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Danny the Champion of the World: Review

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  • Names: What is the name of Danny's abusive math teacher?
    Captain Lancaster
  • After all the pheasants fly away, and Danny and his father are alone, they decide to
    Invite all their friends over for a dinner party.
    All of these answers are true.
    Close the filling station for the day.
    Buy a new car.
  • After pheasants wake up, they fly
    back to Hazell’s wood, but too late for the shooting party.
    in the opposite direction of Hazell’s wood.
    back to the coal shed at the vicarage.
    onto the roof of the Gypsy Caravan.
  • What is the name of this literary device: "Mr. Hazell left his car and came at us like a charging bull."
    simile (using "like" or "as" to compare two different things)
  • Names: What is the name of Danny's best friend?
    Sidney Morgan
  • How many pheasants do Danny and his father have at the end of the story?
    2
  • Names: What is the name of the town's taxi driver?
    Charlie Kinch
  • In what country did Roald Dahl attend university?
    Trick question! He didn't attend any university.
  • When Danny and his father return to the woods, Danny’s father
    realizes that the pheasants might not fall out of the trees.
    is worried that Danny might get shot by a keeper.
    is worried the pheasants will die from the sleeping powder.
    is afraid of falling into another pit.
  • The method for catching pheasants that Danny invents is called ___________.
    The Sleeping Beauty
  • According to Danny’s father, the best time to poach pheasants is __________.
    twilight (before they roost)
  • How many pheasants do Danny and his father poach in Hazell’s wood?
    120
  • After the night that they poach Mr. Hazell’s pheasants, Danny and his father arrive home
    in a taxi.
    on foot.
    in a carriage.
    in the Baby Austin.
  • Danny and his father leave the pheasants at the vicarage because
    they don’t have a refrigerator or an oven.
    the vicar and his wife love pheasants.
    The taxi driver lives in town; Danny lives in the country.
    they don’t want to get caught with the pheasants.
  • When Roald Dahl was 3 years old, two of his family members died. Who were they?
    His father and his sister.
  • Names: What is the name of Danny's gin-drinking headmaster?
    Mr. Snoddy
  • What does the BFG carry in his suitcase?
    a blowpipe
    sleeping children
    powders
    raisins
  • The method for catching pheasants that involves a paper cone, glue, and raisins is called ________.
    The Sticky Hat
  • What kind of car did Danny drive to save his father?
    A Baby Austin
  • Danny’s grandfather always tested his methods for catching pheasants on _________.
    roosters
  • How did Grace Clipstone deliver the pheasants to Danny and his father?
    In a baby carriage.
  • After Doc Spencer sees Victor Hazell kick Spencer’s dog,
    He refuses to have Victor Hazell as a patient ever again.
    He pokes Mr. Hazell with a needle that isn’t sharp.
    He puts sugar in Mr. Hazell’s gas tank.
    He offers free treatment to anyone who poaches from Mr. Haze
  • Names: What is the name of the village policeman?
    Sargeant Enoch Samways
  • How was Roald Dahl injured during World War II?
    His plane crashed over Libya.
  • What method does Doc Spencer use to catch trout?
    He tickles them.