Paper 1 - Ursula le Guin

This week's text, from 'A Wizard of Earthsea' is from which genre?

• science fiction

• crime

• non-fiction

• fantasy

'Ged' was the name of...

• the wizard

• the dragon

• the land

The wizard had a "staff". This means...

• wand

• stick

• magic

• spell

• team

The dragon had "talons". This is another word for:

• claws

• wings

• scales

• fiery breath

Which of the following is a short summary of the text?

• Climate change has caused dragons to mutate

• Brutal wizard defeats at least 20 dragons

• Gentle wizard tames dozens of fiery dragons

• Powerful wizard faces startlingly huge dragon

Ursula le Guin uses another sometimes used word for 'dragon' in her book. It is:

• snake

• worm

• reptile

• lizard

Which of the following words are to do with fire?

• snapped, swooped, lunged

• withering, crawling, roiling

• scorched, scalding, glare

• powerful, guileful, bulk

What's the effect of the simile in the sentence: the wizard "held up before him his staff, that looked now like a splinter, like a twig."

• the staff keeps changing how it looks

• the wizard needs new glasses

• the light is very deceptive

• the staff looks small and broken