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English Literature Revision Worksheet

Year 4 Section A – Christophe’s Story

I. Choose the correct answer 1. At the opening of the story Christophe goes to a new school in

a. Africa

b. France

c. England

2. Who is the school caretaker?

a. Greg

b. Mr. Boggis

c. Mrs. Crowther

3. Christophe liked to read stories?

a. True

b. False

4. When Babi told stories Chris could see

a. spirits around

b. heap of words piled on the floor

c. pictures in his mind’s eye.

5. “He is now an asylum seeker in England…” Who is the asylum seeker mentioned in

this story.

a. Pete

b. Christophe

c. Greg

6. The term asylum seeker means

a. someone who travels to visit a place for pleasure

b. someone who is forced to leaves their own country and travels to another country

hoping that the government will protect them and allow them to live there.

c. to move from one place to another in search of work and a better life

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-arabic/visit_1

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-arabic/place_1

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-arabic/pleasure

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/leaves

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/their

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/country

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/travel

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/country

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/hope

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/government

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/protect

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/live

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7. In his story, Christophe tells

a. what happened to make him leave his country of Rwanda

b. of his education in Rwanda

c. how happy life in Rwanda was

8. Finally Christophe decided to publish his book.

a. True

b. False

II. Fill in the blanks appropriately

Christophe’s dad was a _______________________. He knew to speak 3 languages.

They are _______________________, ___________________________ and

________________________. He is a r_ _ _ _ _ _ in ___________________ from Africa.

III. Sequence the events of the story in order by placing the correct numbers in the

column on the right hand side. Sl.No. Events Answers

1 Christophe punched Jeremy.

2 Book is published.

3 Though Christophe was starving and hungry he wanted to play football.

4 The students want to know the story behind the scar.

5 The whole school listens to Christophe’s story.

6 Christophe is very embarrassed and timid as he enters the classroom.

7 Christophe was shocked to hear the news of Babi’s death.

8 His friends notice the scar while playing football.

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IV. Complete the following: (2x2 = 4 marks)

1. Babi told Christophe that stories __________________________________________

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2. Christophe made a right/wrong choice to publish the book because _____________

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V. Write the Character sketch of (3 marks each)

1. Miss Finch

2. Jeremy

3. Christophe

4. Babi

5. Papa

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6. Mama

VI. Answer the following questions in complete sentences:

1. Explain the reasons that led to Jeremy’s punishment. (3 marks)

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2. What were papa’s and Christophe’s views on bullying? (3 marks)

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3. Do you think it’s important that refugees should tell their story? Explain in relation to

‘Christophe’s Story’. (3 marks)

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4. What were some of the story telling techniques the Christophe used to tell his story?

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5. (i) Circle the incident at school which you think is the turning point in Christophe’s

character. (3 marks)

a) Christophe being asked to read the story

b) Christophe’s experience at the dinner

c) Christophe’s experience at the school entrance

d) Christophe’s experience at the football ground

(ii) Explain giving two reasons why you think the incident is the turning point in

Christophe’s character.

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6. How has Miss Finch helped Chris change his idea of story telling? (3 marks)

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7. (i) Which of the following themes do you think is best brought out in the story?

a) family b) war c) friendship d) bullying

(ii) Explain how this theme is shown in the story.

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8. Did you find the title ‘Christophe’s Story’ meaningful. Give three reasons to support

your answer.

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Section B – Poetry

I. Read the following poem and answer accordingly.

The Wind by Stanly Cook

The wind is a wolf

That sniffs at doors

And rattles windows

With his paws.

Hidden in the night,

He rushes round

The locked-up house,

Making angry sounds.

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He leaps on the roof

And tries to drive

Away the house

And everything inside.

Tired next morning,

The wind’s still there,

Snatching pieces of paper

And ruffling your hair.

He quietens down and in the end

You hardly notice him go

Whispering down the road

To find another place to blow.

1. The figurative language used in the line, ‘He leaps on the roof’ is

a. simile

b. metaphor

c. onomatopoeia

d. personification

II. Answer the following sentences in complete sentences.

1. How does the wind ‘sniff’ at the doors? (1 mark)

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2. What does the line ‘He rushes around’ indicate? (2 marks)

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3. Select a powerful verb from the last stanza and explain why the writer has included

this word in the poem? (2 marks)

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4. Identify the personification from the fourth stanza. Explain why the poet has used it in

this poem.

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5. Which line do you like most in the poem? Give two reasons (2 marks)

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6. What image of the wind has the poet created in your mind? Explain in your own

words. (3 marks)

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III. Read the following poem and answer accordingly.

Change

by Charlotte Zolotow

The summer

still hangs

heavy and sweet

with sunlight

as it did last year.

The autumn

still comes

showering gold and crimson


The winter

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still stings

clean and cold and white


The spring

still comes

like a whisper in the dark night.

It is only I

who have changed.

1. What is the main idea of the poem?

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2. What is an object that grows in the sunlight and would “hang heavy and sweet”?

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3. What showers down in the autumn coloured crimson and gold? Explain

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4. How is spring like a whisper in the dark night?

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5. What is similar about the first three stanzas?

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6. Reread the poem’s first three stanzas. Why do you think the poet chose to repeat the

line at the end of each stanza?

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7. Is it significant that the last stanza is different? Why or why not?

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8. Which of the two poems do you like the most? Give three reasons.

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