BODY ON THE
ROCKS
by Denise Kirby
Assignments
Before Reading
1 What building can be seen on the front cover of your book?
2 What is such a building used for?
3 Look at the map on pages 6 and 7.
Find the three bays that
have the names of animals in them.
4 Look at the map again.
Where do people get on and
off the island?
5 Look at the scale on page
6.
How many miles is it from West End to the easternmost point of Rottnest (’as the
crow flies’)?
While Reading
Chapter 1 The visitor
1 Do you think that the
owners of the house were rich people?
Explain your answer.
2 What was the gardener
surprised about?
3 What did the long-haired
tattooed man show Mrs Balfour?
4 The man had a tattoo on his
arm.
A Do you like tattoos?
Why (not)?
B What do you think are the most common tattoos?
C Draw a tattoo in the square below. If you are not so good at
drawing, please add what
can be seen in your tattoo.
A
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B
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C
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Chapter 2 Rottnest Island
1 Why did Becky tell her friends that they would sink the ferry?
2 Why was the trip that the
girls were making a special one?
3 At what point in their
lives were the girls?
4 What was on the yellow
pamphlet that the guide gave Becky?
5 How did Rottnest Island
6 What was wrong with Amber
on the boat to Rottnest
Island
Chapter 3 West End
1 Draw the route the girls
were planning to make that day in RED on your map.
2 What animals are there in
the picture on page 16?
3 Why was the holiday getting
better and better?
4 Why did Becky put a towel
on her bicycle seat?
5 Why is the word girls
written as ‘girls’?
6 When did these ‘girls’ first
go the island?
7
At Narrow Neck Becky
noticed a snake crossing the road. Snakes are often regarded as dangerous and most people are afraid of
them. Here are eight more ‘deadly’ animals.
See if you can match these animals with their descriptions.
deadly animal
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description
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A
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mosquito
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I
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ocean animal with very sharp teeth
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B
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Australian jellyfish
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II
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river animal that looks like a floating log
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C
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elephant
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III
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king of the animals with very sharp nails
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D
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crocodile
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IV
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insect that carries malaria
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E
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buffalo
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V
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amphibian with a slimy back that produces a deadly
poison
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F
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great white shark
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VI
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big animal with sharp tusks
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G
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lion
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VII
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ocean animal with stinging, poisonous cells
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H
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dart frog
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VIII
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especially dangerous when a herd stampedes your way
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A =
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B =
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C =
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D =
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E =
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F =
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G =
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H =
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8 Why did Amber suddenly gasp and cover her
mouth?
Chapter 4 The body on the rocks
1 Why could the girls not get
in touch with the police straightaway?
2 Why was it difficult to
reach the body on the rocks?
3 What three things did Becky
notice about the dead man’s body? Finish the sentences.
1 One of his legs …
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2 His arm …
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3 On his neck …
As if …
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4 What
colour must the bike have had? Explain your answer.
5 Why
did the police arrive sooner than Becky had expected?
6 What
did the police need from the girls later that afternoon? Choose A, B, C, or D.
A
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An alibi to prove their innocence
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B
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Fingerprints to prove their innocence
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C
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An account of what they had seen
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D
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Their IDs
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7 A What
had Becky had when she woke up in cold sweat?
B Have you
ever had such a dream?
C What was this dream about?
A
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B
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C
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8 Who do you think the dead man might be.
Explain your answer.
9 Go to After
Reading
1 Why did Amber suddenly need
a broom?
2
Dominic invited the
girl for a game of tennis. Below you see words that are connected with tennis. Match the words with their
meanings.
tennis term
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meaning
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A
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love
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I
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only Grand Slam tournament played on grass
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B
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ace
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II
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score of 40 -
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C
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tie breaker
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III
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service where the
tennis ball is served in and not returned
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D
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deuce
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IV
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set won or lost 6 - 0
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E
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V
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series of return hits
of the ball
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F
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umpire
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VI
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zero points
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G
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bagel
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VII
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game played when the
score is 6–6 to decide the winner of the set
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H
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rally
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VIII
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referee, usually
sitting on a high chair beside the net
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A =
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B =
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C =
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D =
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E =
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F =
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G =
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H =
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3 Go
to After Reading
4 Why
was it surprising that Amber invited the boys for dinner?
