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    Sapphire Band 16 - The Hedgehog Mystery

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    Ellie needs to get her parent's signature for a school assignment. The assignment involves answering comprehension questions about a reading passage and completing vocabulary exercises. It asks students to imagine changing part of the story and write out their version. The document provides the school assignment that Ellie needs signed, including comprehension questions about a reading, vocabulary questions to fill in the blanks with word meanings, and a writing prompt to imagine changing part of the story.

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    Sapphire Band 16 - The Hedgehog Mystery

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    Parent’s Signature: Marks

    Name: ____________ Class: ____________ Date: ____________

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    Section A: Comprehension
    2 marks for each question unless otherwise stated.
    Refer to Chapter 1 (Pages 2-9), answer the questions in complete sentences.
    1. In Chapter 1, it gives us a clue about the job Ellie hopes to have in the future.
    What job is it, and what is the clue that tells us this?

    2. What has inspired Gran to take in a lodger?

    3. In Chapter 2 (Pages 10-13): In which ways does Miss Volpin upset Ellie and
    Morris? (3 marks)
    1.

    2.

    3.

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    Read Chapter 3 (Pages 14-17), answer questions 4-7.
    4. Which part of the story suggests that Fenella has been stolen by Miss Volpin?

    5. Write down the meaning of the word ‘insomniac’.

    Read Chapter 4 (Pages 18-25), answer questions 6-7.


    6. How do you know that the police officer isn’t really keen in solving Gran’s
    crime?

    7. Why has the author written the words LOVE in capital letters on page 23?

    Read Chapter 5 (Pages 26-37), answer questions 8-10.


    8. Why does Ellie need to breathe deeply and evenly when Mum comes into her
    room?
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    9. What does Ellie mean when she says that ‘We’re going to nail this horrible
    woman…’?

    10. What strategy has the author used to move the story on? Explain your
    answer below, giving examples from the text.

    11. Who do Ellie and Morris think Gran is calling?

    12. “I’m mesmerised but I manage to pull myself together…”


    Circle one word below that could replace ‘mesmerised’ in the sentence above.

    worried nervous excited fascinated


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    13. Why did the Hedgehogs suddenly turn up?

    Read Chapter 7 (Pages 48-55), answer the questions


    14. “I knew you’d be trouble,” she hisses.
    Explain why the author has included this speech from Volpin.

    15. Show the order of these events by writing numbers in the boxes. The first
    one has been done for you.

    1 Ellie and Morris go to Gran’s after school.


    Gran tells the children that she is having another lodger as she explains

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    that her motorcycle has broken and will cost a lot of money to fix.
    Miss Volpin is captured in a car park.
    Ellie and Morris stay up through the night, watching for Miss Volpin.
    Miss Volpin returns and Ellie phones the police.
    Miss Volpin escapes across telephone wires and rooftops. The children
    give chase.
    Ella finds Gran upset in the kitchen. Her motorcycle has been stolen.
    The Hedgehog’s join the chase.
    Ellie discovers Gran’s motorcycle hidden up in a tree. She creates a plan
    to trap Miss Volpin.
    The children meet Miss Volpin and get a bad feeling about her.

    Section B: Vocabulary
    Refer to Chapters 1-4 (Pages 2-25), fill in the blanks with the letter to match the
    correct meaning respectively. (1 mark each)
    1. Scraped :____________ a. sit comfortably, chilling and
    hanging around

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    2. Lodger :____________ b. looking, spying around

    3. Loafs :____________ c. Became frozen and still-like

    4. Lounge :____________ d. A tenant in the house, someone


    who rents a room

    5. Grimly :____________ e. someone who has difficulty


    sleeping / inability to sleep well

    6. Sneering :____________ f. Gathered and pulled together

    7. Suspended :____________ g. being lazy or idling

    8. Stiffen :____________ h. Dislike or disrespectful manner


    in speech

    9. Insomniac :____________ i. To hang freely

    10. Snooping :____________ j. depressingly (sad), shockingly


    repellent

    Refer to Chapter 5 (Pages 26-37), fill in the blanks with the letter to match the
    correct meaning respectively. (1 mark each)

    11. Rally :____________ a) detective/spy

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    12. Gut :____________ b) ride / tough it out (get by)

    13. Glint :____________ c) To hesitate, unwilling

    14. Super-sleuth :____________ d) a bike race over public roads

    15. Hauled :____________ e) move with fear or pain

    16. Reluctantly :____________ f) glitter, shine, sparkle, twinkle

    17. Flinch :____________ g) carried with difficulty

    18. Wreck :____________ h) a scam, swindle (trick plan)

    19. Sting :____________ i) convinced / to win support

    20. Persuaded :____________ j) spoil, break

    Refer to Chapter 6 (Pages 38-47), fill in the blanks with the letter to match the correct
    meaning respectively. (1 mark each)

    21. Stutters :____________ a) Feel about blindly / uncertainty

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    22. Hoarsely :____________ b) Rush out, sprint, dash

    23. Malevolence :____________ c) yell, shout in a high-pitched


    voice

    24. Silhouetted :____________ d) mad, frantic, out of control

    25. Spill out :____________ e) stammers, stumbling on words

    26. Outclassed :____________ f) Projected on a screen,


    background

    27. Shriek :____________ g) evil, threatening

    28. Reeling :____________ h) To be of lower level / ability

    29. Hysterical :____________ i) Repeating, on a continuous loop

    30. Fumbling :____________ j) In a husky, rough voice

    Section C: Writing Task (10 marks)


    Imagine you were the author, which part of the story would you change and why
    (or why not)? Discuss and write out your version of the story change.
    Write at least 150 words.

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