Harry The Pigeon

1.        At the beginning of the story, why is typical written in capital letter like this? TYPICAL

Choose one.

‘TYPICAL’ shows Harry is

• happy

• sad

• cross

• sorry

Harry was a London pigeon…

Choose two other words from this paragraph that tell you that Harry was a bird.

"TYPICAL! Absolutely typical of human feet! Always flattening your food!" grumbled Harry, as he scraped a squashed chocolate-covered raisin off the pavement with his beak. Harry was a London pigeon and he lived on the bits of food people dropped as they passed by in the street. He flew back up to the gutter which was his home above the sweet shop, and thought crossly about feet.

Why does Harry dislike humans? Choose one.

• because they are always

• carrying his food

•         scraping his food

•          squashing his food

What did Harry read every day? Choose one.

• the cake shop sign

                

• the morning breeze

• old newspapers

• takeaway menus

What did the smell of cake suggest to Harry? Choose one.

• The cake were French.

          

• The cake shop was new.

• The cakes were from the supermarket.

• The cake shop owner was called Gloria

• The cakes were top quality.

Choose which smells were everyday smells and which were unusual.

Tulips, coffee, flea powder, marzipan, tomatoes

• Everyday: Coffee, tomatoes. Unusual: flea powder, marzipan, tulips
• Everyday: tomatoes. Unusual: flea powder, marzipan

• Coffee, tulips. Unusual: flea powder, marzipan, tulips, tomatoes

• flea powder, tulips. Unusual: coffee, marzipan, tulips, tomatoes

Why did Harry want to get to the new cake shop quickly? Choose one.

He wanted to get there before…

•         

        his mother stopped him from going.

•   the shop closed.

•    any crumbs got trodden on.

• the poodle got the crumbs.

The smell of cake was growing stronger all the time. Why did the smell of the cake get stronger?

Choose one.

• The breeze grew stronger.

• Someone opened the shop door.

• More cakes were being made.

• Harry was getting nearer the shop.

Which sentence from the story shows that Harry liked the cake? Choose one.

        

• A new cake shop must have opened!

• The smell of cake was growing stronger all the time.

• Harry didn’t know gateaux was French for cakes.

•   He stared through the window admiringly.

What was impressive about the straw hat cakes in Gloria’s shop?

Choose one

• made of chocolate

• realistic

• miniature

• tied with ribbons