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WorksheetsYear 5 Reading NAPLAN - The Stranger 2016
Total questions: 7
Worksheet time: 14mins
At the beginning of the text, Buck is described as approaching the wolf with caution in every movement...
Why does he move this way?
He has an injury and does not want to make it worse.
He is hoping to surprise the wolf.
He does not know how the wolf will react.
He cannot tell which direction the cry is coming from.
In the second paragraph the writer talks of both a threat and an overture of friendliness...
Which quotation from the text means the same thing?
half crouching (paragraph 2)
menacing truce (paragraph 2)
wild leapings (paragraph 2)
friendly advances (paragraph 3)
How does the wolf behave in the third paragraph?
He runs away from Buck, stops, then runs again.
He snarls at Buck to try to scare him.
He overtakes Buck then waits for him.
He starts to fight with Buck, then runs away.
Why was Buck able to catch up with the wolf?
The wolf was not healthy.
The wolf did not know the area well.
The wolf let Buck catch him as part of a game.
The wolf was much younger than Buck.
The beginning of the fourth paragraph suggests Buck is very
secretive.
powerful.
patient.
careful.
… fierce beasts belie their fierceness … (paragraph 4)
This could be rewritten as
wild animals behave as if they are injured.
aggressive animals behave as if they are gentle.
frightening animals behave as if they are frightened.
angry animals behave as if they are happy.
The wolf’s actions show that he goes from
ignoring Buck to threatening him.
fearing Buck to defeating him.
snarling at Buck to following him.
mistrusting Buck to accepting him.
