Chicken

A narrator is the person that tells the story. What is the name of the narrator in' Chicken'?

• Alfie

• Rick

• Jamaal

• Dylan

Alfie and Rick had been friends...

• since they met at school in year 6

• they had known each other since nursery

• They were not friends at all

• They had hung out together since before they were born.

The first dare was __________________.

• To steal fireworks.

• To play a Halloween trick on their headmistress.

• To kidnap their form teacher's cat

• To challenge the boy nicknamed 'Terminator' for a fight.

Which of these boys were rivals in the story 'Chicken'?

• Dylan and Rick

• Jamaal and Leon

• Jamaal and Dylan

• Alfie and Dylan

Which of these dares were successful? (tick 2 boxes)

• Kidnapping the form teacher's cat.

• Playing Halloween tricks on the head teacher.

• The dare at Silbury cuttings.

• Shoplifting fireworks from Mr Patel.

The mention of Silbury cuttings made the narrator's blood run cold. Why? Choose two answers.

• It was a scary place.

• A boy had died there a few years before.

• He was going to be given a punishment if he went.

• it was a dangerous place and his parents had forbidden him from going.

Who tried to stop Dylan from doing the dare at Silbury cuttings?

• Alfie

• Rick

• Rick, Leo and Jamaal

How does the story 'Chicken' end?

• Dylan makes the dare and survives unscathed.

• Dylan does the dare, freezes and is badly injured.

• Dylan does not do the dare.

• Dylan does the dare and dies.

Alfie says the worst part was not not the accident, but the newspapers calling him a hero. How did this make him feel? Why?

• sad: his friend lost a leg.

• sorry: he had lost a friend forever.

• guilty: he had dared Dylan and put him in that situation.

• ashamed: he did not like being on the newspapers.

Which one of these is a simile?

• My blood ran cold

• Alfie was capering like a mad thing

• It seemed as if Alfie was determined to take him down.