Year 8 English Term 1 Test

Name: Steve
Class: year 8 ruby
Date:8/18/2021
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Section A: Reading
Read the extract below from The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling and
then answer the questions that follow it.

“All thanks for this good meal,” Tabaqui said, licking his lips. “How beautiful are the

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noble children! How large are their eyes! And so young too! Indeed, indeed, I might
have remembered that the children of kings are men from the beginning.”
Now, Tabaqui knew as well as anyone else that there is nothing so unlucky as to
compliment children to their faces. It pleased him to see Mother and Father Wolf look
uncomfortable.
Tabaqui sat still, rejoicing in the mischief that he had made, and then he said spitefully:
“Shere Khan, the Big One, has shifted his hunting grounds. He will hunt among these
hills for the next moon, so he has told me.”
Shere Khan was the tiger who lived near the Waingunga River, twenty miles away.
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“He has no right!” Father Wolf began angrily—“By the Law of the Jungle he has no right
to change his quarters without due warning. He will frighten every animal within ten
miles, and I—I have to kill for two, these days.”
“His mother did not call him the Lame One for nothing,” said Mother Wolf quietly. “He
has been lame in one foot from his birth. That is why he has only killed cattle. Now the
villagers of the Waingunga are angry with him, and he has come here to make our
villagers angry. They will scour the jungle for him when he is far away, and we and our
children must run when the grass is set alight. Indeed, we are very grateful to Shere
Khan!”
“Shall I tell him of your gratitude?” said Tabaqui.
“Out!” snapped Father Wolf. “Out and hunt with thy master. Thou hast done harm
enough for one night.”
“I go,” said Tabaqui quietly. “Ye can hear Shere Khan below in the thickets. I might
have saved myself the message.”

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Father Wolf listened, and below in the valley that ran down to a little river he heard the
dry, angry, snarly, singsong whine of a tiger who has caught nothing and does not care
if all the jungle knows it.
“The fool!” said Father Wolf. “To begin a night’s work with that noise! Does he think
that our deer are like his fat Waingunga bullocks?”
“H’sh. It is neither bullock nor deer he hunts to-night,” said Mother Wolf. “It is Man.”
The whine had changed to a sort of humming purr that seemed to come from every
quarter of the compass. It was the noise that bewilders woodcutters and gypsies
sleeping in the open, and makes them run sometimes into the very mouth of the tiger.
“Man!” said Father Wolf, showing all his white teeth. “Faugh! Are there not enough
beetles and frogs in the tanks that he must eat Man, and on our ground too!”
The purr grew louder, and ended in the full-throated “Aaarh!” of the tiger’s charge.
Then there was a howl—an untigerish howl—from Shere Khan. “He has missed,” said
Mother Wolf.
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Father Wolf ran out a few paces and heard Shere Khan muttering and mumbling
savagely as he tumbled about in the scrub.
“The fool has had no more sense than to jump at a woodcutter’s campfire, and has
burned his feet,” said Father Wolf with a grunt. “Tabaqui is with him.”
“Something is coming uphill,” said Mother Wolf, twitching one ear. “Get ready.”
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Look at the following extract from the text:
… It pleased him to see Mother and Father Wolf look uncomfortable.
Tabaqui sat still, rejoicing in the mischief that he had made, and then he said
spitefully…

1. What impression does the writer intend to create of Tabaqui? Explain your answer,
using evidence from the text to support the point you make.
He is just a chill person and doesn’t scare of anything

(2marks)
Look again at the following extract from the text:
“His mother did not call him the Lame One for nothing,” said Mother Wolf quietly. “He
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has been lame in one foot from his birth. That is why he has only killed cattle. Now the
villagers of the Waingunga are angry with him, and he has come here to make our
villagers angry. They will scour the jungle for him when he is far away, and we and our
children must run when the grass is set alight. Indeed, we are very grateful to Shere
Khan!”

