Context Questions

INSTRUCTIONS:

The Silver Sword- Ian Serraillier

Read the following quotes taken from the novel and answer the questions which follow.

1) “The camp was crowded with prisoners. Most of them were Poles, but there were
some Czechs, Hungarians, and a few Russians too. (pg. 14)

a) What is the name of this camp? (1 mark)_______________________________

b) What is the name of the character who escaped from this camp? (1
mark)___________________________________________________________
c) Why was the character in prison? (2
marks)____________________________________________________________
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d) What are the names of this character’s children?
(3marks)__________________________________________________________
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2) Joseph tried to find out something about this extraordinary boy. What was his
name? (page 37)
a) What is the name of ‘this extraordinary boy’?
(1mark)___________________________________________________________
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b) Why does Joseph refer to this boy as being extraordinary?
(3marks)__________________________________________________________
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3) “So I chose the right day to call, little gir- young lady…My word a birthday! Too
old to have them myself.” (page 63)
a) Who is the speaker? (1 mark)__________________________________________
b) Who is this person calling a ‘little gir- young lady’?
(1mark)___________________________________________________________

4) “She had reached blindly for the food and caught only a hand. For some reason
or the other she clung on to the hand…” (page 78)
a) Who is the speaker and where was she?
(2marks)_______________________________________________________
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b) Whose hand was she holding on to? (1 mark)
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