WorksheetsA Day's Wait
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What was the little boy in A Day's Wait called?
Sam
Schatz
John
Jake
How did the boy look when he came to close the windows ?
He was bright and cheerful
He looked angry and upset
He was sad and gloomy
His face was white and he looked ill
How old was he?
Five
Nine
Eight
Ten
What was wrong with Schatz?
He was angry
He was bored
He was ill with a fever
He wanted to go out?
What was the boy's temperature when the doctor checked it?
99
100
101
102
What medicines did the doctor prescribe for him?
A cough syrup
No medicines only bed rest
Some white tablets
3 different coloured capsules
What was the boy diagnosed with?
Acidity
Influenza
Mumps
Measles
What was the serious disease that the doctor said to be careful of?
Influenza
Pneumonia
Measles
Mumps
Name the book his father read him from.
Treasure Island
by
RL Stevenson
Peter Pan
by
JM Barrie
Book of Pirates
by
Howard Pyle
Good night Pirate
by Michelle Robinson
Where did the father go after giving his son his medicine?
He took his dog for a walk and then later for hunting
He went to get the vet as his dog was ill
He went to his office
He did not leave the house as his son was unwell
What was the breed of the dog?
An Alsatian
A Boxer
An Irish setter
A Poodle
What is the collective noun for Quails?
A skein
A shoal
A flight
A covey
What was the boy's temperature when the father got back?
A hundred and two and four tenths
A hundred and three
A hundred
It was the same as before
Why did the boy think that he was going to die?
He was not aware of the two different temperature scales and was used to a Celsius scale
He was feeling very ill
He was told so
He had an incurable disease
How did the boy react when he realised he wasn't going to die?
He got up from bed and went to play
He was angry with his father for keeping him in bed
He loosened his control and next day cried easily at everything
He went down to dinner with the family
