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"The Boxcar Children #72" Trivia Quiz

This quiz is about "The Boxcar Children book #72 or The Mystery in Mall."

A multiple-choice quiz by pheart2008. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
pheart2008

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
176,607

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
196

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. What shop do Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny work at? Hint

Dockside Cafe

Penny's Emporium

South Seas Shop

Jeans Warehouse

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who threw Benny's first coconut monkey in the trash?

Answer: (One Word: first name)

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Question 3 of 10

3. Jessie and Violet are locked in Penny's Emporium by accident.

True

False

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Question 4 of 10

4. What was the name of the mall where Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny worked?

Answer: (Three Words)

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who was the owner of the mall and a friend of Grandfather Alden? Hint

Hap Merchant

Martin Bolt

Penny Block

Janet Trainor

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Question 6 of 10

6. Janet Trainor worked at two shops, Penny's Emporium and what other shop?

Answer: (Three Words)

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Question 7 of 10

7. While Martin Bolt and Grandfather Alden are at a college reunion with whom do the children stay in the Bolt's house? Hint

Janet Trainor

Mrs. Frye

Penny Block

Hap Merchant

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Question 8 of 10

8. A crewman from the docks would often come in the back way to Penny's Emporium and in the end the Aldens find out that he is related to Janet Trainor, but how is he related to her? Hint

her brother

her cousin

her nephew

her dad

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Question 9 of 10

9. What was the name of the crewman who would always enter from the back of Penny's Emporium?

Answer: (Two Words: first and last name)

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Question 10 of 10

10. Hap Merchant likes Penny Block.

True

False

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What shop do Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny work at?

Answer: Penny's Emporium

The children visit Dockside Cafe for dinner and they go to the South Seas Shop twice. Once when they see Janet working there and once during the night. They also go to the Jeans Warehouse to buy jeans, but they work at Penny's Emporium.

2. Who threw Benny's first coconut monkey in the trash?

Answer: Henry

Henry took Benny's coconut monkey and accidentally threw it in the trash in the beginning of the book and Janet took Benny's second monkey from Penny's Emporium and broke it. Benny got his second monkey from Henry who found it in Hope Harbor Mall and gave it to him.

3. Jessie and Violet are locked in Penny's Emporium by accident.

Answer: False

Jessie and Benny are locked in Penny's Emporium not Jessie and Violet. Hap Merchant finally sees them when Jessie starts to bang on the door and lets them out.

4. What was the name of the mall where Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny worked?

Answer: Hope Harbor Mall

The mall was named after the town, Hope Harbor. The seaport was also named after the town, Hope Harbor Seaport. Hope Harbor Mall was made of glass windows, so they could see the sunlight come in.

5. Who was the owner of the mall and a friend of Grandfather Alden?

Answer: Martin Bolt

Hap Merchant was the manager of the mall and Penny Block and Janet Trainor worked at Penny's Emporium in the mall, but Martin Bolt was the owner. Martin Bolt was also Grandfather Alden's friend and Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny met him in the beginning of the book.

6. Janet Trainor worked at two shops, Penny's Emporium and what other shop?

Answer: South Seas Shop

Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny saw Janet working there while they were window shopping during their free time. When they asked her about it, she just said that she needed money so she could go back to college.

7. While Martin Bolt and Grandfather Alden are at a college reunion with whom do the children stay in the Bolt's house?

Answer: Mrs. Frye

Mrs. Frye was Martin Bolt's housekeeper so she took care of the children while they were staring. She was a cheerful older woman. Janet Trainor and Penny Block worked at Penny's emporium and Hap Merchant was the manager of the mall.

8. A crewman from the docks would often come in the back way to Penny's Emporium and in the end the Aldens find out that he is related to Janet Trainor, but how is he related to her?

Answer: her brother

Janet Trainor and the crewman, Robert Trainor are brothers. The Aldens find out in the end when Janet admits it so Robert doesn't get all the trouble.

9. What was the name of the crewman who would always enter from the back of Penny's Emporium?

Answer: Robert Trainor

Robert Trainor was also related to Janet Trainor. They were siblings. Robert would enter in the back and whenever the Aldens saw him he would pretend that he was lost.

10. Hap Merchant likes Penny Block.

Answer: True

Hap doesn't want the children to work for Penny because if they don't he would have to help her with her store, and then he would be near her.But in the end of the book when Hap says Penny just tells him if he wants to be near he better get used to the Aldens because she is planning to ask them back soon.

Source: Author pheart2008

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