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ENGLISH 0844/02
Paper 2 Fiction October 2022
1 hour

You must answer on the question paper.

You will need: Insert (enclosed)

INSTRUCTIONS
• Answer all questions.
• Use a black or dark blue pen.
• Write your name, centre number and candidate number in the boxes at the top of the page.
• Write your answer to each question in the space provided.
• Do not use an erasable pen or correction fluid.
• Do not write on any bar codes.

INFORMATION
• The total mark for this paper is 50.
• The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].
• The insert contains the reading passages.

This document has 8 pages.

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Section A: Reading

Spend 30 minutes on this section.

Read the Text in the insert, and answer Questions 1–15.

1 Tom and Stella have been in the garden before.

Give one word or phrase from the first paragraph (lines 1–2) that tells us this.

[1]

2 (a) What does Tom believe at first he has found under the mound of grass?

[1]

(b) How does he feel about finding something under the ground? Give one word
or phrase from the text to support your answer.

[2]

3 Look at lines 12–13.

Why do Stella’s eyes widen?

Tick () one box.

Stella is

frightened.

relieved.

surprised.

impressed.

[1]

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4 Give a quotation that tells us that Harry comes out of a bush.

[1]

5 Who calls the children to come?

[1]

6 Look at lines 23–34.

(a) Why does Stella put a log on top of the mound? Give one reason.

[1]

(b) The log is heavy.

Explain how we know. Give two reasons, using the information in the text.
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[2]

7 Why is Tom cross?

[1]

8 Stella is used to Tom arguing with her.

Give one phrase from the text that tells us this.

[1]

9 Why do Stella and Tom have to wait until the next day before they can try to find
where Harry came from?

[1]

10 Why does Stella think Harry must know where the water is?

[1]

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11 (a) Look at lines 37–45.

Give three words from the text that describe movement.
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[3]

(b) Why does the writer use a one-word sentence in this part of the text?

[1]

12 (a) What is ‘creepy crawlies’ an example of?

Tick () one box.

simile

alliteration

personification

onomatopoeia

[1]

(b) The writer doesn’t like creepy crawlies.

How do we know?

[1]

13 How does Tom find the entrance to the hole?

[1]

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14 What kind of person is Stella? Tick () two boxes.

clever

nervous

practical

shy

frightening

[2]

15 The extract is from an adventure story. Two features of an adventure story are
mystery and danger.
What is the mystery and danger in this text? Give one idea for each.

mystery

danger
[2]

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Section B: Writing

Spend 30 minutes on this section.

16 Tom and Stella climb down the ladder into the hole with Harry. Continue the story.

Here are some questions to think about:

• What’s it like in the hole?

• What do they see and find?
• Do they meet any other characters?
• What happens next?

Space for your plan:

Write your story on the next page. [25 marks]

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