Roald Dahl's George's Marvellous Medicine

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo t, havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1,2

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03:22

How many ´spoonful of sugar´ did George stir in Grandma´s tea?

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

08:00

Grandma thinks George is growing too fast. George must stop eating chocolate and must eat....

1. caterpillars
2. worms and slugs
3. beetley bugs and earwigs
4. cabbage

12:56

George has all kind of plans to frighten Grandma a bit. Which plan has NOT been in his mind?

1. to put a firework banger under her chair
2. to put a long green snakedown the back of her dress
3. to put salt instead of sugar in her tea
4. to put six big black rats in the room and lock the door

21:26

To make the medicine George got lots of funny things from different rooms. Which ones?

1. bathroom - bedroom - laundryroom - kitchen
2. bathroom - attic - garden - kitchen
3. bathroom - toilet - cellar - kitchen
4. bathroom - attic - cellar - kitchen

26:26

There were 5 bottles of medicines in the shed. They were meant for ...

1. chickens - mice - cats - dogs - pigs
2. chickens - rats - cows -weeds (=onkruid) - pigs
3. chickens - mice - donkeys - birds - - pigs
4. chickens - horses - cows - sheep - pigs

35:43

After George gave his Grandma his marvellous medicine,...
(what did NOT happen?)

1. she shot up into the air and stayed there for a while
2. she threw up (=overgeven) and slept the rest of the day
3. her stomach was on fire and black smoke came out of her nose
4. she was swelling and her face was turning from purple to green

39:17

George's marvellous medicine let his Grandma grow taller and taller and in the end her feet were on the floor downstairs in the living-room and her head was moving quikly to the ceiling of...

1. his parents' bedroom
2. the bathroom
3. his dad's study room
4. his own bedroom

45:23

What happened to the Brown Hen after George gave it his marvellous medicine?

1. It grew taller and taller, thinner and thinner (as Grandma did).
2. It grew taller and taller, (even taller than George) but also fat and plump.
3. The Brown Hen changed into a horse.
4. It grew as tall as Grandma.

48:18

The first egg of the giant Brown Hen was the size of...

1. a pin-pong ball
2. a tennis ball
3. a football
4. a basketball

52:44

Mr. Franky´s idea is to build a Marvellous Medicine Factory and sell the stuff in bottle at ....

1. 10 euros a piece
2. 10 dollars a piece
3. 10 pounds a piece

58:31

When Marvellous Medicine Number 2 didn´t have the right colour, George realised he forgot to add...

1. Golden Gloss Hair Shampoo
2. tooth paste
3. shaving soap
4. a quart of brown gloss paint

1:01:26

After the white chicken with black specks ate the Marvellous Medicine 2, only its legs grew. They forgot to add...

1:04:02

After the cockerel ate the Marvellous Medicine 3, only its neck grew. They forgot to add...

1:05:50

After the brown hen ate the Marvellous Medicine 4, the hen wasn't growing, instead it was...

1:12:20

What happened to Grandma after she her 'cup of tea' (actually The Marvellous Medicine Number 4)?

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