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Quiz about Morris Gleitzman  Doubting Thomas
Quiz about Morris Gleitzman  Doubting Thomas

Morris Gleitzman - "Doubting Thomas" Quiz


Thomas has a built-in lie-detector. He knows whether people are lying or telling truth: a part of his body gets itchy. There have been other people like him; they are called doubters.

A multiple-choice quiz by Margarita_K. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
Margarita_K
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
285,027
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
15
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
9 / 15
Plays
156
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Question 1 of 15
1. Where was Thomas from? Hint


Question 2 of 15
2. Which of Thomas' body parts was special? Hint


Question 3 of 15
3. What did the doctor think about the cause of Thomas' itchiness? Hint


Question 4 of 15
4. What was the "lie-detector" body part of Thomas' ancestor Aaron? Hint


Question 5 of 15
5. What was Thomas' Mum's big secret? Hint


Question 6 of 15
6. What was Thomas' Dad's big secret? Hint


Question 7 of 15
7. What are the names of Thomas' friends? Hint


Question 8 of 15
8. What was the job of Thomas' friend's (boy) father? Hint


Question 9 of 15
9. What was Rocci's big secret? Hint


Question 10 of 15
10. What happens to doubters? Hint


Question 11 of 15
11. What was the other grand prize, the one that Thomas declined? Hint


Question 12 of 15
12. To which country did Thomas and the others go? Hint


Question 13 of 15
13. What did Thomas' Mum think was the reason that he chose the overseas trip as his prize? Hint


Question 14 of 15
14. What was the job of Vera Poulet, the person Thomas and his friends were looking for? Hint


Question 15 of 15
15. What was the cure to a doubter's condition? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Where was Thomas from?

Answer: Australia

Morris Gleitzman came to Australia when he was a teenager. As they say, write about what you know best...
2. Which of Thomas' body parts was special?

Answer: nipples

Awfully embarrassing when you need to scratch them. But then again, it could have been worse, hey?
3. What did the doctor think about the cause of Thomas' itchiness?

Answer: it was from stress

At first Thomas pretended to have a stab wound, which really was a bit of jam under the bandage. Thomas felt very lucky to have a sister who brought him to the doctor even though she saw right through his trick.
4. What was the "lie-detector" body part of Thomas' ancestor Aaron?

Answer: teeth

Thomas' grandmother told him about her grandfather's brother. At first, nobody believed her but later, after seeing the article that his friend Holly found, Thomas got really worried. It always seems much more scary when things happen to someone you know (or related to).
5. What was Thomas' Mum's big secret?

Answer: the foot cream she sold was not from natural ingredients

Thomas' Mum was desperately trying to cut the costs of running her beauty salon. Of course, cheating is not the way to do it.
6. What was Thomas' Dad's big secret?

Answer: he lost his job

Thomas stalked him for half a day, trying to find out what was worrying his Dad so much that he had to lie to his family.
7. What are the names of Thomas' friends?

Answer: Holly and Kevin

Holly and John McLane are characters from the film "Die Hard". Alisha is Thomas' sister, Rocci is a kid from the same school (NOT a friend). Wolf is a character from another book by Morris Gleitzman.
8. What was the job of Thomas' friend's (boy) father?

Answer: car park manager

Kevin told everyone his father was with law enforcement because he wanted his Dad to seem cool.
9. What was Rocci's big secret?

Answer: he had a girlfriend

Thomas heard this info from Rocci's grandmother, in Thomas' Mum's beauty salon. She saw Holly come visit Thomas and called her his girlfriend.
10. What happens to doubters?

Answer: they die young

Their immune system gets overloaded. There was only one person who lived a longer life, and Thomas set out to seek her help.
11. What was the other grand prize, the one that Thomas declined?

Answer: a car

The family's car was pretty much falling apart. And that's what the family thought was the reason for Thomas playing - trying to win a new car. Jet skis and harpoons was one of the intermediate prizes.
12. To which country did Thomas and the others go?

Answer: France

It was Paris they were after. There lived the only doubter who lived past a young age.
13. What did Thomas' Mum think was the reason that he chose the overseas trip as his prize?

Answer: to give his parents a honeymoon they never had

To help his friend Kevin recover after the death of his grandmother - that's what Kevin invented when Thomas' Mum asked about the reason.
14. What was the job of Vera Poulet, the person Thomas and his friends were looking for?

Answer: catacombs attendant

The article where Thomas and his friends found information about the only adult doubter was in French. Holly used a computer program to translate it, but the results were far from perfect. So they read catacombs to be a place for combing cats. A veterinary - that was Vera's husband.
15. What was the cure to a doubter's condition?

Answer: people close to him must stop lying

Vera Poulet, the person who gave Thomas this information, tried to hide from people. That's why she worked in the catacombs. Interestingly, she didn't need to, as she was cured already, at a young age - as her husband kept trying to convince her (he told he little lies from time to time, Vera didn't have any reactions to them but still didn't believe until Thomas confirmed it).
Source: Author Margarita_K

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