Thursday Homework

Part B – reading between the lines

1)    What is Jim thinking about when he first wakes up?

2)   Explain Nick’s ‘joke’ on page 84.

3)   Why do you think Jim tries to laugh with him?

4)   How does Nick give the fish to Jim and to his dog?

5)   What is a typical day like for Nick?

6)   Why does Nick say he will buy Jim some mutton stew?

7)   How does Nick treat Jim in front of the other men in the pub when they first go in?

8)   What is Jim dreaming about as he falls asleep while eating his stew?

9)   How does Jim act in front of the other boys? (page 87)

10)  Why are some of the children roped together?

Part C – explaining language and supporting opinions

1)     What is the atmosphere of the river in the first 3 lines of the chapter? Which words give you this impression?

2)    Why do you think the boats are described as ‘floating castles’ (page 84)?

3)    When Nick offers to buy Jim stew, Jim has a mixture of feelings. Explain what these are and why Jim feels this way.

4)    At the top of page 87 ‘Jim puffed himself up a bit’. What does this mean? Why does Jim react in this way?

5)    What does it mean when the writer describes Jim as ‘full of beery bravado’? Why does he feel this way?

6)    How do you know that Nick is drunk when he leaves the pub?

7)    Why do you think Jim’s excitement is described as ‘like a small candle flame’?

8)    Looking at the chapter as a whole, what do you think have been the worst things for Jim so far?

9)    Looking at the chapter as a whole, what do you think have been the best things for Jim so far?

10)  Choose two different emotions Jim has felt in the course of this chapter. Explain where he felt them and why.