A Kind of Victory

What are the names of the two main characters?

• Cal and Friend

• Wal and Brend

• Ren and Stimpy

• Bill and Ben

What is the time setting of the story (when does the story take place)?

• During the girls' holidays, early spring

• The first day of the boys' school holidays, late winter, early spring

• The last day of the boys' school holidays, late winter, early spring

• The last day of the boys' summer school holidays, late winter

What is the place setting at the start of the story?

• At home

• At school, catching fish, playing in the lake

• In a drain

• The beach, rock pools and catching fish and letting them go.

Brend finds a .....water drain

What happened to Tiger Marshall?

• He tried to walk across the wall of the weir after the spring rains

• He tried to walk across the wall of the weir during summer

• He tried to explore the drain

• He told Brend not to go into the drain

Did Tiger Marshall live or die?

• Live

• Die

Who goes into the drain?

• Brend

• Wal

• Tiger Marshall

Who tells him NOT to go into the drain?

• Brend

• Wal

• Tiger Marshall

What reasons are given to him to tell him not to go into the drain

• It's too dark and we shouldn't be here anyway.

• It will lead directly to the school

• Tiger died there

What main problem does the rain cause?

• It will cause the rats to attack him

• It fills up the drain which could make him drown.

• It will wash him out to sea

• It will make him wet