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"Tomorrow When The War Began" Trivia Quiz

A thrilling series by John Marsden; I would recommend that everyone try and find this series and read it. See how much you know about the first book.

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

Author
alliecat

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
96,688

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
20

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
15 / 20

Plays
1509

Last 3 plays: Guest 203 (2/20), Guest 170 (16/20), Guest 47 (6/20).

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Question 1 of 20

1. On what day did the invasion begin? Hint

Australia Day

Good Friday

Christmas Day

Commemoration Day

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Question 2 of 20

2. Where did Ellie and her friends first go to for a holiday and end up having to keep camp there? Hint

Tailor's Stitch

Wirrawee

Mt. Martha

Hell

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Question 3 of 20

3. Who was dating pre-invasion? Hint

Homer and Fi

Robyn and Chris

Lee and Ellie

Corrie and Kevin

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Question 4 of 20

4. What was unusual about the planes flying overhead the night before the invasion? Hint

There were no lights on them

They were bombing as they went

There were a lot of them

They had another country's flag on them

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Question 5 of 20

5. Whose house did they check first when they came back initially from their holiday? Hint

Corrie's

Homer's

Robyn's

Ellie's

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Question 6 of 20

6. What communication confirmed their fears? Hint

Fax from Corrie's Dad

Note on the fridge from Robyn's Mum

Answering machine message from Fi's Dad

Fax from Ellie's Mum

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Question 7 of 20

7. Who was involved in the ride-on mower explosion? Hint

Lee, Corrie, Ellie

Kevin, Homer, Ellie

Corrie, Kevin, Ellie

Ellie, Robyn, Homer

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Question 8 of 20

8. Where did the group agree to hide family valuables so that they didn't have to take them? Hint

The garden

The floorboards

The roof

The stuffed toys

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Question 9 of 20

9. At Corrie's farm, a helicopter came, landed and then flew away; a few hours later, what did they do? Hint

Had the area surrounded by soldiers

Blew up Corrie's house with a missile

Had the area surrounded by tanks

Created a perimeter around the farmland with soldiers

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Question 10 of 20

10. Who was shot in the leg? Hint

Lee

Homer

Robyn

Ellie

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Question 11 of 20

11. How was this person rescued? Hint

Wheelchair

Golf cart

Wheelbarrow

Bulldozer

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Question 12 of 20

12. How did they meet up with Chris? Hint

Racing along in a car and almost hitting him

Freeing him when he was taken captive while they were hiding

Escaping soldiers by ducking into houses

Dumping a BMW in the dam

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Question 13 of 20

13. True of False: When Ellie first discovered "Hermit's Hut", she found the newspaper clippings.

True

False

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Question 14 of 20

14. How did Ellie and her friends find out more information about the showgrounds? Hint

From hiding in houses and talking to the people who cleaned them

Breaking in themselves

Torturing a guard

Staking it out over a period of seven days

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Question 15 of 20

15. Ellie and Fi steal a petrol tanker from where? Hint

Kurrs

Currs

Kerrs

Curers

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Question 16 of 20

16. What did they do with this tanker? Hint

Placed it under a bridge and using a rope as a fuse, blew it up

Placed it under the army's HQ, using a rope as a fuse, blew it up

Used it to smash open the gates to the Showgrounds

Used it to fill up all their cars and motorbikes for an attack

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Question 17 of 20

17. What diversion was done by Lee and Homer to allow the tanker to do its job? Hint

Chase sheep onto the road

Chase cattle onto the bridge

Cause a small explosion nearby

Shoot at enemy soliders

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Question 18 of 20

18. True or False: This particular action made an impact on the war front.

True

False

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Question 19 of 20

19. Who was shot at the end of the book? Hint

Corrie

Robyn

Homer

Kevin

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Question 20 of 20

20. Who risked their life to take this person to hospital? Hint

Robyn

Corrie

Kevin

Homer

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. On what day did the invasion begin?

Answer: Commemoration Day

Kevin considered it a good day to invade, as everyone was at the show.

2. Where did Ellie and her friends first go to for a holiday and end up having to keep camp there?

Answer: Hell

Tailor's Stitch was the summit and cliff edging, and Hell was the basin. No one had been to this basin in over 40 years.

3. Who was dating pre-invasion?

Answer: Corrie and Kevin

With the exception of Robyn and Chris, the others get together during the first and second book.

4. What was unusual about the planes flying overhead the night before the invasion?

Answer: There were no lights on them

The amount of planes could be explained by the show (they had an air show display), but no lights made them more suspicious.

5. Whose house did they check first when they came back initially from their holiday?

Answer: Ellie's

Ellie came home to find the animals either dead or close to death from lack of food and water.

6. What communication confirmed their fears?

Answer: Fax from Corrie's Dad

The fax stated that a lot of army people were at the showgrounds and that the kids should 'go bush'.

7. Who was involved in the ride-on mower explosion?

Answer: Corrie, Kevin, Ellie

They blew it up to save themselves from being captured by the soldiers.

8. Where did the group agree to hide family valuables so that they didn't have to take them?

Answer: The garden

Robyn suggested this to Corrie and the others thought it was a great idea, but only a few got to carry it out.

9. At Corrie's farm, a helicopter came, landed and then flew away; a few hours later, what did they do?

Answer: Blew up Corrie's house with a missile

The planes also released a second missile meant for the shearer's shed (where Ellie and her friends were), but it hit the side of the hill instead.

10. Who was shot in the leg?

Answer: Lee

Lee and Robyn were fleeing soldiers in the heart of Wirrawee. Robyn found someone to give her medication and to stitch up Lee, but she eventually had to leave him to alert the others.

11. How was this person rescued?

Answer: Bulldozer

They went for maximum surprise, and although they did get attacked, they managed to get away with Lee.

12. How did they meet up with Chris?

Answer: Dumping a BMW in the dam

Chris came out to see what all the noise was.

13. True of False: When Ellie first discovered "Hermit's Hut", she found the newspaper clippings.

Answer: False

Lee found these clippings when Ellie took him to see the hut.

14. How did Ellie and her friends find out more information about the showgrounds?

Answer: From hiding in houses and talking to the people who cleaned them

Robyn, Kevin and Fi all hid in different houses and found out about the treatment of prisoners, their families, and what was happening next.

15. Ellie and Fi steal a petrol tanker from where?

Answer: Currs

This was instrumental in their attack plan; it took Ellie a lot of time to work out how to start and then drive one of them.

16. What did they do with this tanker?

Answer: Placed it under a bridge and using a rope as a fuse, blew it up

Ellie drove the tanker with Fi. They had the most dangerous job of all in this attack.

17. What diversion was done by Lee and Homer to allow the tanker to do its job?

Answer: Chase cattle onto the bridge

Homer and Lee used an old trick of 'hissing' to get the cattle moving.

18. True or False: This particular action made an impact on the war front.

Answer: True

The enemy had to divert traffic a long way around, and they had to build a new bridge.

19. Who was shot at the end of the book?

Answer: Corrie

Kevin and Corrie were getting ferrets to include in their stash down at Hell when she was shot in the back.

20. Who risked their life to take this person to hospital?

Answer: Kevin

He loved her so much that he wanted to be with her regardless of the fact that he would be captured by enemy soldiers.

Source: Author alliecat

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