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Read this extract from ‘The Iron Woman’ by Ted Hughes.

Lucy’s Nightmare

In Lucy’s attic bedroom it was still pitch black. But if she had been awake, she would
have heard a strange sound – a skylark singing high in the darkness above the house.
And if she had been standing in the garden, and looking up into the dark sky through
binoculars, she might have seen the glowing, flickering body of the lark, far up there,
catching the first rays of the sun, that peered at the bird from behind the world.

The lark’s song showered down over the dark, dewy fields, over the roofs of the
houses, and over the still, wet gardens. But in Lucy’s bedroom it mingled with an even
stranger sound, a strange, gasping whimper.

Lucy was having a nightmare. In her nightmare, somebody was climbing the creaky
attic stairs towards her. Then, a hand tried the latch. It was a stiff latch. To open the
door, you had to pull the door towards you before you pressed the latch. If you didn’t
know the trick, it was almost impossible to open the door. The hand in Lucy’s
nightmare did not seem to know the trick. The latch on the door clicked and rattled but
stayed shut.

Then the latch gave a loud clack, and the door swung wide. On her pillow, Lucy
became silent. She seemed to have stopped breathing.

For long seconds the bedroom was very dark, and completely silent, except for the
faint singing of the skylark.

Then, in her dream, a hand was laid on Lucy’s shoulder. She twisted her head and
there, in her dream, saw a dreadful thing bending over her. At first, she thought it was a
seal, staring at her with black, shining eyes. But how could it be a seal? It looked like a
seal covered with black, shiny oil. A seal that had swum through an oil slick and
climbed into her attic bedroom and now held her shoulder with its flipper.

But then she saw, on her shoulder, not a flipper but a human hand. And the hand, too,
was slimed with black oil. Then Lucy suddenly knew this was not a seal but a girl, like
herself, maybe a little bit younger. And the hand began to shake her, and the girl’s face
began to cry: ‘Wake up! Oh, wake up! Oh, please wake up!’

She cried those words so loud it was almost a scream, and Lucy did wake up.

She sat up in bed, panting. What a horrible, peculiar dream. She pulled the bedclothes
around her, and stared into the darkness towards the door. Was it open? She knew the
door had been closed, as every night. But if the door was now open...

Now answer the questions in the answer booklet.

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ENGLISH 0844/02
Paper 2 October 2016
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Candidates answer on the Question Paper.
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READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST

Write your Centre number, candidate number and name in the spaces at the top of this page.
Write in dark blue or black pen.

DO NOT WRITE IN ANY BARCODES.

Answer all questions.

The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.
Suggestions for how long to spend on each section are given in the booklet.
The total number of marks for this paper is 50.

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Section A: Reading

Spend 30 minutes on this section.

Read the passage from ‘The Iron Woman’ by Ted Hughes in the INSERT and then
answer the questions.

1 Read these statements about Lucy.

Tick () two boxes that we know are TRUE from the passage.

She had a bedroom in the attic.

She slept peacefully in her bed.

She thought she saw a seal.

She was lying awake in bed.

She went into the garden.

[2]

2 What made the girl in Lucy’s nightmare look so dreadful?

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3 How did Lucy know that the ‘dreaded thing’ was not a seal?

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4 Why was it ‘almost impossible’ to open Lucy’s bedroom door?

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5 Was Lucy frightened when she woke up?

Tick () one box.

Yes

No

Give a reason from the passage to support your answer.

[1]

6 What was it that stopped Lucy whimpering?

[1]

7 Do you feel sorry for the girl in Lucy’s dream?

Tick () one box:

Yes

No

Explain your answer in your own words.

Explanation:

Words and phrases from the passage to support your explanation:

[2]

8 Why would Lucy have needed binoculars to see the lark?

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9 The writer builds suspense by telling you what Lucy hears, sees and feels. Which
do you think is the most important?
Tick () one box.

Hearing Seeing Feeling (being touched)

Explain your answer in your own words.

Explanation:

Words and phrases from the passage to support your explanation:

[2]

10 Who is the point of view character in this story?

Explain how you know.

[2]

11 The extract below describes part of the setting at the beginning of the story.

Look at the underlined words.

...the lark, far up there, catching the first rays of the sun, that peered at the
bird from behind the world.

(a) Tick () two boxes to show what techniques are being used here.

alliteration

imagery

metaphor

simile

personification [1]

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(b) Explain what ideas you think are being described by the underlined words.

[2]

12 (a) The text Lucy’s Nightmare is a short extract from the book The Iron Woman.
From the evidence in this extract, which genre do you think the story is?

Tick () the correct answer.

biography

adventure

horror

legend

traditional tale
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(b) Name two general features of the genre you chose for 12(a).

2 [2]

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Section B: Writing

Spend 30 minutes on this section.

13 You have read about Lucy’s dream.

Write a fantasy story where the main character has a dream.

Ideas to help you:

Character You could be the main character or it could be an imaginary

person.
Who else or what else is in the story?

Plot What is the main character doing when the story begins?
Does something exciting or interesting happen?
How are the other characters (if there are any) linked to the
events?

Setting Dreams are often set in strange places.

What’s odd or interesting about the setting of your dream?

Remember to include as much detail as you can in your story. Try to make it exciting so
that people will want to read on to find out what happens.

PLANNING
Spend up to five minutes making notes in the box below to plan your story:

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Write your story here:

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Content [5] Punctuation [4]

Purpose and audience [4] Vocabulary [3]

Text structure [5] Spelling [4]

Sentence structure [5]

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