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Morris Gleitzman's award-winning books include "Bumface", "Blabbermouth" and the "Toad" series.
2 Morris Gleitzman quizzes and 25 Morris Gleitzman trivia questions.
1.
  "Two Weeks with the Queen", by Morris Gleitzman    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is a moving story about a boy called Colin, from Australia, and his trip to England because his brother is dying of cancer.
Average, 10 Qns, westwingitis, Nov 10 16
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  Morris Gleitzman - "Doubting Thomas"    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
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.
Average, 15 Qns, Margarita_K, Nov 10 16
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Morris Gleitzman Trivia Questions
1. Where was Thomas from?

From Quiz Morris Gleitzman - "Doubting Thomas"

Answer: Australia

Morris Gleitzman came to Australia when he was a teenager. As they say, write about what you know best...

2. The action in this story starts on what special day of the year?

From Quiz "Two Weeks with the Queen", by Morris Gleitzman

Answer: Christmas Day

The two boys are watching the Queen's Christmas message. Colin is not happy with his Christmas present of new shoes.

3. What is the name of Colin's little brother who gets a toy jet plane for Christmas?

From Quiz "Two Weeks with the Queen", by Morris Gleitzman

Answer: Luke

Luke ends up in hospital on Christmas Day. Colin is very jealous because not only did Luke get a toy and not shoes for a present, but then he gets to travel in an ambulance.

4. What did the doctor think about the cause of Thomas' itchiness?

From Quiz Morris Gleitzman - "Doubting Thomas"

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.

5. Why does Colin go to England, to stay with his Uncle Bob and Aunty Iris?

From Quiz "Two Weeks with the Queen", by Morris Gleitzman

Answer: His parents send him there.

Colin's mum and dad send him away, without telling him much. They just tell him Luke is going to die from cancer, and that he should go to stay in England.

6. What was the "lie-detector" body part of Thomas' ancestor Aaron?

From Quiz Morris Gleitzman - "Doubting Thomas"

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).

7. Why does Colin decide that Luke is not going to die?

From Quiz "Two Weeks with the Queen", by Morris Gleitzman

Answer: He is going to find the Best Doctor in the World who will fix it.

Colin has seen medical shows on television and cannot understand why they can't fix Luke if they can do all that other stuff. He thinks that these doctors must not be good enough and he needs to find someone to help them, and he decides the Queen may be able to help him find this doctor.

8. What was Thomas' Mum's big secret?

From Quiz Morris Gleitzman - "Doubting Thomas"

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.

9. Where is Colin first taken to when he arrives in England?

From Quiz "Two Weeks with the Queen", by Morris Gleitzman

Answer: A hardware shop

His aunt and uncle take him to the "biggest Do-It-Yourself Hardware Centre in Greater London", for a fun afternoon out. This is not exactly what Colin has in mind for outings in England.

10. What was Thomas' Dad's big secret?

From Quiz Morris Gleitzman - "Doubting Thomas"

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.

11. After Colin can't get in the front gate at Buckingham Palace what does he try to do next?

From Quiz "Two Weeks with the Queen", by Morris Gleitzman

Answer: Call her on the telephone.

When he is yelling at the guard a policeman steps in. While leading Colin away he jokingly tells him to go and phone her. Colin tries to break into the Palace later.

12. What are the names of Thomas' friends?

From Quiz Morris Gleitzman - "Doubting Thomas"

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.

13. How does Colin first meet Ted, the man he becomes friends with in London?

From Quiz "Two Weeks with the Queen", by Morris Gleitzman

Answer: Ted was crying outside the hospital Colin had been thrown out of.

Colin was thrown out of a London hospital after trying to talk to a doctor that he thought looked like the 'Best Doctor in the World'. He sat down to have a cry outside and found Ted doing the same thing.

14. What was the job of Thomas' friend's (boy) father?

From Quiz Morris Gleitzman - "Doubting Thomas"

Answer: car park manager

Kevin told everyone his father was with law enforcement because he wanted his Dad to seem cool.

15. What does Colin do when he finds out the truth about Luke's illness from Dr Graham?

From Quiz "Two Weeks with the Queen", by Morris Gleitzman

Answer: He lets down the tires of many of the cars in the carpark.

Ted finds a good cancer specialist, who rings the hospital in Sydney and finds out the details of the cancer Luke has. He tells Colin why it is fatal.

16. What was Rocci's big secret?

From Quiz Morris Gleitzman - "Doubting Thomas"

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.

17. What is Griff, Ted's friend dying as a result of?

From Quiz "Two Weeks with the Queen", by Morris Gleitzman

Answer: AIDS

Griff developed AIDS related cancer, and was very sick throughout the novel. Colin helps Ted spend time with Griff, when Ted cannot walk after he is beaten up.

18. What happens to doubters?

From Quiz Morris Gleitzman - "Doubting Thomas"

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.

19. What was the other grand prize, the one that Thomas declined?

From Quiz Morris Gleitzman - "Doubting Thomas"

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.

20. To which country did Thomas and the others go?

From Quiz Morris Gleitzman - "Doubting Thomas"

Answer: France

It was Paris they were after. There lived the only doubter who lived past a young age.

21. What did Thomas' Mum think was the reason that he chose the overseas trip as his prize?

From Quiz Morris Gleitzman - "Doubting Thomas"

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.

22. What was the job of Vera Poulet, the person Thomas and his friends were looking for?

From Quiz Morris Gleitzman - "Doubting Thomas"

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.

23. What was the cure to a doubter's condition?

From Quiz Morris Gleitzman - "Doubting Thomas"

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).

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