Worksheets“Crispin, Cross of Lead” chapters 8-16
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What has been pronounced upon the boy?
A common boy
A cottor
A slave
He is a wolf’s head.
The boy finds out that his mother named him, what is that name?
Connor
Caleb
Calvin
Crispin
How can the boy gain his freedom?
Learn to read and write.
Become a priest.
Move away.
Move to another city for a year and one day.
What is one thing has he learned from the priest that he was shocked to know?
1. His name is Calvin.
He is from another town.
His mother could read and write.
His father was a warrior.
Sir Richard du Brey was the stranger in the woods and he also visited the church. What important news had he brought to everyone?
There is war in France.
The ocean is receding.
Lord Furnival has returned from the war and expected to die.
King Edward is on the throne.
Once it becomes dark. Crispin went toward the church to meet Father Quinel but was intercepted by whom?
A wolf
Aycliffe
Cerdic
The priest
Once back in the village , Crispin would try to visit Father Quinel , to his surprise Cerdic had abandoned him. You can infer what about Cerdic?
He was afraid he too would be caught.
He was a part of the plan all along to trap the boy.
He became afraid.
‘Gasping for breath, I flailed around until my feet touch bottom.”This most likely foreshadows what?
Crispin could swim across the river.
Crispin could not swim.
Crispin was hiding on the water.
Alligators were after him.
“Not certain how deep the water was at this spot, I hugged the bank, too timid to pass over.” The word timid most likely means?
Heavy
Light weight
Lacking self confidence
Unsure of one’s self.
In chapter 11 Crispin makes the comment “God, I was certain had completely abandoned me.” Why did he say this?
He prayed to Saint Giles.
He found Father Quinel had been killed.
He couldn’t swim.
Crispin feels responsible for the priest’s death. He mentions all the reasons EXCEPT which one?
The priest was helping him.
The priest was a noble man.
The priest would reveal news about his mother.
The priest would reveal news about his father.
Which of the following is NOT a setting in the story?
Woods
England
Narrow road to
Raleigh.
1300’s
“Thick and clammy air embraced me like the fingers of some loathsome toad.’ This is an example of ……..
personification
metaphor
personification & simile
onomatopoeia
“I walked as solitary as Adam before the creation of Eve.”This is an example of ……..
personification
flashback
simile
simile and allusion
“I walked s solitary as Adam before the creation of Eve.”
This most likely means what?
He felt like Adam and Eve in the garden.
He felt alone.
He felt abandoned.
He felt Eve could be his mother.
Crispin realized that God had set the rotting corpse before him as a warning, a warning of what?
A warning to travel a different road.
A warning to return to
Stromford.
A warning to repent of his previous wish to die.
A warning to beware of flesh eating ravens.
Which of the following is an accurate description of Crispin’s feelings NOW after viewing the mangled corpse?
Deceived
Dreadful
Hopeful
Resolved to stay alive.
In chapter 15 the. oh walks upon an abandoned village and he proclaimed “My skin crawled with trepidation.”Trepidation most likely means……..
worms
fear, alarm
insects
stinging sensation
Crispin hears someone singing and then alas, he sees the huge fellow!
He is described to be all of these EXCEPT which one?
mountain of flesh, a barrel of a fellow
good singer
legs thick as tree limbs
monster
What is the author’s purpose in creating the character Bear to look the way he does?
To mimic the features of John Aycliffe.
To make him bigger than life to Crispin.
To entertain the boy.
