A Real Virtual World

1. The story is written from the perspective of:

• a) Lucas
• b) Cody
• c) Jamie
• d) Mum

2. The storyteller has recently...

• a) moved schools
• b) moved house
• c) made a new friend
• d) bought a computer

3. What can Jamie see from his window?

• a) grassy fields
• b) his friend’s house
• c) diggers and empty, muddy fields
• d) new houses

4. What colour bricks did Jamie add to his house design?

• a) orange and blue
• b) orange and green
• c) blue and green
• d) blue and red

7. Which sentence shows that Jamie had spent a long time designing his virtual house?

• a) Before we moved, I wasn’t that good at it.
• b) …the battery almost died on my tablet and I had to plug it in to charge it up.
• c) Anyway, the strange thing is when I looked out of my window today across our back garden, the trenches were there.
• d) It had taken me ages to find the right spot.

8. While the man was talking to Jamie’s mum, he looked down at Jamie ‘occasionally’. Select one reason why he did this.

• a) The man was hoping to get help from Jamie.
• b) The man wanted to make sure Jamie was listening.
• c) The man thinks the problem had something to do with Jamie.
• d) The man didn’t like Jamie’s haircut.

9. ‘They had been a bit bewildered when putting in the brightly coloured bricks’.Which word is closest in meaning to ‘bewildered’?

• a) confident
• b) confused
• c) unhappy
• d) excited

10. At the end of the story, Jamie’s house design included a shark-infested moat, a drawbridge and a watchtower. Which sentence from the beginning of the text tells us why Jamie thinks he is able to create such complicated designs.

• a) Ever since I moved to the new house, life has been a little boring.
• b) Quietly.
• c) Our new house is one of the first to be finished on this new estate.
• d) Now that I’m practising all the time, I can create some really original stuff.

11. Jamie uses the words ‘stuck in the middle of nowhere’ to describe where he is. These words show us that Jamie feels:

• a) happy and contented
• b) isolated and lonely
• c) interested and motivated
• d) lost and confused

12. The man at the door explained that the problem needed to be fixed ‘urgently’. Which of the following words does NOT have the same or similar meaning?

• a) immediately
• b) instantly
• c) later
• d) promptly