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The Mallen Girl Trivia Quiz

This book follows on from 'The Mallen Streak', and tells the story of Barbara, Thomas Mallen's daughter, as she makes her own mistakes in life. What do you know of this book by Catherine Cookson?

A multiple-choice quiz by ArleneRimmer. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
ArleneRimmer

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
156,584

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

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Top 35% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. What was the name of the maid who came from High Banks Hall with Anna Brigmore and remained in the cottage until the end of her life?

Answer: (first and second name, or first or second name please)

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Question 2 of 10

2. While the world saw Barbara and Michael as aunt and nephew, what was their real blood relationship? Hint

second cousins

first cousins

they were not related at all

aunt and grand-nephew

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Question 3 of 10

3. Anna entertained hopes that Barbara would marry the eldest Bensham son, John, but he married elsewhere. What was the name of John's wife? Hint

Josephine

Julia

Jenny

Jeanne

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Question 4 of 10

4. Why was Anna able to keep Barbara relatively ignorant of the facts surrounding her birth and conception? Hint

they lived remotely and never saw anyone

Barbara was deaf and unable to hear gossip

Anna fooled everyone into believing Barbara was her child

Anna used Barbara's money to bribe everyone to keep quiet

5. Constance did not like Barbara because she knew she loved Michael; she was worried that Anna, who gave Barbara everything, would publish abroad the fact that Michael was Matthew's son in order to allow them to marry.

True

False

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Question 6 of 10

6. There was a rival for Michael's affections, a young girl whose family worked on the farm. What was her name? Hint

Sarah Moorehead

Sarah Lennox

Sarah Brooks

Sarah Waite

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Question 7 of 10

7. Katie upset Anna by travelling by train with Willy Brooks. Why was this wrong in Anna's opinion? Hint

because they were alone in the carriage

because they were behaving shamelessly in public

because Willy was one of the mill workers

because Willy was the butler's son

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Question 8 of 10

8. Barbara was insanely jealous where Michael was concerned, and at one point was to push Sarah down a hill. What injury did Sarah sustain from this? Hint

she damaged her back and was no longer able to walk

she lost her leg

she broke her arm

she cracked her head open and died

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Question 9 of 10

9. Following her outburst of hate, Barbara ran away from Anna, to be lost for some time on the hills. Who found her? Hint

Michael Radlet

Dan Bensham

Anna Brigmore

Constance Radlet

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Question 10 of 10

10. There was one more surprise in store for Anna, this time from Harry Bensham. What was this? Hint

that she become housekeeper at High Banks

that she become housekeeper in Manchester

that she become his mistress

that she become his wife

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What was the name of the maid who came from High Banks Hall with Anna Brigmore and remained in the cottage until the end of her life?

Answer: Mary Peel

Mary Peel was a common woman who added a touch of reality into the lives of firstly the sisters Barbara and Constance, and then to Barbara's daughter Barbara.

2. While the world saw Barbara and Michael as aunt and nephew, what was their real blood relationship?

Answer: first cousins

Michael's real father was Matthew Radlet, not his mother's husband, Donald. This meant that Michael was not Thomas Mallen's grandson. Barbara was Thomas Mallen's daughter by his wife's niece, Barbara, who was Michael's mother's sister. This made Michael and Barbara first cousins.

While this relationship is too close for marriage in some parts of the USA, it is perfectly permissible in the UK.

3. Anna entertained hopes that Barbara would marry the eldest Bensham son, John, but he married elsewhere. What was the name of John's wife?

Answer: Jenny

John did not stay at High Banks, preferring instead to return to Manchester to run the mills his father owned. His brother, Dan, did not take to the muck and grime of the city, and their sister, Katie, wanted to campaign for better living conditions for the workers.

4. Why was Anna able to keep Barbara relatively ignorant of the facts surrounding her birth and conception?

Answer: Barbara was deaf and unable to hear gossip

What little Barbara did glean from other people she got by lip reading. She knew sign language, but did not like using it, preferring instead to read lips.

Answer: True

Very complicated! As it happened, Anna did not want Barbara to marry Michael at all, and did all she could to keep them apart.

6. There was a rival for Michael's affections, a young girl whose family worked on the farm. What was her name?

Answer: Sarah Waite

Constance had taken the upbringing of Sarah into her own hands, training her in the hope that she would become her daughter-in-law. When this finally happened, Sarah was a changed woman through the tragic events which took place, but as Constance's prot�g�, she championed her to the end.

7. Katie upset Anna by travelling by train with Willy Brooks. Why was this wrong in Anna's opinion?

Answer: because Willy was the butler's son

Katie was to become engaged to Willy, later to break the engagement and to marry Pat Ferrier.

8. Barbara was insanely jealous where Michael was concerned, and at one point was to push Sarah down a hill. What injury did Sarah sustain from this?

Answer: she lost her leg

Although Michael married her after this accident, Sarah was no longer the happy girl she had been and the cheerful atmosphere of the farm was to vanish totally as the years went on.

9. Following her outburst of hate, Barbara ran away from Anna, to be lost for some time on the hills. Who found her?

Answer: Dan Bensham

Unbeknown to Dan or Anna, Barbara had regained her hearing, but did not come to herself until she heard that Michael and Sarah had married. Desperate to get away from Anna, whom she learned had lied to her about her father, she agreed to marry Dan and they went to live in France.

10. There was one more surprise in store for Anna, this time from Harry Bensham. What was this?

Answer: that she become his wife

Harry was an uncouth man who made his fortune by marrying his first wife and then by investing in mills. His second wife, Matilda, was the mother of the three Bensham children, John, Dan and Katie, and had died earlier in the book. In the third book of the Mallen trilogy, 'The Mallen Litter', we see Anna as Mrs Bensham.

Source: Author ArleneRimmer

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