Q 01/05

What is the name of the pony Ada teaches herself to ride in The War That Saved My Life?

A) Biscuit

B) Clover

C) Butter

D) Honey

Answer · why

C) Butter

Butter is a bright yellow pony with dark brown eyes, and one glimpse of him through the bushes is what makes Ada want to stay at Susan's house.

Q 02/05

Which condition makes Mam keep Ada Smith shut inside a London flat in The War That Saved My Life?

A) Clubfoot

B) Polio

C) Scoliosis

D) Epilepsy

Answer · why

A) Clubfoot

Clubfoot could have been corrected when Ada was a baby, a doctor later confirms, but Mam never had it treated and hid her daughter away out of shame.

Q 03/05

To which county are Ada and Jamie Smith evacuated by train in The War That Saved My Life?

A) Devon

B) Norfolk

C) Cornwall

D) Kent

Answer · why

D) Kent

Kent is where Susan Smith lives in a coastal village, and Lady Thorton delivers the two evacuees nobody else picked straight to her door.

Q 04/05

In The War That Saved My Life, what does Jamie name the cat that Susan lets him keep?

A) Marmite

B) Bovril

C) Horlicks

D) Spam

Answer · why

B) Bovril

Bovril is a British meat-extract paste that the children are fed every day, and Jamie borrows the name for a cat Susan can barely stand.

Q 05/05

Where does Mam shut Ada overnight as a punishment in The War That Saved My Life?

A) In the coal cellar

B) On the back stairs

C) Under the sink

D) Inside a wardrobe

Answer · why

C) Under the sink

Under the sink is a damp cabinet where cockroaches live, and Susan's cramped air-raid shelter later brings the memory flooding back.