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DATE: 15/01/

NAME: MELISSA

BORJA GAME

People in the story

Jo Fisher: a fifteen-year-old schoolgirl

Martha Fisher: Jo’s mum; she works and looks after her two

daughters

Amy Fisher: Jo’s younger sister; she goes to a different school

from Jo

Merlin: Jo’s dog; he’s a German Shepherd dog and is very

intelligent

Mikey: a friend of Jo’s; he’s a year older than Jo and goes to the

same school as her

Sean: a nineteen-year-old boy that Jo meets

Gus: a man from Newcastle in the northeast of England

Sam: Amy’s best friend; he lives in the house next door

BEFORE YOU READ

1 Look at the cover and the pictures in the first two chapters. Answer the questions. 1 Where do you think the story happens? In England. 2 Can you predict three things that happen in this part of the story? She forgets her homework, has an accident and sleeps in a barn.

4 Underline the correct words in each sentence. 1 Jo likes / doesn’t like Mikey. 2 Jo is older / younger than Mikey. 3 Mikey dies / doesn’t die in the accident. 4 Jo calls her mum / an ambulance after the accident. 5 The paramedics don’t know / know who called them. 6 Jo sleeps / doesn’t sleep well that night. 7 The next morning Jo doesn’t want / wants to go home. 8 The woman / man finds Jo in the farmhouse. 5 Answer the questions. 1 Why does Jo have to go back to the house in Chapter 1? To get her English homework. 2 Whose car does Mikey drive? Jo’s mother’s car. 3 What does Jo find in her pockets? A chocolate bar. 4 How does Jo get out of the farm building? By climbing out the window.

LOOKING FORWARD

6 What do you think? Answer the questions. 1 In Chapter 3, Jo finds someone she knows. Who is it? Merlin. 2 In Chapter 4, Jo goes on a long journey. Why? To escape from the killer bees.

LOOKING BACK

1 Check your answers to Looking forward on page 19.

ACTIVITIES

2 Underline the correct words in each sentence. 1 Jo sleeps the second night away from home at the farm / in the woods. 2 She sees a few / doesn’t see any people on her way back to her house. 3 When she gets home, she goes to the fridge / bathroom first. 4 The first time Jo opens the back door, she sees her dog / a soldier. 5 Jo gets on a truck to go back to the farm / escape from the bees. 6 Jo has to meet her mum in Inverness / Oxford. 7 The killer bees escaped from a place in England / Scotland. 8 The bees have already killed some people / haven’t killed anyone yet. 9 The bees can / can’t live in cold weather. 3 Tick (✓) the things that Jo takes on her journey. 1 a radio 2 warm clothes 3 a sleeping bag 4 water 5 a kitchen knife 6 food for her 7 food for Merlin 8 a book

T

LOOKING BACK

1 Check your answer to Looking forward on page 33.

ACTIVITIES

2 Put the sentences in order. 1 A soldier finds bee suits for Jo, the boy and the woman. 2 Jo tells Sean about her family. 3 Jo and Merlin escape from the Metro station. 4 Sean sees people with guns outside the truck. 5 The army truck arrives at Oxford. 6 They begin the journey to Newcastle. 7 Jo goes to the supermarket with Gus. 8 They are driving out of Newcastle when suddenly the truck stops. 9 Everyone follows Gus into the Metro station. 3 Are the sentences true ( T ) or false ( F )? 1 There’s no one in the streets when the truck gets to Oxford. 2 The bees don’t sting people at night. 3 The bees can’t sting people through the bee suits. 4 The woman with the red jumper is Sean’s mum. 5 Jo was a baby when her dad died. 6 The man in the black coat has got a gun. 7 People can take anything from the supermarket. 8 Jo takes her bee suit to Inverness. 9 The next night, Jo and Merlin don’t sleep in the Metro station.

4 Match the questions with the answers. 1 How did Jo’s dad die? 2 Why is Scotland safer than England? 3 Why does the woman in the red jumper want to stay in the Metro station? 4 What does Gus do with the bee suits? 5 Where does Jo find the bike? 6 Where do Jo and Merlin spend the next night? a In a room under a hotel. b The weather is colder there. c He puts them in a cupboard. d In a car accident. e She feels safe. f In the supermarket. 5 Answer the questions. 1 Where does Jo meet Sean? 2 What problems have there been in the big cities? 3 Why does Gus need the truck? 4 Why is there a bad smell in the supermarket?

LOOKING FORWARD

6 Tick what you think happens in the next two chapters. 1 Gus and the others try to find Jo and Merlin. 2 Jo arrives in Inverness. d

4 Match the days of the story with the events. 1 Thursday (day 1) 2 Friday (day 2) 3 Saturday (day 3) 4 Sunday (day 4) Monday (day 5) 6 Tuesday (day 6) 7 Wednesday–Sunday (days 7 – 11) 8 Monday (day 12) a Jo and Merlin travel to Inverness. b Jo and Mikey crash Jo’s mum’s car. Jo spends the night at the farm. c Jo finds her mum and sister. d Jo goes home. e Jo goes to Oxford in the army truck. That evening they leave for Newcastle. f Jo walks all day and spends the night in the woods. g In the evening, Jo escapes from the Metro. h Jo and the others have to stop their journey to Scotland. 5 Answer the questions. 1 Why is the snow a good thing? 2 Where is the cold weather coming from? 3 Who does Merlin find first? 4 Why doesn’t Jo tell her mum everything? 5 Eighteen months later, what does Jo see in the cupboard? b