2008 Year 5 NAPLAN- Lacy

… the air was baked thin above the shed. This suggests that

• the shed was used as a bakery.

• the roof of the shed was very hot.

• the narrator lived high up in the mountains.

• the drought had changed the look of things.

According to the text, why did the narrator think that the goanna was a dinosaur?

Answer explanation

Response gives plausible reason for why the narrator may have thought the goanna was a dinosaur: she was sleepy/ hallucinating/ she thinks it is from a movie/the size, colour or shape reminds her of a dinosaur.

The narrator chases after Lacy goanna when she heads for the chookhouse. This is because the narrator thinks

• the goanna might be in danger.

• the chickens might be in danger

• the goanna might escape from her farm.

• the tree might break under the goanna’s weight.

The narrator suggests that Lacy goanna climbs the wattle tree to

• get away from her.

• rest in the heat of the day.

• get ready for a fight with her.

• get a better view of the chookhouse.

Near the end of the story, why is the narrator eye-to-eye with Lacy goanna?

• The narrator is on the chookhouse roof.

• The narrator has also climbed up the tree.

• The branch holding Lacy goanna is bent down.

• Lacy goanna has climbed halfway down the tree.

No, you can’t see me really. (second last paragraph) Who is you in this sentence?

• the reader

• the chooks

• the goanna

• the narrator