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Name: __________________________________ Class (no) ____________ ( )

THE PARDONER’S TALE

Task: Answer the following questions with the help of the book. (pages
61-71)

1. What is a pardoner’s job?

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2. Who are the main characters in this story? (p.61 - 62)

Grab - a man who likes to drink alcohol; a drunkard

______ - Grab’s friend who liked having a lot of money

______ - Also Grab’s friend who used his penknife to cut purses and steal

money

Special Question! Do you think there is anything special about their

names?

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3. What news did Grab hear at the start of the story from Harry the

innkeeper? (p.61)

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4. What did Grab decide to do with his 2 friends after he heard the news

from the innkeeper?

(p.62 middle of the page)

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5. Why did the three men want to hunt down Death so badly? (p.62

middle of the page)

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6. Where did they try to look for Death? (p. 62 bottom of the page)

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7. Who did they end up finding and what did that person tell them to do?

(p. 63 first half of the page)

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