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A Day's Wait

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the little boy in A Day's Wait called?

a)

Sam

b)

Schatz

c)

John

d)

Jake

2.

How did the boy look when he came to close the windows ?

a)

He was bright and cheerful

b)

He looked angry and upset

c)

He was sad and gloomy

d)

His face was white and he looked ill

3.

How old was he?

a)

Five

b)

Nine

c)

Eight

d)

Ten

4.

What was wrong with Schatz?

a)

He was angry

b)

He was bored

c)

He was ill with a fever

d)

He wanted to go out?

5.

What was the boy's temperature when the doctor checked it?

a)

99

b)

100

c)

101

d)

102

6.

What medicines did the doctor prescribe for him?

a)

A cough syrup

b)

No medicines only bed rest

c)

Some white tablets

d)

3 different coloured capsules

7.

What was the boy diagnosed with?

a)

Acidity

b)

Influenza

c)

Mumps

d)

Measles

8.

What was the serious disease that the doctor said to be careful of?

a)

Influenza

b)

Pneumonia

c)

Measles

d)

Mumps

9.

Name the book his father read him from.

a)

Treasure Island

by

RL Stevenson

b)

Peter Pan

by

JM Barrie

c)

Book of Pirates

by

Howard Pyle

d)

Good night Pirate

by Michelle Robinson

10.

Where did the father go after giving his son his medicine?

a)

He took his dog for a walk and then later for hunting

b)

He went to get the vet as his dog was ill

c)

He went to his office

d)

He did not leave the house as his son was unwell

11.

What was the breed of the dog?

a)

An Alsatian

b)

A Boxer

c)

An Irish setter

d)

A Poodle

12.

What is the collective noun for Quails?

a)

A skein

b)

A shoal

c)

A flight

d)

A covey

13.

What was the boy's temperature when the father got back?

a)

A hundred and two and four tenths

b)

A hundred and three

c)

A hundred

d)

It was the same as before

14.

Why did the boy think that he was going to die?

a)

He was not aware of the two different temperature scales and was used to a Celsius scale

b)

He was feeling very ill

c)

He was told so

d)

He had an incurable disease

15.

How did the boy react when he realised he wasn't going to die?

a)

He got up from bed and went to play

b)

He was angry with his father for keeping him in bed

c)

He loosened his control and next day cried easily at everything

d)

He went down to dinner with the family