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Ashes to Ashes Urrbrae

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why is the narrator stressed about at the start of the story?

a)

He is trying to meet girls

b)

He is worried about being late for school

c)

He is worried England will win the cricket and wants to scatter his Grandad's ashes on hallowed ground without getting caught

d)

He has lost his dog

2.

How is the narrator different to his friend Pino?

a)

The narrator lacks confidence while Pino is super confident

b)

The narrator hates cricket while Pino loves it

c)

The narrator lives in Brazil while Pino lives in Ireland

d)

Pino goes for England and the narrator goes for New Zealand

3.

What has the narrator brought to the cricket?

a)

A giant foam hand

b)

A can of Red Bull

c)

His Grandfather's ashes

d)

A KFC bucket hat

4.

Why does the narrator think his grandfather disliked England?

a)

Because of their involvement in the Boer War

b)

Because they invented Penguins

c)

Because he was divorced from an English woman

d)

Because of his childhood

5.

What goes wrong with the narrator's plan?

a)

He trips over

b)

Pino doesn't help him

c)

The wind changes

d)

He loses the urn

6.

What is a Tail ender?

a)

A type of bird

b)

A variety of grape

c)

A make of car

d)

A cricketer who bats at the end of the batting order

7.

What are "The Ashes"?

a)

A series of test cricket matches between England and Australia

b)

A collection of butterflies

c)

A type of tree

d)

A novel Pino was reading.

8.

How does the narrator think his grandad would feel about where his ashes ended up?

a)

He wouldn't have liked it because he had always hated crowed streets

b)

He would have liked it because his Grandad was a fireman who loved the city

9.

Who is Alice?

a)

A girl Pino talks to

b)

A random member of the crowd

c)

A girl who seems to like Mark Smalley

d)

Mark's mother

10.

How is the narrator different at the end of the story?

a)

He isn't

b)

The events of the story have led to him gaining more self-confidence and he has gained the ability to talk to girls.