Feather Boy Chapter 7 Assignment 2 Comprehension Task

Feather Boy Chapter 7 Comprehension Task

This is the SECOND English assignment I would like you to complete and hand in on Sunday 15th November.

You can write the answers on A4 lined paper.

Write in FULL SENTENCES but do not write out the questions/task.

1 Why did Robert choose to go to chance House in the morning rather than leave it until after school? (p90)
2 Why does Robert want the man outside the hotel next door to Chance House to stop him going in? (p90/91)
3 What reason does Robert give for not sleeping the night before? (p92)

4 What sound does Robert hear inside the house? (p93)
5 How does Robert describe the hall? (p93/94)
6 Why does Robert describe himself as paralysed? (p94)

7 How do you know Robert was very nervous as he climbed the last flight of stairs to the Top Floor Flat? (p96) Quote part of the text to support your answer.
8 How does Robert describe his feelings as he enters the room where the boy was supposed to have thrown himself to his death? (p98)
9 How does Robert feel when he leaves Chance House? (p100/101)

10 What is Robert’s reason for choosing the short-cut through the churchyard and not through the gas works? (p101)
11 How does Robert find the headstone for David Sorrel? (p102)

Good luck
Ms Butler