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1. 1.

   The writer has mentioned the events that come later in the story right at the beginning because....?

2. 2.

   Read paras 3 and 4. What are the characters feeling? Write in one word.
   Narrator: ______________
   Mother: ______________
   Herman: ______________

3. 3.

   Why has the writer put quotes around 'got through'? Is the writer trying to clarify one action from another?

4. 4.

   Something is very unusual and funny in the first sentence of para 10. Can you tell what it is?

5. 5.

   Underline the words that describe the activity of the police. What do they make you think?

6. 6.

   The police are perhaps thinking that.......?