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Quiz about A Country Life Through the Eyes of Miss Read

A Country Life Through the Eyes of Miss Read Quiz

I came across these books by pure chance and was instantly transported back to my early schooldays.

A multiple-choice quiz by astir. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
astir

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
318,141

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

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227

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Top 35% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. Of which village school was Miss Read the Headmistress? Hint

Thrush Green

Caxley

Fairacre

Bent

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Question 2 of 10

2. The lady responsible for cleaning the school frequently disagreed with Miss Read over how the children were taught their lessons. Who was this stout lady? Hint

Mrs Pringle

Mrs Roberts

Mrs Hope

Mrs Moffat

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Question 3 of 10

3. The Vicar was a regular visitor during term time. In winter he would arrive, dressed in his cloak, a biretta worn at a rakish angle, and what other item of outdoor wear? Hint

Fluffy ear muffs.

A very long multicoloured scarf.

Very old leopard-skin gloves.

A grubby pair of wellington boots.

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Question 4 of 10

4. Productive gardens were a great feature in villages where 'growing your own' was often a necessity. Who helped care for Miss Read's school house garden? Hint

Mr Partridge

Mr Willet

Mr Roberts

Mr Coggs

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Question 5 of 10

5. There was great excitement when the local branch of the Women's Institute (WI) was invited to take part in a pageant 'Through the Ages'. What were they invited to dress up as? Hint

Normans and Saxons.

Plantagenets and Tudors

Lords, Ladies and Peasants

Ancient Britons and Romans.

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Question 6 of 10

6. Miss Read usually spent the school holidays at home. One year, after breaking her arm, she went with her friend Amy to a foreign destination. Where was this? Hint

Copenhagen

Benidorm

Crete

Venice

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Question 7 of 10

7. Having an interest in your neighbours' affairs was a trait of village life. Which gentleman was considered as a potential husband for Miss Read? Hint

Mr Annett

Mr Mawne

Mr Lamb

Dr Martin

8. Nature walks were a great feature of schooldays in the 1950s before health and safety became such an issue. Lines of small children would make their way to the nearest patch of green to pick flowers, watch butterflies or dip for frogspawn. What were these lines of children called? Hint

Alligators

Crocodiles

Snakes

Worms

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Question 9 of 10

9. At playtime lots of different activities went on. Skipping, playing tag, sliding on the coke pile or playing house under the trees. Which trees provided a shady spot in the playground? Hint

Oaks

Ash

Willows

Elms

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Question 10 of 10

10. When Miss Read first moved to the school, the infants were taught by Miss Clare, who was a former pupil of the school. What did she leave to Miss Read in her will? Hint

All her books

Her gold locket

Her cottage

Her grandfather clock

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Of which village school was Miss Read the Headmistress?

Answer: Fairacre

My first school was larger than Fairacre with four teachers and a Headmaster. Very different to the schools my children attended.

2. The lady responsible for cleaning the school frequently disagreed with Miss Read over how the children were taught their lessons. Who was this stout lady?

Answer: Mrs Pringle

Mrs Pringle would develop a pronounced limp when asked to do something of which she disapproved - lighting the stoves was a task she delayed as long as possible.

3. The Vicar was a regular visitor during term time. In winter he would arrive, dressed in his cloak, a biretta worn at a rakish angle, and what other item of outdoor wear?

Answer: Very old leopard-skin gloves.

The gloves were left to him by an old lady who had embroidered seven altar-fronts.

4. Productive gardens were a great feature in villages where 'growing your own' was often a necessity. Who helped care for Miss Read's school house garden?

Answer: Mr Willet

Mr Willet was also the school handy-man.

5. There was great excitement when the local branch of the Women's Institute (WI) was invited to take part in a pageant 'Through the Ages'. What were they invited to dress up as?

Answer: Ancient Britons and Romans.

Our local WI took part in a similar pageant. I can remember being dressed in dungarees and huddling under a large patchwork quilt as 'an early American settler'.

6. Miss Read usually spent the school holidays at home. One year, after breaking her arm, she went with her friend Amy to a foreign destination. Where was this?

Answer: Crete

Photographs had to be taken. Miss Read was expected to give a talk at a meeting of the WI upon her return.

7. Having an interest in your neighbours' affairs was a trait of village life. Which gentleman was considered as a potential husband for Miss Read?

Answer: Mr Mawne

When Mr Mawne first moved to Fairacre it was thought he was a widower. Just the right age and clever enough to be an ideal husband for their poor spinster Headmistress. It turned out he had a wife who had left him; they were later to be reconciled.

Answer: Crocodiles

Children usually took their 'finds' to school to display them on the Nature Table.

9. At playtime lots of different activities went on. Skipping, playing tag, sliding on the coke pile or playing house under the trees. Which trees provided a shady spot in the playground?

Answer: Elms

One of the elm trees had to be cut down - the log pile, no doubt, provided the children with more playtime activities.

10. When Miss Read first moved to the school, the infants were taught by Miss Clare, who was a former pupil of the school. What did she leave to Miss Read in her will?

Answer: Her cottage

The school house was a place for the Headmistress to live. Miss Clare's cottage gave Miss Read security for when she retired.

Source: Author astir

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