2 a) In your own words, explain why Shere Khan has moved to the wolves’ territory.
Provide evidence from the text to support your answer.
Because Shere Khan went to the villager’s village and killed a cattle. So the
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villagers are angry and wanted to kill him.And then the tiger went to the wolf to
protect him.
(2 marks)
b) Which of the following statements best explains why the wolves are nervous about
Shere Khan’s presence?

(1 mark)
A The wolves are afraid of what Shere Khan will do to the villagers.
B The villagers are afraid of what Shere Khan will do to them.
C The wolves are afraid that the villagers will light fires to force Shere Khan away.
D The wolves are afraid that they will be hunted by Shere Khan.
Answer: C
3 How would you describe the relationship between Tabaqui and Shere Khan?

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Provide evidence from the text to support your answer. (2 marks)
I would say that the shere khan doesn’t hurts or hunt down tabaqui. Because there is a
chance of being friends or they aren’t enemy

Look again at the following extract from the text:

Father Wolf listened, and below in the valley that ran down to a little river he heard the
dry, angry, snarly, singsong whine of a tiger who has caught nothing and does not care
if all the jungle knows it.

(2 marks)
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4 In this sentence, the writer uses an expanded noun phrase to make the tiger seem
both menacing and weak.

a) Write down the expanded noun phrase.

He heard the dry, angrily voice, with snarly yow,and a scary singsong whine of a tiger

b) In your own words, explain how it makes the tiger seem both menacing and weak.
The text says that the tiger was snarly which mean deathly and angry which will go
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anything which comes in the mind

5 List two things Shere Khan does to make Father Wolf believe that he is foolish.
(2 marks)
1.He just don’t care how the lion was dangerous
2.And he jumps on at a woodcutter’s campfire

6 In your own words, explain how Father and Mother Wolf feel about humans. Provide
two pieces of evidence from the text to support your answer.
(3 marks)
They feel worry and afraid of them to alight up the forest. They will scour the jungle for
him when he is far away, and we and our children must run when the grass is set alight
7 A student wrote: “The author intends for the reader to believe that Shere Khan is
too stupid to be dangerous.”
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Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Explain your answer, providing evidence
from the text.
(2 marks)
I don’t agree with that answer because Sharer is not that dangerous when he isn’t
hungry as a lion.

Total for section A = 16 marks

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Section B: Writing
9 Imagine the conversation that Shere Khan and Tabaqui have after Shere Khan
has burnt his feet in the woodcutter’s fire.
Write the conversation up as a drama script. (20 marks)
Think about:
• how each character feels about the other
• how to show the relationship and differences between the characters through the
language they use
• how they feel about humans
• what they plan to do next (they are hungry)
• what you want readers to feel about the characters
• how to use direct speech and stage directions.
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Think about the story you want to tell, write down your ideas and create a plan.
Consider how you will explain the scene in your head to your actors and how they will
convey this to the audience. Check your work afterwards for errors.

Total for section B = 20 marks

After Share Khan jump-

“What did you have done? Do you want to die?” Asked Tabaqui. “Don’t care about me.
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Now I am hungry, lets go find some food. “Sure” said Tabaqui. As they walk along,
Tabuqui asked “What do you feel about the villager after you killed the cattle?”. “Umm,
at first I didn’t care but after seeing the worries of the father wolf and mother wolf, I want
to protect them and if they come, I will kill them right away”. “Are you a fool? they are
human, they have weapons, they WILL kill you easily” Shouted Tabaqui. “Yah, that
true, or must I let them kill me so the wolf won’t be in danger?” asked Share Khan. “I
don’t know, but if you want to do, you may. But I am hungry, Let’s eat first”. While they
were eating, they heard a gun shooted sound. When Tabaqui look at Share Khan, he
was laying on the ground with blook of pool. Shere said “Run, I will be ok, just save
yourself”. Tabaqui said “I though you were a dangerous lion but turns out you are a
great friend”. Then Tabaqui sprint off.

This is the end of the story

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 Total for test = 36 marks

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