THE SILVER SWORDCHAPTER 1 - 5

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• Multiple Choice Questions

• Word Power

• Fill in the blanks

• True or False

• Surprise Questions

• Question 1• Question 2• Question 3• Question 4• Question 5

Multiple Choice Questions

• Question 1• Question 2• Question 3• Question 4• Question 5

Fill in the blanks

• Question 1• Question 2• Question 3• Question 4• Question 5

True or False

• Question 1• Question 2• Question 3• Question 4• Question 5

Word Power

• Question 1• Question 2• Question 3• Question 4• Question 5

Surprise Questions

1. Part of Joseph’s plan of escape involved…

• flicking a paper pellet at a guard to be sent to the cooler

• getting into a fight to be sent to the cooler• killing a guard to steal his uniform

2. At the beginning of the story…

• Ruth was nearly thirteen, Edek ten and Bronia five

• Ruth was nearly thirteen, Edek was eleven and Bronia three

• Ruth was nearly fifteen, Edek thirteen and Bronia five

3. At Zakyna prison camp…

• the prisoners were not well fed• the prisoners made several attempts to escap

e• both of the above

4. The cooler was

• A cold and damp hut that kept misbehaving prisoners

• A room in the yard in which the guards had their break

• A refrigerator in the prison kitchen

5. Joseph jumped on the goods train because

• It was the only one heading to Switzerland• It went the slowest as it was the heaviest• On it he had more chance for survival

__________ and a half weeks to walk to

Warsaw when he left the Polish peasants’

chalet.

1. It took Joseph

a house marked POLISH ___________ in order

to ask Mrs. ____________ about the

whereabouts of his family.

2. In Warsaw he went to

his wife had been taken away in ___________

during the night to work on the land in

____________.

3. Mrs Krause told Joseph that

he saw _______ storm troopers taking his

mother who was struggling. He lifted the

window sash and __________ a soldier in the

arm. The next two shots went ________.

4. When Edek looked out of the bedroom window

by jumping from __________ to rooftop since

the houses were joined on the side of the

road. They had walked a hundred yards when

they heard an ____________ and their house

was up in ___________

5. The children escaped

After their escape from the house, the

children took shelter in the cellar of a bombed

house and slept until hunger woke them.

1. True or False

Ruth, Edek and Bronia were asleep in the

same room and they could hear the soldiers in

their mother’s room.

2. True or False

The peasant at the other side of the mountain

was Polish and agreed to take Joseph to his

chalet.

3. True or False

The peasant and his wife were very cowardly

because they were convinced that Joseph was

an escaped prisoner but still agreed to hide

him.

4. True or False

Karl was a drunken soldier who called out to

Joseph as he walked out of the prison gate.

5. True or False

A word starting with “R” which means a pile of

stones from a broken down building

1. Word Power

A word starting with “A” which describes a

kind of roofless cage used to transport goods

from one side of the valley to the other.

2. Word Power

A word starting with “D” which means a little

rain.

3. Word Power

A word starting with “P” which means

someone who steals without being noticed.

4. Word Power

A word starting with “H” which means a

revolver case.

5. Word Power

Make an acrostic with the word W A R S A W

1. Surprise Questions

Describe Jan’s character using a minimum of three adjectives.

2. Surprise Questions

From the events in Chapter 6, what do you think

Edek’s character is like?

3. Surprise Questions

What do you think Jan carries in his wooden box?

4. Surprise Questions

You are a film director and are choosing the cast for The Silver Sword, how would you choose

Bronia?

5. Surprise Questions

THAT’S GREAT!!! BRAVO!

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