Worksheets'Night' by Alice Munro (Edexcel Anthology)
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 9mins
What does NOT happen to the protagonist in the first page of the short story?
A SNOWSTORM
APPENDICITIS
A DIFFICULT JOURNEY
CANCER
How is her 'growth' described?
DEFINITELY CANCEROUS
SPOKEN ABOUT OPENLY
DEFINITELY BENIGN
THE SIZE OF A TURKEY'S EGG
How does Munro show she was reassured that the growth was not serious?
Her mother told her:
"It's all over now."
She tells the reader:
'for here I am today'
'when called upon to list my surgeries, I automatically say or write only "Appendix".'
'There must have been a cloud around that word'
Which is NOT true about June?
It was a hot Summer.
There was nothing wrong with her.
She got out of school early because of her grades.
She read books and did chores as usual at first.
Which words are used to describe the relationship between the sisters?
UNSETTLED
TORMENTING
A COUNSELLOR
CONSTANTLY INTERTWINED
Possibly because of her invalid status, the protagonist does not have to do lots of work and is left alone. She describes herself as:
WANDERING ABOUT LIKE A (a) .
The writer finds the quiet of the house at night (because of her insomnia) liberating.
TRUE
FALSE
AT FIRST
LATER ON
How does the writer show her suffering and worries over her mental health because of her insomnia?
She says:
'I was not myself'
She says: 'Something was taking hold of me'
She says:
'Why not try the worst?'
She says:
'madness...could be lying right beside me there in the night'
How does she try to cope with her insomnia?
Reciting rhymes and poetry to try to sleep.
Talking to her family about it.
Getting herself out of the room.
Drinking warm milk.
What does she NOT notice when she goes outside?
THE STREET LIGHTS
THE TREES LOOMING OVER HER
THE BIRDS WAKING UP
THE LAWNS SHE HAD MOWN
Which word does she repeat 3 times to show how she felt about her night time thoughts once the morning came?
(a)
Who does she find one night?
The demons
Her dad
Her sister
Herself
What does she NOT tell her dad?
The entire truth
Her fear of hurting her sister
She couldn't sleep.
Mostly the truth
How does her father react to her confession of her dark thoughts?
UNDERSTOOD HER
JUDGED HER
TOLD HER NOT TO BE SILLY
QUESTIONED HER
Which 2 words are missing from the closing paragraph?
'_____ ____. From then on I could sleep.'
(a)
