Roald Dahl's The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1

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Every now and then the narrator stops...

You need to answer the quiz question before you can read on :-)

01:34

THE GRUBBER was another name for a ...

1. book shop
2. grocery shop
3. bakery shop
4. sweet shop

03:25

The Grubber house has got an new door. The dirty old brown door was replaced by...

1. a brand-new red, tall one
2. a brand-new red, small one
3. a brand-new blue, tall one
4. a brand-new blue small one

08:22

The Giraffe, the Pelican and the Monkey are the 'Window-Cleaners'. The beak of the pelican is used to...

1. carry the monkey
2. carry the ladder
3. carry the window-cleaning water
4. carry all kinds of stuff

11:57

The Duke of Hampshire asks the Giraffe, the Pelican, the Monkey and Billy to clean his ______ windows.

1. 676 windows
2. 677 windows
3. 667 windows
4. 670 windows

16:42

The Pelican and Billy picked the cherries and gave them to the Duke. 'Could you also pick my ___ in autumn'

1. pears
2. flowers
3. strawberries
4. apples

20:19

How many floors does the Hampshire House have?

1. 5
2. 4
3. 3
4. 2

24:53

The Duke of Hampshire´s wife (the Duchess) was a world-famous...

1. musical-singer
2. pop star
3. rock & roll star
4. opera-singer

29:53

What's the only thing the Giraffe eats?

1. white and yellow flowers of the tinkle-tinkle tree
2. yellow and orange flowers of the tinkle-tinkle tree
3. pink and purple flowers of the tinkle-tinkle tree
4. not the flowers, but the leaves of the tinkle-tinkle tree

31:11

The Monkey's favourite nuts are...

1. peanuts
2. coconuts
3. pistachio nuts
4. walnuts

32:23

What kind of fish lives in the River Hamp and happens to be the Pelican's favourite?

1. haddock
2. cod
3. salmon
4. eel (a snake-like fish)

33:56

What is Billy's special little wish? To turn The Grubber into...

1. a refuge for giraffes
2. a refuge for monkeys
3. a refuge for pelicans
4. a marvellous sweet-shop

38:52

Billy had to say goodbye to his friends. He said: 'I must go and....

1. have to clean 100 windows before dark.
2. look after my customers in the shop.

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