Alex Rider Quiz

Just two months ago he had been in Australia – not on holiday, not visiting relatives, but, incredibly, working for the Australian Secret Intelligence Service, disguised as an Afghan refugee.

• Alex is undercover

• Alex is tired

• Alex is a refugee

• Alex is Australian

Night came quickly to Skeleton Key. The sun hovered briefly on the horizon, then dipped below. What technique does the author use in these sentences?

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

'Yeah that was me. I set the boat alight.'

'What?'

'I set fire to the boat?'

'But we're on the boat!'

'I know!'

What does alight mean in this passage?

• to light a candle

• to extinguish

• to swim

• to set fire to something

The authorities were less vigilant during a storm. Even so, he was nervous. He had flown into Cuba many times, but never here. And tonight he would have preferred to have been going almost anywhere else.

What does vigilant mean?

• Careful, to be aware of surroundings.

• Watching birds

• Vast

• Protecting

Remember this image!

• Okay

• Don't press this!

• Finish the test

• No

What was the colour of the first book in the image?

• Light Blue

• Red

• Green

• Yellow

There was sweat on the side of his face, glowing green as it caught the light from the control panel.

How is he feeling?

• Surprised

• Like he was mind controlled...

• Sick

• Scared.

The branches of the mangrove trees that had almost torn the plane apart surrounded them, bars of a living prison.

“What are we going to do?” Marc demanded, and suddenly he was sounding like a child. “We’re going to drown!”

How is Marc feeling? Give evidence.

There were now half a dozen crocodiles swarming all over it.

In numbers- how many crocodiles were there?

The Cessna had been equipped with a thermal intensifier, similar to the sort used in American spy satellites.

What is the closest word to: intensifier

• To heaten up

• To strengthen

• to use American spy satellites.

• to equip something