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The
The Silver
Tale Sword
Thirty-Nine
of Two
Silver Cities
SwordSteps Stage 4
Ian Serraillier

1
Before Reading
Put the following events in the story in the right
order. Number them 110.
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hand.
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the
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ACTIVITY 2 BEFORE READING

3f Lucie. The children escape by canoe. 57 and Jan
Jarvis was the
helping
Lorry,
injured Wolffs.
about
jockeys. some Jerry
How . . .? He crawled slowly and carefully and other boys
Cruncher, to steal
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was from
going
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American sword. Captain
Charles Darnay, about the Marquis of Evrmonde told Jan he had been stealing
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cuts off peoples heads. h
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(himself). The food I.T.S.
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ACTIVITY 3 and BEFORE Bronia
READING find Edek. i remembering
enough
and The I.T.S
money to payfound theJans
Dr Manettes 200 parents.
marks.
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The Second
correct World answerWar is 2, but do
began not tell
in 1939 andstudents
ended j
Bastille.
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13 whIlE a Frenchman.
While Reading
READING
guesses 20 but marks do not tell them the answers. They will saying that he was with a good friend.
ChApTers 9 And 10 whIlE READING
this. They
in 1945. The will find out
children lived when they read
in Poland, the story.
in eastern 11ChApTers Lord White,And to Philip, about the photographs that
find out as they read that the only yes answers are
Europe. To get to Switzerland, they had to go west to 3 A SirBavarian
Walter8 20 farmer,
Bullivant
marks to
9 whIlEhad the toldchildren,
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that Hannay
showed
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murderer. was safe at him.in Paris.
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ChApTers
Germany, and 1 To then5 whIlE to Switzerland.
south READING
to? Jan, Ruth, Bronia, Joseph, the Wolffs, Ivan (the
1ACTIVITY
Because 3heBEFORE didnt READING
like cheating, and he knew that he 2245 F Harold,
Frau Wolff,
Lucie
Karolides
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describe husband,
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Jan,
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to
the Jockey
farmer,
Switzerland?
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about the fact that the farmers
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the Philip, about
MacGillivray told Hannay that he didnt want towho
had been prisoners soldiers,
were Philipand
sent asking
to sothe him for
enemies
Guillotine.
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years. more
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had kept a box of his worst mistakes.
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for going
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to Switzerland
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5 Because it showed that they had met each other
to kill the Greek Prime 56 Ivor den
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Sir
Relgan,
Burgomaster, Bullivants
to Philip,
to thehouse.
about burning
farmer, about the children, George
2d Minister. . . .? By
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enough in amoney
luggage tolift.
pay 200 Millaces
ChApTers
who had to house.
10 And 11 whIlE READING
be sent home like other refugees.
before OTree shot Yaxleys horses. 1+12
67ChApTer
Clare, 2+16 to9the 3+15about
Philip, 4+10 his 5+17
injuries, 6+14 7+18 8+11
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marks.
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put
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even when
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someone
a milkman. marks
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the arm.
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killed
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Switzerland
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numbers. 2paper
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deaths spy to of
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where the and to make
trains slow down.
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5 whIlE thought that Hannays
READING
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of Darnay
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Rudolf. must go to the Guillotine the next day. 10the answers. They will
find out as they read that the answers are 1c and find out
412 T How . . .? By holding on under the Marquiss coach.
2b. 4Encouragethe as
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trial, they
students readtoCarton
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were hard,
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wine-shop, butwhere do not
they hetell
got them
to Switzerland.
heard Madame the answers. DefargeThey talking will
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Hannay from
. . .? He spoke their
was about own people.
killed Australia
by Gaspard at the
(Jacques),
election be able
5ChApTers
Because to hecheck their answers when they read the
about her family. 14wanted
To Madame to go Defarge
back to did the not Wolffswantfarm to
ChApTers 6 To 9 whIlE READING
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chapter. The yes answers are 1, 4, 5 and 6. were
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whomeeting.
pushed a knifehethrough
didnt want his heartto destroy
while he was and
stop
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killing silver
until sword.
all the Evrmonde
diazo film and paper Philip discovered a list family
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sleeping. enthusiasm for racing. 6of Because
dead.
names,Dr Manette Jan screamed
dates, andcould drugs, at him
do andand
nothing kicked
to
a letter help him
Darnay
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by
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wrote Darnay,hadinand
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letter left
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to him
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because
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Millace take
to had him
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returned
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63 F Why
wouldRuth
. .give Because
.?asked the George
his life to keep Millace
Russian officer to
someone was
she going
find her to
loved alive Joseph
Philips
ACTIVITY Balicki,
mother
1 AFTER and he now knew
had died from drugs, so Philip planned
READING for certain that the
Before reAdIng ChApTer 5 Before...........................................................................................
reAdIng ChApTers 12 And 13
a take
and
Who photos
brother
close
is this? of
toEdek.
her.him, but he died, and the news
Possible
to childrens
make answers:father was living in
give speculation.Switzerland.
him the names
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photographers
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soldiers. busy. his real name, Open Lance Kinship
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be able to check their answers when they read the 1 Sydney Carton is going to change clothes with
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back memories of the Bastille, CharlesBriggs Darnay, told soPhilip
that Charles canstop escape, andhim
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lose races. : Why than
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Edek. into the flat?
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whIlE nine friendship
nights he with
READING returned Dana toden
his photographer, leave Lambourn, and marry Clare.
but do not 10
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Setting
Choose the best answer.
