Ballet Shoes Quiz Questions
1. What is Pauline’s passion besides ballet?
(a) Painting
(b) Writing
(c) Acting
(d) Singing
2. What is Posy’s ambition?
(a) To become a famous dancer
(b) To be a successful actress
(c) To be a writer
(d) To be a teacher
3. What is Petrova’s nationality?
(a) Russian
(b) French
(c) Italian
(d) Spanish
4. What is the name of the ballet school where the girls train?
(a) The Children’s Academy of Dancing and Stage Training.
(b) The Paris Opera Ballet School
(c) The Bolshoi Ballet School
(d) The School of American Ballet
5. What is the name of the famous ballet company where the girls hope to dance?
(a) The Royal Ballet
(b) The Paris Opera Ballet
(c) The Bolshoi Ballet
(d) The New York City Ballet
6. What role does Posy dance in her first major performance?
(a) Sugar Plum Fairy
(b) Swan Queen
(c) Aurora
(d) Ballet dancer
7. What is the name of the famous theater where the girls perform?
(a) Stage school
(b) La Scala
(c) Bolshoi Theatre
(d) Metropolitan Opera House
8. What is the name of the orphanage where the Foss sisters are raised?
(a) The Little Sisters of Mercy
(b) The Foundling Hospital
(c) St. Clare’s
(d) The Old Vicarage
9. What challenge does Pauline face in her career?
(a) A serious injury
(b) learning to balance her talent with humility
(c) A demanding teacher
(d) A jealous rival
10. What is Pauline’s breakthrough role?
(a) In Alice in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
(b) A part in a silent film
(c) A role in a West End musical
(d) A part in a Hollywood movie
11. What is Petrova’s ultimate dream for the girls?
(a) For them to open their own ballet school
(b) For them to become famous film stars
(c) For them to join a prestigious ballet school
(d) For them to write a successful book together
12. Who discovers the three Fossil sisters as babies?
(a) Sylvia Fossil
(b) Nana
(c) Great-Uncle Matthew
(d) Madame Fidolia
13. Who is the strict and demanding teacher at the dance academy?
(a) Madame Fidolia
(b) Miss Smith
(c) Miss Prism
(d) Mrs. Doolittle
14. What is the name of the eccentric old lady who befriends the Fossil sisters?
(a) Miss Silvester
(b) Mrs. Gummidge
(c) Miss Matty
(d) Mrs. Micawber
15. What is the name of the famous silent film star that Pauline meets?
(a) Greta Garbo
(b) Marilyn Monroe
(c) Audrey Hepburn
(d) Sarah Bernhardt
16. What is the name of the play that Pauline stars in?
(a) Romeo and Juliet
(b) Hamlet
(c) A Midsummer Night’s Dream
(d) The Importance of Being Earnest
17. Where does Petrova train to become a pilot?
(a) Oxford University
(b) Cambridge University
(c) The Royal Air Force
(d) The Women’s Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF)
18. Who is the famous ballet dancer that Posy admires?
(a) Margot Fonteyn
(b) Rudolf Nureyev
(c) Madame Fidolia
(d) Mikhail Baryshnikov
19. What is the name of the famous film director that Pauline works with?
(a) Alfred Hitchcock
(b) Steven Spielberg
(c) Cecil B. DeMille
(d) Frank Capra
20. What is the name of the famous singer that Petrova meets?
(a) Frank Sinatra
(b) Ella Fitzgerald
(c) Elvis Presley
(d) Judy Garland
21. Who is Nana?
(a) The Fossil sisters’ nanny
(b) Sylvia’s best friend
(c) A famous actress
(d) A ballet teacher
22. Who is Sylvia?
(a) The Fossil sisters’ mother
(b) Great-Uncle Matthew’s daughter
(c) Nana’s sister
(d) A famous writer
23. What is the name of the famous actress who takes Pauline under her wing?
(a) Vivien Leigh
(b) Greta Garbo
(c) Marlene Dietrich
(d) Gracie Fields
24. What is the name of the Fossil sisters’ first pet?
(a) A dog
(b) A cat
(c) A parrot
(d) A rabbit
25. Who is the author of “Ballet Shoes”?
(a) Noel Streatfeild
(b) Maya Angelou
(c) Jacqueline Woodson
(d) Alice Walker
Ballet Shoes Quiz Questions with Answers
1. What is Pauline’s passion besides ballet?
(c) Acting
2. What is Posy’s ambition?
(a) To become a famous dancer
3. What is Petrova’s nationality?
(a) Russian
4. What is the name of the ballet school where the girls train?
(a) The Children’s Academy of Dancing and Stage Training.
5. What is the name of the famous ballet company where the girls hope to dance?
(a) The Royal Ballet
6. What role does Posy dance in her first major performance?
(d) Ballet dancer
7. What is the name of the famous theater where the girls perform?
(a) Stage school
8. What is the name of the orphanage where the Foss sisters are raised?
(c) St. Clare’s
9. What challenge does Pauline face in her career?
(b) learning to balance her talent with humility
10. What is Pauline’s breakthrough role?
(a) In Alice in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
11. What is Petrova’s ultimate dream for the girls?
(c) For them to join a prestigious ballet school
12. Who discovers the three Fossil sisters as babies?
(c) Great-Uncle Matthew
13. Who is the strict and demanding teacher at the dance academy?
(a) Madame Fidolia
14. What is the name of the eccentric old lady who befriends the Fossil sisters?
(a) Miss Silvester
15. What is the name of the famous silent film star that Pauline meets?
(d) Sarah Bernhardt
16. What is the name of the play that Pauline stars in?
(a) Romeo and Juliet
17. Where does Petrova train to become a pilot?
(d) The Women’s Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF)
18. Who is the famous ballet dancer that Posy admires?
(c) Madame Fidolia
19. What is the name of the famous film director that Pauline works with?
(c) Cecil B. DeMille
20. What is the name of the famous singer that Petrova meets?
(b) Ella Fitzgerald
21. Who is Nana?
(a) The Fossil sisters’ nanny
22. Who is Sylvia?
(b) Great-Uncle Matthew’s daughter
23. What is the name of the famous actress who takes Pauline under her wing?
(d) Gracie Fields
24. What is the name of the Fossil sisters’ first pet?
(b) A cat
25. Who is the author of “Ballet Shoes”?
(a) Noel Streatfeild
