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5. Why was it ‘a night never to be forgotten’ for Constable Fazackerly?

 /2

6. a) Where was the note found?

b) What did the note say?

 /2

7. Why did the flowers turn white once they were inside the Police Station?

 /2

8. The words on the left in blue can all be found in the text. Draw lines to match each word
with its meaning in the text.

perishable staring in a stupid manner

cherubically likely to quickly spread or influence others

infectious likely to decay or go off quickly

gawping innocent, like a little angel /4

9. The following passage is from later in Little Foxes, but it has had some words removed.
Choose the word that best fits and write it on the line. Not all the words are needed and
you may use each word only once.

pensive beautiful hair overshadowed parting length

charm birthday more attractive endear offend

By his first a) , Billy Bunch had entirely lost the smile he had

come with. A grim seriousness b) him and he became

c) and silent, and this did nothing to d)

him to the nurses who, try as they did, could find little to love in the child. Neither was he an

e) boy. Once he had lost the chubby f)

of his infancy, his ears were seen to stick out g) than they should

and they could find no h) for his hair which would never lie down. /8

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