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WorksheetsWoman In Black Mr Jerome is Afraid Chapter 7
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
Kipps describes waking up at the hotel in a bed "as lumpish and uncomfortable as a heap of potato sacks".
This is an example of:
Metaphor
Persuasive language
Simile
Emotive language
What does Kipps say has frightened him most?
The way the woman in black looked.
Getting lost in the fog.
The sounds he heard on the marshes.
The evil atmosphere he feels around him.
What does the landlord lend Kipps?
A bicycle.
A map of Crythin Gifford.
A horse.
A dog.
Why does Kipps visit Mr Jerome?
To arrange the sale of Eel Marsh House.
To get answers about the woman in black.
To request help with sorting out the paperwork.
To have dinner with him.
Kipps describes Mr Jerome's hands as "working, rubbing, fidgeting, gripping and ungripping". All these words are:
adjectives
adverbs
nouns
verbs
What does Mr Jerome say used to be on the island?
A school.
A monastery.
A convent.
A witches' coven.
Kipps: "I must face it out.... Such things one must face."
Mr Jerome: "So I said..... So I said.....once."
What techniques is Hill using here? (Tick all that apply)
Repetition
Ellipsis
Foreshadowing
Dialogue
"He (Mr Jerome) had been weakened and broken by what? A woman? A few noises? Or was there more that I should discover by myself?"
What technique best describes Hill's language use here?
Long sentences
Anthropomorphism
Rhetorical questions
Sensory language
Who does Kipps write to at the end of the chapter?
Mr Bentley
Stella
Esme
the local newspaper
"And there they lay, those glittering, beckoning silver marshes. A thin breeze blew off them with salt on its breath."
This is an example of:
Simile
Internal monologue
Personification
Pathetic fallacy
At the end of the chapter, Kipps says he feels "half fearful, half wondering, excited, in thrall".
Which phrase is closest in meaning to "in thrall"?
enslaved
thrilled
terrified
in love
