"First Day" Review

What is the importance of Tuck Boxes (paragraphs 4-7; at least 2)?

• they stored food and treasures

• they were given to the headmaster and inspected daily

• they contained gifts for the headmaster and your clothes

• they stored assignments and helped students stay organized

Why were parents encouraged to send food from home?

• to keep the students from getting homesick

• to help the mothers to be less anxious

• because the boys were not well-fed

• because the headmaster would like to receive the treats

What do paragraphs 5-7 on page 54 discuss?

• the antics of young boys on their own

• the importance of tuck-boxes

• the journey to school

• the daily schedule of boarding school

What makes Dahl feel apprehensive (paragraph 8)?

• The town looks dirty and he feels hungry

• He lost his tuck-box and felt seasick

• He will miss his mother and is afraid of the English channel

• He does not know what to expect and has never been away from his family

How does this sentence relate to the idea that Dahl was sent to school in South Wales that was as near as it could be? “I had never spent a single night away from our family before.”

• It explains why Dahl does not plan to stay at school

• It explains why Dahl is going to boarding school

• It explains why Dahl's mother chose the school closest to home

• It explains why Dahl's mother doesn't want him to attend school elsewhere

Paragraph 9: How did Dahl feel about entering St. Peter’s for the first time?

• Intimidated

• Excited

• Comforted

• Impressed

What text evidence supports the idea that Dahl feels intimidated about St. Peter's?

• "St. Peter's was on a hill above the town."

• "It was a long three-storeyed stone building that looked rather like a private lunatic asylum."

• "One-third of the building was reserved for the Headmaster and his family."

• "The rest of it housed the boys, about one hundred and fifty of them altogether, if I remember rightly."

What does it mean when Dahl says that the headmaster “gave me the kind of flashing grin a shark might give to a small fish just before he gobbles it up?

• He has tremendous strength and power

• He is unreliable and not to be trusted

• He shows great concern for his students

• He is uncertain about how to talk to parents

What inferences can you make based on paragraphs 11-14?

• The Headmaster wants the parents to leave quickly

• Dahl's mother is worried about leaving him alone at the school

• Dahl is unhappy about being left alone at school

What is the central idea of the passage?

• A tuck-box fixes everything

• Being home-sick is a normal part of life

• New adventures can be exciting and scary

• Life is better without little sisters