5 The
girls were going to use Natalie’s mother’s recipe to make a tomato sauce.
Suppose
you
were to prepare a pasta sauce, what ingredients would you use?
Use
a dictionary, if you like.
SHOPPING LIST
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6 What happened to make Becky split the
tomato in her hand?
7 Who was the dead man in Becky’s dream?
Chapter 6 West End again
1 What did the newspaper say
about John Tavis Radcliff?
2 Why did the newspaper
report that there was no threat to any other persons on the island?
A
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a happy one
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B
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an ironic one
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C
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a giggle
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D
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a very loud one
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1
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2
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B What is the building in the background?
9 How did Richard react when Becky told him about her dreams and about what had
happened that morning? Choose
A, B, C, or D.
A
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shocked
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B
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sympathetic
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C
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indifferent
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D
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disbelieving
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Chapter 7 To the lighthouse
1 Go to After Reading
2 Why did the name Leslie
Tavis Newman sound familiar to Becky?
3 You have read about Aunt
Becky’s middle name and how it had come about..
On the basis of what you
have read about this, what would be your name
in full?
4 What had Leslie Tavis Newman
been accused of in the 1960s?
5 What did Leslie Tavis
Newman do as a result of this?
6 What was Rottnest Island
7 A What are aboriginals?
B Why were they sent to Rottnest Island
A
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B
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8 How did Wadjemup Lighthouse
get its name?
9 What did Becky wonder about
the two deaths in the 1960s?
10 Becky smiled because she had
suddenly remembered who might be able to tell her more about 1962.
Can you guess who Becky was thinking
of?
Chapter 8 1962
1 The women from the cottage
were playing Scrabble. Below you see some more board games. Try to match the board games with the aim of each game.
board game
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aim
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A
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Risk
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I
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To find out who committed a murder, where and what
with
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B
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Chess
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II
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To answer general knowledge and popular culture
questions
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C
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Cluedo
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III
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To try and conquer the world by occupying
territories
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D
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Ludo
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IV
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To build holdings
while trading resources
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E
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Settlers of Catan
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V
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To trade properties and build houses and hotels
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F
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Trivial Pursuit
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VI
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To capture your opponent’s pieces by jumping over
them
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G
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Monopoly
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VII
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To try and conquer your opponent’s king
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H
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Draughts
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VIII
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To be the first to bring all 4 tokens to the finish
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A =
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B =
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C =
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D =
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E =
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F =
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G =
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H =
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2 Look at Chapter 7, Question
10. did you guess right? Circle ‘YES’ or ‘NO’
YES
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NO
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3 Were the ‘girls’ younger or
older than Lizzie Keegan at the time of her murder?
Explain your answer.
4 In what way were the murder
of Lizzie Keegan and that of John Tavis Radcliff similar?
5 How do you know that the
Parkers, the Scanlons, the Angwins and the Timperleys were rich families?
6 Why was Leslie Newman suspected
of killing Lizzie Keegan?
7 A The boys took the girl out for a pizza.
Choose six ingredients to make up your
favourite pizza and write them in the ‘pizza’ below.
B Think
of a suitable name for your pizza.
8 “Detective” Becky made
quite a few suppositions, when she was talking to Richard. Add the missing word(s) in each
supposition.
1
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John Tavis Radcliff might be Leslie Tavis Newman’s
____________.
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2
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John Tavis might have changed his
___________________ to Radcliff.
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3
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Leslie Tavis Newman _________________________________
Lizzie Keegan.
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4
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The killer killed both ________________________ and
_________________________ .
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5
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Suppose the killer followed me,
__________________________________________ .
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Chapter 9 Buried treasure
1 Becky said the dugong, or
the seal, was ‘like something from another time’.
Turn back to page 46 and find one word to cover from another time.
2 Apart from building ships in the sand, Richard and his brother made something else
when they were young. Make a
drawing of this.
3 A What did Richard and his brother bury in the sand?
B Go to After Reading
C What did Richard hope he
could still see to find it?
A
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C
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4 What did Richard suggest
Becky should do in connection with what she had seen on the island?
5 Make a complete list of
what Richard and Becky saw when they opened the lid.
6 Make a drawing of the
necklace as well as you can from what you have read about it.
7 What made Ruth so upset?
8 Who did Ruth turn out to
be?
