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This free KS2 quiz on Enola Holmes — Serena Blasco's graphic-novel adaptation of Nancy Springer's bestselling detective series — contains 45 retrieval and comprehension questions, aligned to the KS2 national curriculum for English (Years 5–7). Each question tests whether readers have understood the plot, characters and key events of Volume 1, which adapts The Case of the Missing Marquess, The Case of the Left-Handed Lady and The Case of the Bizarre Bouquets.
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Q1 of 45
On what occasion does Enola discover that her mother has disappeared?
Q2 of 45
Who is Enola's famous older brother, a celebrated detective?
Q3 of 45
What is the name of Enola's other older brother, who wants to control her future?
Q4 of 45
What is the first name of Enola's mother, who goes missing?
Q5 of 45
What is the name of the country house where Enola lives with her mother?
Q6 of 45
Spelled backwards, the name 'Enola' makes which word?
Q7 of 45
What do Enola's brothers want to do with her after their mother disappears?
Q8 of 45
What special handmade gift does Enola's mother leave her, full of secret codes?
Q9 of 45
Besides the cipher book, what subject do the books her mother leaves teach Enola about?
Q10 of 45
Where does Enola's first solved cipher tell her to look?
Q11 of 45
What does Enola find hidden thanks to her mother's coded clues?
Q12 of 45
Why is the hidden money so important to Enola's plan?
Q13 of 45
How does Enola first travel away from home when she runs away?
Q14 of 45
To which city does Enola escape to begin her new life?
Q15 of 45
What kind of disguise does Enola often use to move about safely?
Q16 of 45
Where does Enola hide her money and belongings while travelling in disguise?
Q17 of 45
In her first case, which young nobleman has gone missing?
Q18 of 45
Roughly how old is the young Viscount Tewkesbury in the book?
Q19 of 45
Where does Enola first end up trapped together with the kidnapped Viscount?
Q20 of 45
What detective skill does Enola use that even impresses Sherlock?
Q21 of 45
What does Enola gradually realise about why her mother left?
Q22 of 45
According to the story, what kind of life does Eudoria choose by leaving?
Q23 of 45
Which group of travelling people does Enola learn her mother went to live with?
Q24 of 45
Why does Enola feel she, not her brothers, must be the one to find their mother?
Q25 of 45
What false name does Enola use as a disguise in London?
Q26 of 45
Enola pretends to be the secretary of a made-up man who finds lost things. What is his profession called?
Q27 of 45
How does Enola try to send secret messages to her missing mother?
Q28 of 45
In 'The Case of the Left-Handed Lady', which young woman has gone missing?
Q29 of 45
What clue in the missing lady's drawings tells Enola she is left-handed?
Q30 of 45
Why does Enola feel a special bond with the left-handed lady?
Q31 of 45
At night in London, Enola sometimes disguises herself as a nun to do what?
Q32 of 45
In 'The Case of the Bizarre Bouquets', which friend of Sherlock's goes missing?
Q33 of 45
What unusual clue helps Enola understand that Dr Watson is in danger?
Q34 of 45
Enola's knowledge of which subject is the key to solving the Bizarre Bouquets case?
Q35 of 45
Who illustrated this graphic novel adaptation of Enola Holmes?
Q36 of 45
The Enola Holmes graphic novels are based on the original novels by which author?
Q37 of 45
In which country was illustrator Serena Blasco born?
Q38 of 45
What artistic style is used for the illustrations in the graphic novels?
Q39 of 45
What special feature appears at the end of each graphic novel volume?
Q40 of 45
In which historical period is the Enola Holmes story set?
Q41 of 45
What is one of the main themes running through the Enola Holmes stories?
Q42 of 45
How does Enola mostly outwit her brothers and the villains she meets?
Q43 of 45
Why is Enola's knowledge of flowers and ciphers so useful to her as a detective?
Q44 of 45
What does the story suggest about how Victorian society treated clever girls like Enola?
Q45 of 45
By the end of Volume 1, what kind of person has Enola become?