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English Literature Revision Worksheet
Year 4 Section A – Christophe’s Story
I. Choose the correct answer 1. At the opening of the story Christophe goes to a new school in
a. Africa
b. France
c. England
2. Who is the school caretaker?
a. Greg
b. Mr. Boggis
c. Mrs. Crowther
3. Christophe liked to read stories?
a. True
b. False
4. When Babi told stories Chris could see
a. spirits around
b. heap of words piled on the floor
c. pictures in his mind’s eye.
5. “He is now an asylum seeker in England…” Who is the asylum seeker mentioned in
this story.
a. Pete
b. Christophe
c. Greg
6. The term asylum seeker means
a. someone who travels to visit a place for pleasure
b. someone who is forced to leaves their own country and travels to another country
hoping that the government will protect them and allow them to live there.
c. to move from one place to another in search of work and a better life
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7. In his story, Christophe tells
a. what happened to make him leave his country of Rwanda
b. of his education in Rwanda
c. how happy life in Rwanda was
8. Finally Christophe decided to publish his book.
a. True
b. False
II. Fill in the blanks appropriately
Christophe’s dad was a _______________________. He knew to speak 3 languages.
They are _______________________, ___________________________ and
________________________. He is a r_ _ _ _ _ _ in ___________________ from Africa.
III. Sequence the events of the story in order by placing the correct numbers in the
column on the right hand side. Sl.No. Events Answers
1 Christophe punched Jeremy.
2 Book is published.
3 Though Christophe was starving and hungry he wanted to play football.
4 The students want to know the story behind the scar.
5 The whole school listens to Christophe’s story.
6 Christophe is very embarrassed and timid as he enters the classroom.
7 Christophe was shocked to hear the news of Babi’s death.
8 His friends notice the scar while playing football.
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IV. Complete the following: (2x2 = 4 marks)
1. Babi told Christophe that stories __________________________________________
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2. Christophe made a right/wrong choice to publish the book because _____________
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V. Write the Character sketch of (3 marks each)
1. Miss Finch
2. Jeremy
3. Christophe
4. Babi
5. Papa
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6. Mama
VI. Answer the following questions in complete sentences:
1. Explain the reasons that led to Jeremy’s punishment. (3 marks)
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2. What were papa’s and Christophe’s views on bullying? (3 marks)
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3. Do you think it’s important that refugees should tell their story? Explain in relation to
‘Christophe’s Story’. (3 marks)
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4. What were some of the story telling techniques the Christophe used to tell his story?
(2 marks)
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5. (i) Circle the incident at school which you think is the turning point in Christophe’s
character. (3 marks)
a) Christophe being asked to read the story
b) Christophe’s experience at the dinner
c) Christophe’s experience at the school entrance
d) Christophe’s experience at the football ground
(ii) Explain giving two reasons why you think the incident is the turning point in
Christophe’s character.
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6. How has Miss Finch helped Chris change his idea of story telling? (3 marks)
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7. (i) Which of the following themes do you think is best brought out in the story?
a) family b) war c) friendship d) bullying
(ii) Explain how this theme is shown in the story.
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8. Did you find the title ‘Christophe’s Story’ meaningful. Give three reasons to support
your answer.
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Section B – Poetry
I. Read the following poem and answer accordingly.
The Wind by Stanly Cook
The wind is a wolf
That sniffs at doors
And rattles windows
With his paws.
Hidden in the night,
He rushes round
The locked-up house,
Making angry sounds.
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He leaps on the roof
And tries to drive
Away the house
And everything inside.
Tired next morning,
The wind’s still there,
Snatching pieces of paper
And ruffling your hair.
He quietens down and in the end
You hardly notice him go
Whispering down the road
To find another place to blow.
1. The figurative language used in the line, ‘He leaps on the roof’ is
a. simile
b. metaphor
c. onomatopoeia
d. personification
II. Answer the following sentences in complete sentences.
1. How does the wind ‘sniff’ at the doors? (1 mark)
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2. What does the line ‘He rushes around’ indicate? (2 marks)
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3. Select a powerful verb from the last stanza and explain why the writer has included
this word in the poem? (2 marks)
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4. Identify the personification from the fourth stanza. Explain why the poet has used it in
this poem.
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5. Which line do you like most in the poem? Give two reasons (2 marks)
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6. What image of the wind has the poet created in your mind? Explain in your own
words. (3 marks)
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III. Read the following poem and answer accordingly.
Change
by Charlotte Zolotow
The summer
still hangs
heavy and sweet
with sunlight
as it did last year.
The autumn
still comes
showering gold and crimson
as it did last year.
The winter
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still stings
clean and cold and white
as it did last year.
The spring
still comes
like a whisper in the dark night.
It is only I
who have changed.
1. What is the main idea of the poem?
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2. What is an object that grows in the sunlight and would “hang heavy and sweet”?
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3. What showers down in the autumn coloured crimson and gold? Explain
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4. How is spring like a whisper in the dark night?
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5. What is similar about the first three stanzas?
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6. Reread the poem’s first three stanzas. Why do you think the poet chose to repeat the
line at the end of each stanza?
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7. Is it significant that the last stanza is different? Why or why not?
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8. Which of the two poems do you like the most? Give three reasons.
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