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Sputnik’s Guide to Life on Earth

Question 1 of 5

Prez first met Sputnik after ---.

hearing a doorbell ring at the Blythes', which no one else went to answer

watching a shooting star seem to drop out of the night sky

packing his bag and running away from the Children's Temporary Accommodation

seeing a figure appear out of thin air and sit on the bus seat next to him

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Question 2 of 5

Which of these did Sputnik do while at Hadrian's Wall with Prez?

He used reverse dynamite to fix the wall so it was as good as new.

He used a giant magnet to pull the wall into a perfectly straight line.

He crashed the digger into the wall and was arrested by police.

He spray-painted a message on the wall to attract alien tourists to Earth.

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Question 3 of 5

What made Prez realise Grandad was never coming back to Traquair Gardens?

Mrs Mackie reminded him of the police taking Grandad away from the flat.

He overheard Mrs Rowland say that Grandad was "away with the fairies".

Grandad sent him a postcard, saying that he'd gone to Shangri-La for good.

He watched a TV news report of the Traquair Gardens flats being demolished.

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Question 4 of 5

Instead of helping Prez break Grandad out of jail, Sputnik succeeded in ---.

freeing all the teenagers at a young offenders' institution

letting all the dogs in the animal rescue centre run free

performing a magic act in a hospital children's ward

unlocking the vault at a bank for a gang of bank robbers

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Question 5 of 5

At Rumblecairn Bay, Grandad finally recognised Prez after ---.

they became stranded in the mud flats with the tides rapidly coming in

Sputnik stopped the wrecking ball from hitting the tower block they were in

the old jetty collapsed beneath them and they fell into the swirling water

Prez began to play Catch a Falling Star on Grandad's harmonica

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Sputnik’s Guide to Life on Earth
by Frank Cottrell Boyce

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