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  Students- Author Study- Roald Dahl   


 

Roald Dahl Author Study

Use the following websites to answer the questions listed below:

Roald Dahl Official Website
Roald Dahl Fans.com
Books and Writers- Roald Dahl
Readathon- Author Roald Dahl
Bookworm Enterprises- Roald Dahl
Puffin Books- Roald Dahl
Roald Dahl Book Talk - Thinkquest
Educational Paperback Association- Roald Dahl
Short Biography- Roald Dahl

 
  1. When and where was Roald Dahl born?
  1. What were his parents’ names?
  1. How many siblings did he have? What were their names?
  1. What happened to his oldest sister?
  1. What schools did he attend?
  1. Where did the family live when he was thirteen?
  1. What university did he attend? What did he study?
  1. What was the name of the first company he worked for? When and where did he work?
  1. When did Roald Dahl join the Royal Air Force? What did he do?
  1. What happened on his first venture into combat?
  1. What was his first wife’s name? When were they married?
  1. How many children did they have? What were their names?
  1. What was the name of his second wife?
  1. When and where did Roald Dahl die?
  1. What was the title of his first published book? When?
  1. Name at least 3 other Roald Dahl books that were published and what year they were published.
  1. What awards did he win and for what books? When?
  1. Which of his books were made into movies? When?
 
Click on the link below to open a printable worksheet version of the questions.
Roald Dahl Author Study Worksheet   (Created in Microsoft Word)


 

Pictures of Roald Dahl

                   

 


 

Books by Roald Dahl

                     

               

Awards Roald Dahl has received for his books.

 

 
                                                        


 
 
 

     

 

 
 

        

 

     
 

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