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Boys vs. Girls Series, Part 1 Trivia Quiz

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor wrote this series about the Hatfords and the Malloys. It applies to any of the books up to "The Girls Take Over". Good luck, have fun!

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

Author
hotcocoa

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
171,016

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
10 / 15

Plays
218

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Question 1 of 15

1. What does Wally's dad do for a living? Hint

Hardware Store Clerk

Football Coach

Mailman

Teacher

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Question 2 of 15

2. What does Beth's dad do for a living? Hint

Teacher

Hardware Store Clerk

Mailman

Football Coach

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Question 3 of 15

3. What do the Benson boys say their teacher was going to be for Halloween? Hint

A gypsy

Catwoman

Georgia Peach

A belly dancer

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Question 4 of 15

4. Who of the following is not a Benson brother? Hint

Peter

Tony

Doug

Steve

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Question 5 of 15

5. What did Caroline go trick-or-treating as? Hint

Witch

Catwoman

Goblin Queen

Lizard

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Question 6 of 15

6. The boys won the Halloween contest.

True

False

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Question 7 of 15

7. What does Beth love to do more than anything? Hint

Read

Play Baseball

Act

Swim

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Question 8 of 15

8. Did the boys commit the first prank?

Yes

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Question 9 of 15

9. How many times has Caroline "died"? Hint

Twice

Never

Once

Three Times

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Question 10 of 15

10. Which of the brothers likes to observe things? Such as, in the first book, he was seeing how long it would take to float an empty cardboard box around the river. Hint

Josh

Peter

Wally

Jake

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Question 11 of 15

11. Who is Wally's fourth grade teacher? Hint

Miss Bloom

Mrs. Malloy

Miss Applebaum

Mr. Farrell

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Question 12 of 15

12. Wally is a year older than Caroline. What grade is she in?

Answer: (one word)

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Question 13 of 15

13. What town does this take place in? Hint

Richmond

Buckman

Atlanta

Farrell Field

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Question 14 of 15

14. What is the mysterious town animal that everyone fears? Hint

Abaguchie

Igawo

Mahhah

Labagine

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Question 15 of 15

15. Who did Caroline appear as in the town play? Hint

Annabelle

Beth

Beulah

She ended up not being in the show

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What does Wally's dad do for a living?

Answer: Mailman

Mr. Hatford works as a postman. His wife works at the hardware store and Mr. Malloy, aka Coach Malloy, is a football coach.

2. What does Beth's dad do for a living?

Answer: Football Coach

Coach Malloy is a college football coach. He took Mr. Benson's position when the Benson family moved to Georgia.

3. What do the Benson boys say their teacher was going to be for Halloween?

Answer: A belly dancer

They call her the Georgia Peach because she's good looking. Wally is constantly saying, "I don't care about your Georgia Peach! Come back to Buckman!"

4. Who of the following is not a Benson brother?

Answer: Peter

Peter is a Hatford! The Bensons are Doug, Steve, Tony, Bill and Danny. The Hatfords are Peter, Jake, Josh and Wally.

5. What did Caroline go trick-or-treating as?

Answer: Goblin Queen

She wore her outfit from the play. Their lizard costume was destroyed, just like the boys' alien costume was destroyed.

6. The boys won the Halloween contest.

Answer: False

They were both disqualified for destroying each other's costumes. A group of kids dressed up as instruments won.

7. What does Beth love to do more than anything?

Answer: Read

Her nose is always in a book! However, she may love playing pranks on the boys more...

8. Did the boys commit the first prank?

Answer: Yes

The first prank was dumping dead animals onto the girls' side of the river. The girls' first prank (the second prank in all) was faking Caroline's death.

9. How many times has Caroline "died"?

Answer: Twice

Once when she was dumped in the river and once when they found her "dead" in the snow. She used raspberry syrup as blood.

10. Which of the brothers likes to observe things? Such as, in the first book, he was seeing how long it would take to float an empty cardboard box around the river.

Answer: Wally

Peter likes to observe Wally observing things, but he generally doesn't do it on his own. Even if he did, it was Wally floating that waffle box around the river.

11. Who is Wally's fourth grade teacher?

Answer: Miss Applebaum

She's described as looking like an apple, too! She's constantly settling the fights of Wally and Caroline.

12. Wally is a year older than Caroline. What grade is she in?

Answer: Fourth

She skipped a grade, because she's "precocious". She's not exactly humble, and often annoys Wally. She's a drama queen!

13. What town does this take place in?

Answer: Buckman

Buckman, West Virginia. It sounds like a really neat town. "It seem like a fine place to raise a family," says Mr. Hatford.

14. What is the mysterious town animal that everyone fears?

Answer: Abaguchie

The Bensons, Malloys and Hatfords actually catch the abaguchie in their garage one night. They found out it was a cougar.

15. Who did Caroline appear as in the town play?

Answer: She ended up not being in the show

She was sick, remember? Another girl got the role. She went to the theater and tried to be in the play, but she had to hand the actual role over.

Source: Author hotcocoa

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