The Hodgeheg KS2 Quiz (With Answers)

Q1 of 30

What is the name of the young hedgehog who is the main character?

• Spiky
• Max
• Bert
• Henry

Q2 of 30

Where does Max's family live?

• In a wood
• Under a hedge near Number 5A
• In a park
• Inside a hollow log

Q3 of 30

What lies on the other side of the busy road that Max wants to cross?

• A forest
• A river
• The park and its garden
• A farm

Q4 of 30

Why do the hedgehogs want to cross the road?

• To find a new home
• To reach the park and its food
• To visit relatives
• To escape from a fox

Q5 of 30

What happens to Max the first time he tries to cross the road?

• He gets safely to the other side
• He turns back frightened
• He is hit on the head by a car
• He falls in a drain

Q6 of 30

What strange thing happens to Max after he is hit on the head?

• He loses his spines
• He forgets his name
• He muddled up his words when he speaks
• He can no longer smell food

Q7 of 30

What does Max call himself after he gets muddled up?

• A hodgeheg
• A spikyback
• A hedgepig
• A prickleback

Q8 of 30

Who is Max's father?

• Victor
• Pa
• Harold
• George

Q9 of 30

What is Max's mother called?

• Ma
• Mum
• Emily
• Bella

Q10 of 30

What do hedgehogs eat in the story?

• Berries and grass
• Worms, slugs and beetles
• Apples and acorns
• Fish from the pond

Q11 of 30

What danger do hedgehogs face when they try to cross the road?

• Dogs
• Foxes
• Cars and lorries
• Bicycles

Q12 of 30

How does Max eventually work out how to cross the road safely?

• He waits for a human to help him
• He digs a tunnel under the road
• He watches and waits for a gap in the traffic
• He runs across as fast as he can

Q13 of 30

What does Max do when he discovers how to cross safely?

• He keeps the secret to himself
• He teaches all the other hedgehogs how to do it
• He tells a friendly cat
• He moves to the park permanently

Q14 of 30

What does the word 'hodgeheg' come from?

• A made-up word with no meaning
• Max's muddled attempt to say 'hedgehog'
• An old English word for hedgehog
• A name his parents gave him

Q15 of 30

Which author wrote The Hodgeheg?

• Roald Dahl
• Michael Morpurgo
• Dick King-Smith
• Beatrix Potter

Q16 of 30

How does Dick King-Smith make the hedgehogs in the story feel realistic?

• He gives them magical powers
• He writes from a hedgehog's point of view, describing normal hedgehog behaviour
• He makes them wear clothes and live in houses
• He shows them talking to humans

Q17 of 30

What kind of animal does Max describe the cars as from his point of view?

• Monsters
• Hard-shelled creatures
• Roaring beasts
• Giant metal boxes

Q18 of 30

What is a hedgehog's main defence against predators?

• Running very fast
• Its sharp teeth
• Rolling into a ball of spines
• Spraying a bad smell

Q19 of 30

Why is rolling into a ball no use against cars?

• The cars can still see the hedgehog
• Cars do not stop for rolled-up hedgehogs
• The spines get stuck to tyres
• Hedgehogs cannot roll up quickly enough

Q20 of 30

What season is it at the beginning of the story?

• Winter
• Spring
• Summer
• Autumn

Q21 of 30

What does Max notice about the road that helps him understand when it is safe to cross?

• Traffic lights
• The colour of the sky
• Gaps in the traffic
• A crossing painted on the road

Q22 of 30

What word does Max use when he means to say 'crossing'?

• Crossing
• Crosswing
• Cossing
• Crossing-thing

Q23 of 30

What happens to many hedgehogs in the story?

• They get eaten by foxes
• They are killed on the roads
• They move to the country
• They hibernate and never wake up

Q24 of 30

How does Max feel about the challenge of crossing the road?

• He is too scared to try
• He is determined and keeps trying despite getting hurt
• He thinks it is impossible
• He only tries once

Q25 of 30

What is the main message of The Hodgeheg?

• Hedgehogs are dangerous animals
• You should never cross busy roads
• Persistence, observation and intelligence can solve even the hardest problems
• Animals should stay in the wild

Q26 of 30

What does Pa think about crossing the road?

• He thinks it is easy
• He says it is too dangerous and they should not try
• He has already worked out how to do it
• He does not care either way

Q27 of 30

Where does Dick King-Smith set the beginning of the story?

• In open countryside
• In a suburban garden near a busy road
• In a city centre
• In a quiet village

Q28 of 30

What technique does Dick King-Smith use to make readers feel close to Max?

• Third person narration from outside
• First person narration from Max
• Telling the story from a human child's point of view
• Describing events from the road's point of view

Q29 of 30

What does Max call slugs and worms when he is muddled?

• He uses the right words
• Sluggles and wumps
• Wugs and slorms
• He cannot remember the words at all

Q30 of 30

What is the most important thing Max does at the end of the story?

• Reaches the park for the first time
• Teaches all the other hedgehogs in the family to cross safely
• Finds a new home in the park
• Defeats the biggest threat to hedgehogs