The BFG KS3 Quiz (With Answers)

Q1 of 30

Why does the BFG take Sophie back to Giant Country rather than letting her go?

• He plans to give her to the Queen as a gift
• She has seen him and would tell humans about giants if he released her
• He is lonely and wants someone to talk to
• He thinks she will be safer in Giant Country

Q2 of 30

What makes the BFG different from the other giants?

• He can speak perfect English
• He refuses to eat human beings and instead eats disgusting snozzcumbers
• He was born in a different country from the others
• He is much older than the rest

Q3 of 30

What does the BFG do every night while people sleep?

• He sneaks into kitchens to steal food
• He collects and delivers dreams to sleeping children
• He visits the Queen's palace to observe the guards
• He watches over children to keep the other giants away

Q4 of 30

How does Sophie help the BFG come up with a plan to stop the man-eating giants?

• She helps design a dream to deliver to the Queen showing exactly what the giants are doing
• She contacts the newspapers with a story about the giants
• She writes a letter to the army
• She draws a map of Giant Country for the soldiers

Q5 of 30

How does the Queen react when Sophie and the BFG explain the situation?

• She is calm and practical
• She thinks it is a trick and has Sophie arrested
• She calls an urgent meeting of her advisers before deciding
• She is terrified and refuses to believe them

Q6 of 30

What are snozzcumbers and why does the BFG eat them?

• A horrible-tasting vegetable that is the only thing a giant can eat without hurting anyone
• A type of dream food that only giants can digest
• Magical fruit that helps the BFG control the other giants
• A plant that only grows in Giant Country and gives giants their strength

Q7 of 30

Where does Sophie hide when the BFG is with the other giants?

• Inside a large dream jar he carries
• Under his hat
• In his enormous coat pocket
• In his right ear, which is huge

Q8 of 30

What do the nine man-eating giants do each night?

• They create chaos in cities to frighten people
• They travel to different countries to eat human children
• They raid farms and eat livestock
• They compete with each other to see who can eat the most

Q9 of 30

What happens to the nine giants after the army captures them?

• They are placed in a zoo for the public to see
• They are sent back to Giant Country with a warning
• They are shrunken to human size as punishment
• They are kept in a huge pit and fed snozzcumbers forever

Q10 of 30

What gift does the Queen arrange for the BFG?

• A special field where snozzcumbers are grown
• A library of books to help him learn to read and write
• A role as official Royal Dream Blower
• A house near the palace where he lives and writes down his dreams in books

Q11 of 30

How does the BFG's unusual way of speaking affect Sophie?

• She teaches him proper English throughout the story
• She is frightened by it because she cannot understand him
• She is confused at first but grows to love his invented words
• She finds it frustrating and constantly corrects him

Q12 of 30

What does the word 'whizzpopping' mean in the BFG's world?

• A type of insult giants use towards each other
• Flatulence caused by drinking frobscottle
• The sound of a bad dream exploding
• A particularly vivid dream

Q13 of 30

Why is frobscottle unusual compared to normal fizzy drinks?

• It makes whoever drinks it float briefly
• It glows green and can be used as a torch
• The bubbles go downwards instead of up, causing whizzpopping instead of burping
• It tastes different to every person who drinks it

Q14 of 30

How does the story show that being different is not always a weakness?

• The BFG's refusal to eat humans and his dream-giving ability make him a hero
• Sophie's small size allows her to hide in the BFG's ear
• The BFG's language skills improve throughout the story
• The BFG's size helps him reach the Queen's bedroom window

Q15 of 30

What does Sophie show about how children can sometimes achieve what adults cannot?

• She is braver than any adult in the story
• She is cleverer than the Queen's advisers
• She sees the BFG's goodness and trust him
• She can move more quickly than any adult because she is small

Q16 of 30

The BFG speaks in a unique, muddled way ('human beans', 'whizzpopping'). What does this use of language suggest about his character?

• His language is comic, and
• His language reveals he is self-educated, creative and endearing
• He is uneducated and inferior
• He is stupid stupid

Q17 of 30

How does Dahl use the difference between the BFG and the other giants to explore ideas about what it means to be 'civilised'?

• The BFG's refusal to eat humans and his love of dreams suggest civilisation is defined by empathy and kindness, not size or strength
• The BFG is nicer, and
• All giants are equal
• The other giants are monsters, and

Q18 of 30

What might Sophie represent in the novel — and what does her relationship with the BFG suggest about unlikely friendships?

• She is just a child character
• Sophie represents courage, intelligence and openness
• She is a plot device
• Sophie represents orphans

Q19 of 30

Why is it significant that the BFG is an outcast among his own kind because he refuses to eat humans? What theme does this explore?

• Giant society is cruel
• It makes him seem weak
• It makes the story funny
• It explores moral courage

Q20 of 30

How does Dahl's description of Giant Country create atmosphere, and what does its bleakness represent?

• The barren, colourless landscape mirrors the moral emptiness of the other giants
• Giants like bare landscapes
• It is realistic geography
• It is just a setting

Q21 of 30

The BFG is described as 'the runt' among giants. How does Dahl use this status to develop themes of being different?

• Being smallest makes the BFG vulnerable but also morally exceptional
• The other giants are jealous
• It is just a physical detail
• He is not particularly small

Q22 of 30

The scene with the Queen is comic but also subversive. What is Dahl suggesting about authority and power?

• The Queen is brilliant
• The Queen is the hero
• Dahl playfully deflates the mystique of monarchy
• Authority is always reliable

Q23 of 30

Dreams are central to The BFG. What might Dahl be suggesting about the importance of imagination and dreams for children?

• Dreams are literal plot devices
• Dreams represent the inner life, imagination and hope
• Dreams are sleep events, and
• Dreams cause problems

Q24 of 30

How does Sophie's background as an orphan shape her bravery and adaptability in the story?

• Her background is irrelevant, a reading that locates the novel's meaning in its historical and personal context rather than in its literary structure
• Having survived without family protection, Sophie has learnt self-reliance and resourcefulness, making her better equipped for the adventure
• Orphans are always brave
• Dahl needed a lonely character, and

Q25 of 30

The other giants are named for their appetite for humans. What does this naming convention suggest about Dahl's view of moral character?

• Dahl liked unusual names, and
• Character is revealed through what one consumes and desires
• Names are symbolic in fairy tales, and
• Names are random

Q26 of 30

What is the effect of having a child (Sophie) be the one to devise the plan to stop the giants, rather than an adult?

• It was a lazy plot device
• Children are cleverer
• Adults are all incompetent
• It empowers the reader

Q27 of 30

At the end, the BFG writes a book. Why might Dahl have chosen this as the BFG's gift — and what does it say about literacy and self-expression?

• The BFG was always clever
• It was a practical choice
• Writing allows the BFG to fully express himself in his own voice
• Books are useful, and

Q28 of 30

How does the BFG's treatment of Sophie contrast with how adult authority figures in Dahl's work typically treat children?

• Most adults in Dahl are kind
• Unlike most Dahl adults who neglect or oppress children, the BFG listens, protects and treats Sophie as an equal
• There is no contrast
• The BFG is gentle, and

Q29 of 30

Frobscottle bubbles go downwards rather than upwards. What does this inversion of the normal suggest about the world of the story?

• It is purely silly
• Inversion is a central comic and thematic device
• It is a scientific fact
• The bubbles are magic

Q30 of 30

The BFG has enormous ears and a highly developed sense of smell. How does Dahl use sensory perception to develop his character and the story's magic?

• The BFG's heightened senses make him a listener and observer
• His ears are funny, and
• He is like a dog
• It is just physical description