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WorksheetsWild Pork and Watercress Chapters 3 & 4
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 3mins
What did Uncle Hec never care about?
Ricky's weight
Ricky's Maori skin
Ricky's lack of help
Ricky's inability to catch the horses
Where was Ricky when he found out Aunty had died of a stroke?
In the house
By the creek
In the shed
At the Hickey's house
Who does Mr. Draper work for?
The hospital
The village shop
The neighbour's farm
social welfare
What do Wilf and Humphrey want to do?
Sell the farm and split the money
Move in and run the farm with Hec
Move in and take over the running of the farm
Sell the farm and give Ricky a quarter share
What word does Hec use to describe the wild, remote area?
The bush
The hinterland
The scrub
The outback
Why did Hec and Ricky open all the gates?
So the livestock could get to water
So the livestock would not starve
So the estate agent could get onto the farm
So the animals would not have to be sold
How many bullets did they have?
139
179
239
279
What is Ricky describing, 'Later on it became so important to us that we kept it in a plastic bag'.
Hec's phone
The compass
Ricky's watch
The torch
Which literary device is being used, 'Later on it became so important to us that we kept it in a plastic bag'.
Metaphor
Simile
Foreshadowing
Personification
What did Hec and Ricky do on the second day in the scrub?
Catch a pig and cook it.
Press on to the hut
Sleep at the campsite
Chase after one of the dogs
What did they make at the Tauwharana hut?
A fire
Bread
Pork stew
Soup
What did the dogs live on?
Wild boar
Bread
Rice
Possum
What else did Hec and Ricky catch to eat?
Kangaroo
Duck
Prawns
Rabbit
Why did they use plastic mugs and plates?
They were cheaper
There was no choice
They were lighter
They were easier to clean
Why did they leave the last hut in chapter 4 in a rush?
They heard a gun shot
They heard a someone talking
They saw a someone shining a torch in the distance
There were rats in the hut
What did they leave behind in the hut?
Their mugs
Hec's knife
Ricky's hat
Their tea billy
What did they make a new billy from?
A tin of tuna
A tin of beans
A tin of peaches
A tin of peas
What did they leave in place of the tin of peaches?
Some rice
Some yeast
Some tea
Some flour
What did Hec forget to ask for when he went to get food from Russ's wife?
A tin opener
Batteries
String
Books
What important piece of news did Hec bring back with him from the settlement?
They had been in the news
The Forest Service and Rangers were tracking them
There was a storm coming
There was a reward for finding them
