Fiction - The Snow Queen

What does the word ‘abode’ mean in line 23? Select one.

• island

• tent

• home

• mountain

Name the person that Gerda is searching for.

Reorder the following to show the order in which they happen in the extract.

• Gerda told the little robber girl about Kay.

• The robber maiden went to sleep with her arm around Gerda’s neck.

• The woodpigeons spoke to Gerda.

• Her mother took hold of the robber girls nose.

• The reindeer spoke to Gerda.

Why could Gerda not get to sleep?

Use evidence from the text to support your answer.

Based on what you have read, what do you predict will happen next?

…lakes with glass surfaces.

Write two impressions this gives you of the lake.

When the reindeer describes Lapland, he says ‘I was born and bred there – there I leapt on the fields of snow by lakes with glass surfaces’.

How is this different to his current situation. Explain your answer.

The author writes that Gerda looked at the knife ‘rather fearfully’.

What does this imply? Circle the correct answer.

• Gerda wishes to steal the knife.

• Gerda is scared of the robber girl.

• Gerda is jealous of the knife.

In the final paragraph, what does the word ‘draught’ mean?