Arturito El Niño De Los Cuentos

Comprehension Test
The Whispering Knights
Penelope Lively
1 Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)?
a The children often played in Miss Hepplewhite’s barn.
b Miss Hepplewhite was angry when she found the children in the barn.
c Morgan had never been to the barn before.
d The children and Miss Hepplewhite made a lot of noise to try to drive Morgan away.
eThe stone circle had been in the village for only a few years.
f Morgan lived in a large house in the country.
g The children used a cross to frighten Morgan.
h When the children were in the hospital, a man from the village offered them a lift.
i Morgan’s car crashed into the river.
j At the end, the children told their parents what had happened.
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2 What things did Morgan do? Tick the five correct answers.
a She sent a dangerous birthday cake to Susie.
b She made a strange animal set fire to the straw in the barn.
c She locked the children in the barn.
d She pushed William in the river when he was fishing.
e She turned herself into stone.
f She sent some dangerous flowers to Martha.g She chased the children in her Rolls Royce.
h She put a spell on Martha and took Martha to her big house.
i She took William away in her car.
j She hit the children with a cross.
20 marks

3 Answer these questions.
a What was going to be built in the village?


b What did the people in the village do to try and stop it?


c Who wanted it to be built?d Where was it going to be built at the end of the story?


20 marks

4 Match a number from A with a letter from B to make complete sentences.
A
1 When the children saw Morgan for the first time ...
2 When the children went to Miss Hepplewhite’s house ...
3 When Martha got out of her bed at night ...
4 When the children escaped from Morgan’s house...
5 At the end, when Susie returned home ...
B
a ... she gave them tea and cakes.
b ... her mother was angry because she was dirty.
c ... she stared at them from the back of her car.
d ... she saw a strange shadow on the wall.
e ... she chased them on a white horse.
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5 Put the following events from the story in the right order. Number them 1–5.
aThe children ran to the stones and were protected by them against Morgan.
b The children made a witch’s brew.
c The children met Miss Hepplewhite for the first time and she told them about Morgan.
d The children went into a church to escape from Morgan.
e The children went to Morgan’s house.
20 marks

Total marks


Multiple-choice Test
The Whispering KnightsPenelope Lively
Setting
Choose the best answer.
1 The barn was _____ Steeple Hampden.
a [ ] in b [ ] just outside c [ ] a long way from d [ ] ten kilometres from
2 William put the fire out with _____.
a [ ] water b [ ] straw c [ ] foam d [ ] dirt
3 Susie found the box with the cake in it _____.
a [ ] in Martha’s house b [ ] in the shopc [ ] on the doorstep of the shop d [ ] in the sitting-room
4 The Hampden Stones are _____.
a [ ] in the valley b [ ] at the top of the hill c [ ] near the river d [ ] in the village
5 Mr Steel’s factory was in _____.
a [ ] Steeple Hampden b [ ] Chipping Ledbury
c [ ] the Sharnbrook Valley d [ ] black spots
6 When Martha woke up, she heard a noisethat sounded like _____.
a [ ] an animal b [ ] a person c [ ] the wind d [ ] a scream
7 When Martha saw the woman with dark glasses, she was standing _____.
a [ ] beside the river b [ ] on the bridge c [ ] on the grass d [ ] on the road
8 Mr Steel’s driver was _____.
a [ ] cleaning the car b [ ] drinking tea c [ ] eating d [ ] reading a...