1. For what reason do the children have to leave Kirrin Cottage and go to Smuggler's Top? Uncle Quentin needs peace in the house to do his experiments. All the children need extra lessons and a special tutor has been hired at Smuggler's Top. Aunt Fanny has fallen ill and needs quiet and rest. An ash tree fell on the house during a gale.

2. What is the real first name of "Sooty" Lenoir who gets his nickname from his dark hair and the fact that his surname means "the black one"? Jean Jacques Phillippe Pierre

3. What was the name of the little hill village where "Smuggler's Top" was situated? Lost Island Sandsea Drift Hill Castaway

4. What is the name of Sooty Lenoir's sister? Rosemary Charlotte Audrey Marybelle

5. What special thing about Mr. Lenoir's appearance did the children notice as he became angry? The tip of his nose turned very white. The knuckles of his hands began to go white. The lobes of his ears started to go red. His lips would come together in a very thin line.

6. What was the name of Mr. Lenoir's servant whom the children grew to dislike and mistrust? Blick Black Block Bleck

7. How did the children manage to get Timmy down the pit under the trap-door that led to the passage that came out half-way down the hill? They taught him how to climb using the rungs of the ladder. They lowered him down in a laundry basket. The wrapped him in sheets and lowered him on a rope. They taught him how to slide down a long plank.

8. What was the name of the local man that the police suspected of being a smuggler? Mr. Burling Mr. Birling Mr. Barling Mr. Borling

9. Why does Timmy start barking in the secret tunnel where the children have hidden him? He sees a rat and starts to chase it. He sees the smugglers and starts to attack them. He sees a snake and starts to attack it. He sees Mr. Lenoir and starts to bite him.

10. Which one of the children suggests that he might have bitten Mr. Lenoir's manservant when he was excited? Julian George Sooty Dick

11. Which person is going to sleep in Sooty's room and thus prevent the children getting through to Timmy in the secret passage? Uncle Quentin Mr. Barling Mr. Lenoir The police inspector

12. Which one of the children is locked in a room and given nothing but bread and water for the rest of the day? George Dick Sooty Julian

13. How did the man who kidnapped Uncle Quentin get into the room he was sleeping in? He had climbed up a rope ladder and in through the window. He climbed through a secret panel at the back of the bed. He got through the window seat which contained a secret entrance. He had a duplicate key for the bedroom door.

14. What does Julian find when he tries to wake the man in the manservant's bed? He finds his Uncle Quentin bound and gagged. He finds that it is just a ball and a bolster disguised to look like a man. He finds that it is his brother Dick who has been drugged. He finds that it is the body of Timmy who has been given a sleeping draught.

15. Which one of the "Famous Five" falls into the marshes and has to be rescued? Anne Dick Timmy George