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COMPREHENSION EXERCISE “SKELLIG”: CHAPTERS 16 - 25

Exercise 1: Answer the following questions. Give complete answers:

1. Chapter 16: How did the creature find out about 27 and 53?

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2. Chapter 17: What did Mina think about school?

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3. Chapter 18: After visiting his sister, where did Michael go at the hospital?

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4. Chapter 19: Who did Michael meet at Mina’s house for the first time?

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5. Chapter 20: Where did Michael take Mina? Why?

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Exercise 2: Complete to get the correct words:

1- Poet Mina admired:

 W___ ___ L ___ ___M B ___ ___ k ___

2- Name three things Michael took to see the creature with Mina:

 B ___ O ____ ___ A ___ E

 C ___ D L ___ V ___ R O ___ ___

 ___ WISS A ___ ___y K ___ i ___ ___

3- At the hospital, the baby was in a :

 G ___ A ___ ___ C ___ ___ E

4- What dough/material did Michael play with at Mina’s house?

 ___ ___ A ___

5- Who did the creature answer when Mina asked him who he was?

 ___ O ___ ___ ___ Y

6- After seeing the owls, Michael taught Mina how to:

 ___ O ___ T
Exercise 3: Read the statement and write true or false.

1) Michael and Mina decided to get the man out of the garage in the morning.___

2) They agreed to call each other by whistling. ___

3) The creature said that he felt happy when Michael and Mina tried to move him
from the garage. ___

4) When the man got up for the first time, Michael and Mina noticed that he was
tall and young. ___

5) The creature moved quickly. ___

6) The abandoned house belonged to Mina’s family. ___

Exercise 4: Complete the statements with the correct word (the first letter was already
given). Then choose the correct alternative:

1) Mrs. D________ and Miss Clarts visited Mina’s house / Michael’s house / the
garage.

2) M ________ thought the creature was incredible / extraordinary / awesome.

3) When Michael and Mina returned to C________ Road, the creature was on the
first / second / third floor.

4) When Michael and Mina took off Skellig’s jacket / sweater / T-shirt, they found
w________ growing out of his back

5) At the h________, Michael met a woman who asked him to go away / stay
healthy / stay cheerful.

6) Michael saw his d________ crying in the car/ in the shower / in the hospital.