Alex Rider

Just two months ago he had been in Australia – not on holiday, not visiting relatives, but, incredibly, working for the Australian Secret Intelligence Service, disguised as an Afghan refugee.

• Alex is undercover

• Alex is tired

• Alex is a refugee

• Alex is Australian

Night came quickly to Skeleton Key. The sun hovered briefly on the horizon, then dipped below. What technique does the author use in these sentences?

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

'Yeah that was me. I set the boat alight.'

'What?'

'I set fire to the boat?'

'But we're on the boat!'

'I know!'

What does alight mean in this passage?

• to light a candle

• to extinguish

• to swim

• to set fire to something

The authorities were less vigilant during a storm. Even so, he was nervous. He had flown into Cuba many times, but never here. And tonight he would have preferred to have been going almost anywhere else.

What does vigilant mean?

• Careful, to be aware of surroundings.

• Watching birds

• Vast

• Protecting

Remember this image!

• Okay

• Don't press this!

• Finish the test

• No

What does Alex find when he wakes up?

• A note from Ian Rider

• Food service

• Mr. Blunt waiting for him

What does Alex do for 4 hours?

• Reading

• Explore using the Stormbreaker

• Training with Wolf

• Exploring Port Tallon

What does Alex find at the bottom of the stairway?

• A door that leads to another room

• Background information of Ian Rider

• Background information of Alex Rider

• Herod Sayle's master plan

What news does Alex hear from listening to the people behind the locked door?

• Mr. Grin was overseeing a delivery

• Mr. Grin was a spy

• There are not enough Stormbreakers

• All the Stormbreakers were going to be delayed

Who caught Alex sneaking down the stairway?

• Nadia Vole

• Sayle Enterprises guards

• Mr. Grin