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Walking My Baby Back Home

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Walking My Baby Back Home game quiz
"How much do you remember from Joan Jonker's story about Dot, Katie, and Colin?"

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  



1. What is the surname of Dot's family?
    Baker
    Butcher
    Fisher
    Driver


2. When Katie leaves school and gets a job, where does she go to work?
    British Enka
    Vernon's Pools
    Johnson's Dye Works
    The Corner Shop


3. What errand had Colin been sent on when John knocked him over?
    To get the newspaper
    To the chip shop to buy supper
    To buy a reel of navy blue cotton
    To tell his mother's employer she would be late for work that day


4. Why didn't Dot want John to help get Colin to bed with his sprained ankle?
    The neighbours would gossip if a man was upstairs in her house
    There were no blankets on the bed, only old coats
    Colin had scribbled a rude word on his bedroom wall and she didn't want John to see it
    She was embarrassed because Colin had no pyjamas


5. While John is at Dot's house on the night he brings Colin home, they hear Mary from next door being beaten by her husband Tom.
John goes to her assistance, and Dot comforts Mary.
Why does Mary say that her husband attacked her on this occasion?
    She told him she is pregnant
    She had no money to give him
    His tea wasn't ready when he came in
    She spilled his cup of tea on his shoe


6. When John takes Colin out for a day trip on the ferry, what present does Colin bring home for his Mam and Katie?
    Picture postcards
    He buys them a box of chocolates but eats them on the way home
    Pretty seashells
    Sticks of "New Brighton" rock


7. What does Katie buy Dot for her Christmas present the first year after she starts work?
    A pair of winter boots
    A box of chocolates
    A hand knitted jumper
    A new china tea set


8. Where does Mary give birth to baby Trudie?
    In Maggie's house
    In the hospital
    In her own house
    Behind a stall at Paddy's Market


9. What handicap is baby Trudie born with?
    She has a heart murmur
    She is blind
    A deformed leg
    She is deaf


10. How does Tom die?
    He hangs himself after being arrested for theft from his employers
    He stumbles under a number 22 tram whilst drunk
    Mary hits him with the poker and he falls and bangs his head
    He has a heart attack at work


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Compiled Jun 28 12