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Quiz about The Magic Pudding by Norman Lindsay

"The Magic Pudding" by Norman Lindsay Quiz

A truly magical book by Norman Lindsay "The Magic Pudding" is a delight to read and has a feast of characters.

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

Author
ClaudiaCat

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
394,350

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
95

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. If you have not had the chance to read "The Magic Pudding", you really should. A great Australian children's novel which was first published in what year? Hint

1718

2018

1818

1918

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Question 2 of 10

2. Norman Lindsay was an Australian artist, sculptor, cartoonist, and writer who had a working association with the Sydney newspaper, "The Bulletin" while he was writing "The Magic Pudding". Did the novel get printed in "The Bulletin"?

Yes

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Question 3 of 10

3. Always quick with humour, Lindsay named the chapters in "The Magic Pudding" what? Hint

Chapters

Intervals

Innings

Slices

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Question 4 of 10

4. One of the main characters of "The Magic Pudding" is Bunyip Bluegum. What marsupial is the character? Hint

Tasmanian Devil

Wombat

Koala

Kangaroo

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Question 5 of 10

5. The story starts with Bunyip Bluegum leaving home on an adventure. Why does he leave home? Hint

Just to have an adventure

None of the above

Bush fire

Uncle Wattleberry's whiskers

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Question 6 of 10

6. Bunyip Bluegum meets Bill Barnacle and Sam Sawnoff eating pudding. What are Bill and Sam? Hint

Sailor and Penguin

Blacksmith and Penguin

Sailor and Wombat

Blacksmith and Wombat

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Question 7 of 10

7. The magic pudding has a name and it is Albert.

True

False

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Question 8 of 10

8. Everyone wants to own Albert, it is inevitable that Bunyip, Bill, and Sam come across a pair of thieves who succeed in capturing Albert. What marsupials are the thieves? Hint

Kangaroo and Koala

Wombat and Koala

Kangaroo and Wombat

Wombat and Possum

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Question 9 of 10

9. Albert is taken to Court and, instead of hearing the case, the court officials all start to eat him. Then the unbelievable happens, Albert is poisoned.

True

False

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Question 10 of 10

10. After the Court case and when everything is done and dusted who do Albert, Bunyip, Bill and Sam retire with? Hint

They don't retire, but end up in gaol

They all go their separate ways

Uncle Wattleberry

Benjamin Bradysnap

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. If you have not had the chance to read "The Magic Pudding", you really should. A great Australian children's novel which was first published in what year?

Answer: 1918

"The Magic Pudding: Being the Adventures of Bunyip Bluegum" was written and illustrated by Norman Lindsay, published in 1918. It is believed that Lindsay wrote the book because he believed that children preferred food stories to fairies.

Answer: Yes

Lindsay joined the Sydney "Bulletin" as a cartoonist/illustrator in 1901. Lindsay's work was considered controversial and risqu�, therefore he gained notoriety and fame. His association at "The Bulletin" lasted fifty years.

3. Always quick with humour, Lindsay named the chapters in "The Magic Pudding" what?

Answer: Slices

Not only did Lindsay's humour shine with his story and illustrations, he also decided to call the chapters of the book slices, as one was eating up a serve of pudding, weren't they?

4. One of the main characters of "The Magic Pudding" is Bunyip Bluegum. What marsupial is the character?

Answer: Koala

Lindsay's original illustration has Bunyip Bluegum looking dapper in a jacket, vest and bowtie, checkered trousers, a straw boater hat complete with a walking stick.

5. The story starts with Bunyip Bluegum leaving home on an adventure. Why does he leave home?

Answer: Uncle Wattleberry's whiskers

Bunyip and Uncle Wattleberry lived in a small tree house. Uncle Wattleberry's whiskers were so large that they got into everything. Bunyip was a tidy koala and finally, he just couldn't handle whiskers in his meal and whiskers everywhere. No matter what hints Bunyip made Uncle Wattleberry just didn't care so he decided to leave home.

6. Bunyip Bluegum meets Bill Barnacle and Sam Sawnoff eating pudding. What are Bill and Sam?

Answer: Sailor and Penguin

Bill Barnacle is a sailor and Sam Sawnoff is a penguin whom Bunyip Bluegum meets at lunchtime on the first day of his journey. Bill and Sam are eating a magic pudding which makes Bunyip very hungry. The three of them, Bunyip, Bill and Sam become the owners of the magic pudding.

7. The magic pudding has a name and it is Albert.

Answer: True

The pudding's name is Albert and it is a magic pudding. No matter how much you eat of the pudding it always returns to be a complete pudding again. Albert is described as a cranky ill-mannered character, with spindly legs, whose only pleasure is being eaten.

8. Everyone wants to own Albert, it is inevitable that Bunyip, Bill, and Sam come across a pair of thieves who succeed in capturing Albert. What marsupials are the thieves?

Answer: Wombat and Possum

The pudding thieves first attempt to steal Albert is thwarted but the second attempt is successful. Albert is saved from the pudding thieves by Bunyip's trap and Bill and Sam's fists. But that is not the end of it, the pudding thieves try a third time and again succeed in claiming the pudding for themselves.

9. Albert is taken to Court and, instead of hearing the case, the court officials all start to eat him. Then the unbelievable happens, Albert is poisoned.

Answer: False

The court is a joke, and the court officials all want to eat pudding rather than hear the case. To get things on track Bill takes over the court case, becoming the prosecutor. The defendants are charged with theft. With lots of yelling and screaming, accusations flying the proceedings becoming chaos.

Although Bunyip says that Albert has been poisoned, that was just a ruse to allow the heroes to escape.

10. After the Court case and when everything is done and dusted who do Albert, Bunyip, Bill and Sam retire with?

Answer: Benjamin Bradysnap

Bunyip, Bill, Sam, and Albert build a house in a tree in Benjamin's garden. Everyone is very happy and settle into an idyllic life in the country. All good friends with the perfect life.

Source: Author ClaudiaCat

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