1 The story is about a family in _____ during the
Second World War.
a Germany b Russia c Switzerland
d Poland
2 The father and mother were taken to _____.
a America b Russia c prison camps
d live on a farm
3 It was _____ when Joseph was taken away.
a 1950 b 1945 c 1940 d 1948
4 The children left their house to escape from _____.
a the Americans b their parents
c the Nazis d the Polish police
M U LT I P L E - C H O I C E
5 During the first winter and spring the children
lived _____.
a in a cellar b on a farm c in a prison
d in a school
TEST
6 In the early summer they went to live in a _____
outside the city.
a forest b school c camp d prison
7 They began to walk _____ to Switzerland.
a south b north c east d west
8 After _____ left, the children had to look after
themselves.
a Edek b Jan c Ruth d Ivan
9 _____ passed without news of Edek.
a Six months b Two years
c Two weeks d Three years
10 By January 1945, the Nazis were gone and
Warsaw was in the control of _____.
a the Russians b the Americans
c the Polish d the Swiss
20 marks
Characters
Choose the best answer.
11 Joseph Balicki was _____.
a a German Soldier b a farmer in Poland
c the headmaster of a school
d an American guard
12 Josephs wife, Margrit, was _____.
a Polish b Swiss c German
d American
13 Joseph and Margrit had _____ children.
a three b four c five d two
14 Mrs Krause was _____.
a the mother of Jan b a prisoner with
Joseph c the mother of a child at Josephs
school d a teacher at Josephs school
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Ian Serraillier
15 Joseph met Jan in _____.
a Warsaw b the prison c Switzerland
d Germany
16 Jan kept the sword in _____.
a a wooden box b the cellar of the house
c the lorry d the prison
17 Jan had a cockerel called _____.
a Jumpy b Bumpy c Scrumpy
d Jimpy
18 Ruth found her new life difficult until she _____.
a met Jan b went to the prison
c started the school d went to Germany
19 Frau Wolffs sons were _____.
a German soldiers b American soldiers
c prison guards d Polish soldiers
20 After the war, Ruth went _____.
a to Zurich university b to France
c back to Warsaw d to America
20 marks
Dialogue
Who said this?
21 What happened to my wife?
a Mr Krause b a German soldier
c Joseph d an American soldier
22 Ill give you this sword if you do something for me
a Mr Krause b Joseph c Jan c Mrs
Krause
23 Well have to go over the roof.
a Jan b Ruth c Edek d Bronia
24 From now on, we will have to look after
ourselves.
a Ruth b Edek c Jan d Joseph
25 Im not a little girl, Ill be eighteen next week.
a Ruth b Bronia c Mrs Krause
d Eva
26 Thats a nice welcome, isnt it?
a Ruth b Jan c Edek d Ivan
27 Switzerland is still a long way away. We must go
on.
a Ruth b Jan c Joseph d Edek
28 You stopped the train and were going to steal
food from it.
a Captain Greenwood b the farmer
c Jan d the Burgomaster
29 All Polish and Ukrainian refugees must be sent
home by tomorrow.
a Kurt Wolff b Frau Wolff c the
Burgomaster d Captain Greenwood
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30 Mother was sitting with you when you were
asleep. She went away before you woke up.
a Jan b Ruth c Edek d Joseph
20 marks
Vocabulary
Choose the best answer.
31 a room at the top of the house, under the roof
a kitchen b cellar c ruin d attic
32 a room under the ground in a house
a cellar b attic c rapids d study
33 part of the river where the water moves very fast
a zone b rapids c elastic d stream
34 to fall down suddenly because you are ill or
weak
a faint b silly c trip d grow up
35 to send out air from the mouth and throat in a
noisy way
a faint b cough c ruin d sneeze
36 not sensible; stupid
a playful b refugee c elastic d silly
37 a place for people to live for a short time
a cellar b camp c attic d house
38 a kind of string that gets longer as you pull it
a camp b nail c elastic d rope
39 to take care of someone or something
a grow up b look after c bring up
d cough
40 a building that is almost destroyed and is falling
down
a ruin b cellar c attic d camp
20 marks
Plot
Choose the best answer.
41 During his first winter in prison Joseph _____.
a tried to escape many times b escaped
with other prisoners c wanted to stay there
d was too ill to escape
42 It took Joseph _____ weeks to walk home to
Warsaw.
a four and a half b three c three and a
half d five and a half
43 Joseph found the silver sword in _____.
a his old school b the ruins of his old
house c the ruins of the church d his
kitchen
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44 The children escaped from their house by _____.
a running out of the front door b running
out of the back door c moving from roof to
roof d sitting on the roof
45 The children decided to go to _____ to find
their mother and father.
a Switzerland b Poland c Germany
d Russia
46 Edek walked more slowly and his _____ was no
better.
a foot b cough c leg d head
47 Jan and Edek had to go to court for _____.
a stealing bread b escaping from prison
c stopping a train d selling butter
48 Jan wanted to stay with Frau Wolff because
M U LT I P L E - C H O I C E
_____.
a he didnt have a mother b he didnt
want to go home c he was tired d he
loved their dog
TEST
49 The Wolffs gave the children _____ to escape.
a a lorry b two bicycles c two canoes
d train tickets
50 At the end of the story the family lived _____.
a in an international childrens village b in
their old house in Poland c on a farm
d in the mountains in Germany
20 marks
Total marks
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