The 1,000 Year Old Boy

What does Alfie and Jasper have in common?

• Both want to give the lifepearl to someone else

• Both are neverdeads

• Both are wanting to die

• Both care for Aunty Alice

... my heart is thumping like a blacksmith's hammer.

This is an example of a ...

• idiom

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

... my throat is so dry I could drink the whole harbour ...

This is an example of ...

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• idiom

How did Aidan show that he was nervous with the plan?

• He cried when the plan was revealed

• He argued that he didn't like the plan

• He wet himself

• He went pale

Why did Aidan go along with the plan when he clearly wasn't keen on it?

• Alfie forced him to go along with the plan

• Alfie was his friend

• He was a follower

• He had nothing else to do

What worried Aidan about Roxy when she was in the water?

• Roxy wasn't doing her part of the plan

• Roxy forgot her life jacket

• Roxy's acting was unbelievable

• Roxy was actually drowning

We do not have superfluous time?

In this context, what does the word superfluous mean?

• time to waste

• time off

• time to talk

• time to pray

The word kitchenette suggests that the kitchen is ...

• large

• unfinished

• broken

• small

Why might locking Jasper away not be a good idea?

• It will only make him angrier

• He was asleep

• He won't help find the lifepearl

• Jasper is unpredictable

At the end of the chapter, the author has written "it is not looking good".

What is the purpose of this line?

• to state the obvious

• to entice the reader to continue reading

• to prepare the reader for something bad to happen

• the author didn't know how to end the chapter