The Little Girl

To the little girl he was a figure to be feared and avoided. Who is 'he' here?

• Grandfather

• Brother

• Father

• MacDonald

Kezia used to ____________ in front of her father.

• be mum

• stammer

• talk a lot

• be naughty

Thinking about father was like thinking about a/an __________.

• elf

• king

• giant

• prince

For father's birthday, grandmother suggested Kezia to make a _____________.

• birthday card

• cake

• quilt

• pin-cushion

When Kezia looked through the _______________, the neighbour was playing ____________ with his children.

• window, tag

• window, hopscotch

• fence, tag

• fence, hopscotch

Who said to whom: "I often have nightmares and then Grannie takes me into her bed—I can’t stay in the dark—it all gets ‘whispery’…”

• Kezia to Father

• Kezia to Mother

• Kezia to Grandmother

• Kezia to Alice

Kezia saw ________________ with a knife and a rope in her nightmare.

• a priest

• a butcher

• a chef

• a vegetable vendor

When Kezia woke up shivering, she saw her father with a ____________ in his hand.

• ruler

• lamp

• candle

• rope

What is the story about?

• children

• fears of children

• childhood fears

• a little girl and her feeling for her father

Who is the author of this story?

• Isaac Asimov

• Ruskin Bond

• Deborah Cowley

• Katherine Mansfield