1. Paddington Bear is the creation of author Michael Bond. With whom does Paddington come to live? The Banks The Blacketts Mr Gruber The Browns

2. A boy named Shasta arrived in Narnia from Calormen in C.S. Lewis's story "The Horse and His Boy". What was Shasta's real name? Prince Aravis of Calormen. Prince Corin of Archenland. Prince Cor of Archenland. Prince Caspian of Narnia.

3. Who was the stranger who came to stay with the Banks family to look after children Jane, Michael, John and Barbara? Aunt Maria Nurse Matilda Mary Poppins Paddington Bear

4. What was strange about Pippi Longstocking, the girl who moved in next door to Tommy and Annika in Astrid Lindgren's book "Pippi Longstocking"? She was nine, and lived alone. All these are correct. She was extra strong. She wore a patched dress and odd stockings.

5. Why was Gemma Bow so different from her cousins, the Robinsons, in the Gemma books by Noel Streatfeild? She was a ballet dancer. She was an orphan. She was a child film star. She spoke only French.

6. What is odd about Janet Chant, who arrives at Chrestomanci Castle in Diana Wynne Jones' book "Charmed Life"? She is a singing witch. She has nine lives. She is invisible. She comes from another world.

7. In Monica Edwards' book "Strangers to the Marsh", who or what are the strangers? A crippled girl and her pony. A family of children called the Lillycrops. A pair of hoopoes. A pair of puma.

8. In "Jill and the Perfect Pony", by Ruby Ferguson, what is strange about Jill when she goes off to be part of a team? She is the only girl in the team. She has an allergy to horses. She is too young to join the team. She is pretending to be someone else.

9. What is strange about the visitors knowN as "the Ds" in Arthur Ransome's "The Picts and the Martyrs"? They are time travellers. They are Captain Flint's children, newly arrived from China. They are scientific geniuses. They are hidden from Nancy and Peggy's great aunt.

10. What is strange about Luke, the boy who comes to visit David in Diana Wynne Jones' book "Eight Days of Luke"? He is really from the future. He is really from Ancient Greece. He is Loki, god of mischief. He is really a girl named Lucy.