9 Suppose you
would bury something in the sand. What would you bury?
Chapter 10 A coincidence
1 What was the reason why
Ruth had thought: ‘It’s just a necklace.
What about Lizzie?’?
2 Circle True or False.
Ruth is certain that the
necklace that Becky was wearing was Lizzie’s.
True
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False
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3 What was the main reason
for Becky to doubt that the necklace used to be Lizzie’s?
4 Circle True or False.
Becky and Richard seem to
be getting along fine.
True
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False
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5 Where had Richard found the
necklace? Be precise!
6 What caused Becky’s mind to
start racing? Explain your answer.
7 Who did Becky now suspect
of killing Lizzie?
8 A Who did Becky first suspect of killing Radcliff?
B What did Becky think was his motive?
A
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B
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9 Why did she put aside these
suspicions? (What was his alibi?)
10 What happened in Becky’s
nightmare?
Chapter 11 The tunnel
1 Go to After Reading
2 What does it mean when
someone is claustrophobic?
3 Here are some more words
ending in –phobic. Try to find their meanings.
if you are
……-phobic,
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you are afraid of
…….
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A
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altophobic
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I
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animals
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B
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anglophobic
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II
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blood
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C
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aquaphobic
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III
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English (!)
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D
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arachnophobic
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IV
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heights
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E
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dentophobic
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V
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the night
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F
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hemophobic
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VI
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the dentist
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G
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noctiphobic
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VII
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spiders
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H
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zoophobic
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VIII
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water
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A =
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B =
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C =
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D =
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E =
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F =
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G =
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H =
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4 A How had Richard reached the island?
B When had Richard reached the island?
C What did this tell Becky?
A
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B
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C
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5 What happened in the
tunnels to make Becky think Richard was trying to kill her?
6 How did Becky realise she
was not heading for the entrance?
7 A Who did Becky see when she opened the tunnel door?
B What must have come as a shock to her?
A
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B
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Chapter 12 No escape
1 Looking at the old man, how
was Becky so sure about who had killed Lizzie Keegan?
2 And how was she so sure
that Richard had nothing to do with it?
3 What two things had Becky
not told Richard before?
A
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B
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4 How did Charles Scanlon
explain his presence outside the tunnel door?
5 Who was John Radcliff,
according to Becky?
6 Why was John Radcliff
killed, according to Becky?
7 True or False?
According to Becky, the
necklace that Richard had given her was Lizzie’s.
True
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False
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8 What did Richard remember
about last Saturday night?
9 What was the struggle
between Richard and his grandfather about?
10 True or False?
Richard’s grandfather
admitted his guilt.
True
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False
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Chapter 13 Wealth and influence
1 Amber and Becky were
reliving what happened in and outside Oliver Hill.
Now look back at Chapter
11, Question 5.
What had Richard probably
really wanted to do?
2 In his diary Leslie Newman
described how hopeless he was at the time of Lizzie Keegan’s death.
What was he hopeless
about?
3 At the time Charles Scanlon
had said he had seen Leslie Newman in the presence of Lizzie
Keegan.
What two things were wrong
about this testimony?
1
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2
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4 Why had Leslie Newman’s
mother changed her surname to Radcliff?
5 How did John Radcliff find
out the family secret only a month ago?
6 Why had John Radcliff come
to Rottnest Island
7 What should John Radcliff
not have told Scanlon that cost him his life?
8 Why had there been no need
for Charles Scanlon to be afraid of this?
1 Below you find the map of Rottnest island. You needed it to answer some
of the questions While Reading.
A Who was this visitor?
B Whose house did he visit?
C What was the book he was holding out towards Mrs Balfour?
D The visitor had shouted ‘I’ll
find her!’
Who was he
planning to find?
A
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B
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C
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D
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Now look at part of a fictional
Scrabble starter situation:
A Try and score as many points as you can
on the board below. You can start anywhere you
like.
These are your tiles:
A1
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K5
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U1
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S1
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O1
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K5
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Q10
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Remember : if you are able to place all
seven tiles in one go, you get 50 extra points!
DL
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TW
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TL
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TL
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TW
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DW
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DL
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TW
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DL
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DW
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TL
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TW
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TW
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TL
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DL
= double letter score TL =
triple letter score
DW
= double word score TW =
triple word score
B How many points did you score? Add your
calculation!
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