3N Compre Quiz Part 1_31 Jul 23

The sweet-shop was located at Llandaff.

• True

• False

What are the 2 phrases from the text which shows how important the sweet-shop was to Dahl and his friends.

• very centre of our lives

• one terrible drawback

• very little to live for

• a horror

Her name was Mrs Pratchett. She was a small skinny old hag with a moustache on her upper lip and a mouth as sour as a green gooseberry. She never smiled. She never welcomed us when we went in, and they only times she spoke were when she said things like, “I’m watchin’ you so keep yer thievin’ fingers off them chocolates!” Or “I don’t want you in ‘ere just to look around! Either you out or you out!”

What does Mrs Pratchett mean by “Either you forks out or you gets out!”?

Explain what Dahl means when he says sweets were the boys “life-blood”.

• Sweets are bad for their health.

• They cannot live without sweets.

• Sweets will enter their bloodstream.

• They will die without sweets

Mrs Pratchett was small and very thin.

• True

• False

Mrs Pratchett was small and very thin.

• True

• False

Mrs Pratchett’s blouse was stained with tea.

• True

• False

Mrs Pratchett’s blouse was stained with tea.

• True

• False

The sweet-shop sold liquorice.

• True

• False

The sweet-shop sold liquorice.

• True

• False