Yr7 Baseline Reading BITSP

Ao1: Where was Bruno's old house located?

• London

• Berlin

• In the countryside

• Amsterdam

Ao1: How does Bruno feel about his new home?

• Excited

• It is too close to the city

• He is enjoying exploring it

• It's missing everything he loved about Berlin

Ao1: How would you describe Bruno's impression of the other people in the house?

• Welcoming

• Unfriendly

• Warm

• Attractive

Ao1: 'The boxes of toys and books not even unpacked yet. It was obvious Maria did not have her priorities right'. What does line suggest?

• Bruno feels that Maria is doing her job well

• Bruno feels that Maria is neglecting him and his needs

• That Maria is disorganised

• That Maria does not like toys and books because she is also a Nazi

Ao2: Which of these adjectives from the text does Bruno use to reveal his feelings towards the house

• 'nasty'

• 'content'

• 'angry'

• 'cheerful'

Ao2: 'A door into his room, a door into Gretel's room, a door into his mother and father's room, a door into the bathroom' What language device can you spot in this quote?

• metaphor

• simile

• pathetic fallacy

• anaphora

Ao2: 'This cold nasty, house' is an example of a writer deliberately giving human traits to an object. What is this method called?

• Juxtaposition

• Personification

• Sensory imagery

• Foreshadowing

Ao2: What does the overall text make the reader feel?

• Sorry for Bruno and sad that his life has changed.

• Pleased that Bruno is 'exploring' his new home.

• A sense that Berlin was a terrible place.

• Confidence that Bruno will be happy in the future.

Ao2: the writer uses personification in the line 'cold, nasty house' to:

• Make the reader imagine Bruno's mother speaking

• Imagine the house as a frightening entity that has malevolent intentions for Bruno

• Imagine what sounds Bruno can hear.

• No intentional purpose

Ao2: 'Bruno, I want you to go upstairs and unpack and I want you to do it now' The writer's use of the imperatives verbs in Bruno's mother's statement makes the reader feel:

• That Bruno has been naughty and she is angry with him

• That she is happy with Bruno

• Bruno's mother is nervous about something

• That Bruno has forgotten something