The Thing in the Forest Quizzes

The Thing in the Forest Quiz 1

1 Who wrote "The Thing in the Forest"?
Penny

Primrose

Antonia Draught

A. S. Byatt
2 Which character is not considered one of the protagonists of "The Thing in the Forest"?
Penny

There are no protagonists

Alys

Primrose
3 What type of text is "The Thing in the Forest"?
Play

Novel

Short story

Novella
4 Who narrates "The Thing in the Forest"?
Primrose

An unnamed third-person narrator

Penny

An unnamed first-person narrator
5 During what historical event is "The Thing in the Forest" set?
WWI

9/11

The Boer War

WWII
6 In what year is the story set?
1911

1994

1940

2001
7 From what city do the girls flee?
London

Brussels

New York

Paris
8 Why do the girls leave the city at the beginning of the story?
They are on a school field trip

To escape being drafted into war

To escape the German bombing

Their parents are dead
9 Where do Penny and Primrose first meet?
On the train

At a mansion

In the forest

On a bus
10 What do the girls agree to do when they meet?
Sneak off from the group and return to the city

Ignore each other

Make friendships with other children

Stick together
11 Why are the train station names blacked out?
They are being repainted

To confuse the girls

The country has been taken over by the enemy

To confuse invading armies
12 What enemy army is carrying out the Blitz?
U.S.

Germany

France

Russia
13 What do Penny and Primrose fear the other children will become?
Germans

A monster

A gang

Homesick
14 Where are the evacuated children temporarily kept?
A prison

A mental hospital

A mansion house

A warehouse
15 Who wants to come with Penny and Primrose when they go into the forest?
Alice

Allison

Callie

Alys
16 What is the significance of entering the forest for Penny and Primrose?
They are witches

They are trained survivalists

They know of a secret tunnel back to their parents

They have never been in a forest before
17 What happens before the girls see the Thing?
All the birds fly away in a panic

They smell and hear it coming

An alarm sounds

They hear a voice
18 Which answer is not something to which Byatt compares the Thing's smell?
Bad eggs

Old bedding

Blocked drains

Tobacco
19 What shape is the Thing's face?
Triangular

Octagonal

Circular

Rectangular
20 To what does Byatt compare the Thing's body?
A train

A bullet

A canoe

A turd
21 How does the Thing move forward?
It pulls itself on its little arms

It undulates like a worm

It wriggles like a snake

It curls in a ball and rolls
22 What emotion is expressed in the Thing's face?
Hatred

Glee

Misery

Indifference
23 Which answer is not something collected in the Thing's body?
Dishcloths

Nuts and bolts

Bars of soap

Pan scrubbers
24 What happens to Penny and Primrose the day after they see the Thing?
They are adopted by the same family

They are sent to different families

They are killed in an air raid

They return to their parents
25 What do Penny and Primrose do immediately after seeing the Thing?
They search for Alys

They hold hands and walk back to the other children

They run screaming and tell everyone about what they saw

They attack the Thing with knives

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The Thing in the Forest

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