Ballet Shoes Quiz

Ballet Shoes Quiz Questions

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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