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Section A: Reading

Spend 35 minutes on this section.

Read the text in the insert, and answer Questions 1–11.

1 Look at lines 3–4.

Find an idiom which means ‘to stay completely still’.

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2 Look at lines 5–13.

The writer uses different literary techniques within these lines. Name two of the techniques and
give an example of each from the text. One has been completed for you.

Literary Technique Example

simile as still as a frozen tree

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3 Look at lines 14–22.

How does the writer show that the enclosure is inadequate for the wolf? Give two ideas. Support
each idea with a quotation from the text.

First idea:

Quotation:

Second idea:

Quotation:
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4 Look at lines 24–40.

Do you think the one-eyed wolf is upset that the she-wolf is gone? Tick () one box.

Yes

No

Explain your answer with two reasons from the text.

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5 Look at lines 42–48. Give one phrase that shows the wolf is increasingly aware of the boy.

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6 (a) Look at lines 49–54.

Explain how the writer uses text structure to slow down the pace of the story, almost to a
stop. Give two ideas.
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(b) Why does the writer slow the pace down?

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7 Look at lines 55–58.

Why is the following punctuation used in these lines?

ellipsis ( … ):

colon ( : ):

hyphen ( - ):
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8 Why does the wolf start to cry?

Tick () one box.

panic

sympathy

frustration

unhappiness

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9 Look at the last sentence. How does the writer create a sense of calm?

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10 Look at the whole text again.

(a) The text is structured into chapters. Why does the writer choose to end each chapter and
begin another?

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(b) What does the writer choose to focus on at the beginning of each of the three chapters?

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11 (a) Look at the two opinions about the wolf.

Which opinion do you agree with most? Tick () one box.

The wolf is tough and mentally strong.

The wolf is not as tough as he thinks he is.

Give two quotations from the text to support your choice.

First quotation:

Second quotation:
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(b) Whose voices do we hear in the story?

Tick () one box.

the wolf and the boy

the boy and the narrator

the narrator and the wolf

the narrator, the wolf and the boy

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Section B: Writing

Spend 35 minutes on this section.

12 The wolf and the boy stand eye to eye on either side of the wolf’s enclosure. Each has an
extraordinary story about how they came to be there.

Tell the story of the wolf OR the boy.

You should consider:

• where the wolf or the boy came from

• what the wolf or the boy did there and with whom
• how the wolf or the boy ended up in the zoo.

Space for your plan:

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

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