A Waltz For Matilda - Chapter 12

At the beginning of Chapter 12, Matilda is writing a letter to ...

• her father.

• her mother.

• her friend, Tommy.

• her dog.

What does Matilda like about the town, Drinkwater?

• the flies

• the amount of space

• the heat

• the sheep

The sheep hoped that the humans bought _________ with them.

Matilda got her energy to walk such a long distance from ​ (a)  

• feeling safe, loved and wanted by her father.
• the food she ate for breakfast.
• being carried by her father.
• being threatened by Mr Drinkwater.

About how much land does Mr Drinkwater own?

• the text doesn't say

• 2 square miles

• 5 square miles

• 10 square miles

Mr Drinkwater rightfully owned the land.

• True

• False

Mr Drinkwater and his sons didn't earn the right to become leaders of the town.

• True

• False

Match the following images to the correct vocabulary.

• Squatting

• 
• Labour

• 
• Waltz

• 
• Billy/Billy can

• 
• Swag

• 

Mr Drinkwater and Matilda's father ​ (a)   because ​ (b)  

• liked each other
• of the strike action taken by the union.
• didn't like each other
• they both wanted access to the land.

Reorder the following sentence.

• he realised he couldn't provide

• what she wanted in life so

• his wife, but over time

• Matilda's father used to love

• he sent her and Matilda to live in the city.