1,000 Year Old Boy - Chapter 53

What year was this chapter set?

• 1520AD

• 1250AD

• 1250BC

• the test didn't say

Cockett Island was the perfect location for Mam, Alfie, Biffa and Paul to live.

• Yes

• No

Which of the following features describe the box that holds the lifepearl?

• made of clay

• surrounded by sheep wool and coarse sand

• unmarked

• sealed with tallow beeswax and pine resin

That box lived with us.

What type of figurative language is this?

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

• personification

Write ANY word that describes the lifepearl's value.

Old Paul didn't approve of Mam and Alfie being Neverdeads.

• True

• False

• Unsure

Your opinion.

Should Old Paul have told the bishop about the Neverdeads.

• Yes

• No

• Unsure

We seldom travelled ...

What does the word "seldom" mean?

Mam and Old Paul loved each other. Why then didn't Old Paul take the last lifepearl in order to live with them forever?

Which word or words could describe Old Paul's behaviour in this chapter? Choose all that apply.

• helpful

• honest

• suspicious

• worried