    4. Amy Porter

  10. Of which primary school is the fearsome Miss Trunchbull head in Matilda?

    1. Springflower School

    2. Crunchem Hall Primary School

    3. Grimsville Grove

    4. Meadows Academy

Solutions

1:D, 2:A, 3:B, 4:A, 5:C, 6:B, 7:D, 8:A, 9:D, 10:B

Scores

  1. 4 and above.

    Oh dear, bottom of the class before school's even started. Swot up and try again.

  2. 8 and above.

    Showing promise but coud try harder.

  3. 10 and above.

    Gold stars for you!
 

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