There was once a prince called Llewellyn.

His father King John gave him a hunting dog, called

Gellert. It was a fine dog. It stood as high as his hips and it could smell a deer a mile away.
One day Llewellyn decided to go hunting with his friends and called all his dogs to him. All the
dogs came except Gellert. He stood in the doorway of the castle, wagging his tail, and putting
his head on one side like dogs do when they want to be friendly,
but he wouldn’t come. Llewellyn and his friends had a bad day’s
hunting; they caught nothing. On the way home they were in a bad
mood. As they came towards the castle Gellert came bounding
out to meet them, wagging his tail. As Gellert came closer, Llewellyn saw that he had blood on
his jaws, on his chest and on his sides. «How can that be? »Llewellyn asked himself. Gellert
had come from the castle. Then Llewellyn remembered that the dog often played with his
baby son, and he remembered that Gellert was half wild and half wolf. «Perhaps he has killed
my son! » he thought, and he ran into the castle to the child’s room. There
was no sign of the baby and all the furniture was overturned and there was
blood everywhere. Llewellyn took out his short sword and drove it into the side
of Gellert. And, with the last gasp of life from Gellert, so Llewellyn heard
the cry of the baby from beneath the overturned cot. He ran to the cot and
picked it up, and there lay his son, smiling and unharmed. But just behind the cot was a dead
wolf.

Answer the questions. (12 points)

1. Why did Llewellyn keep dogs?
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2. How do you know when dogs want to be friendly?
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3. Why were Llewellyn and his friends unhappy when they came back from hunting that day?
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Circle the correct option. (14 points)

4. Gellert was reluctant to meet his master when he came back from hunting.
A. True B. False
5. Gellert had been fighting in the baby’s room.
A. True B. False
6. Llewellyn suspected Gellert of having killed his son because ________
A. It used to play with his son
B. It wasn’t a pedigree
C. It was wagging his tail
7. Llewellyn realized his son was still alive _________
A. After he had killed Gellert
B. As Gellert was dying
C. When he picked the cot up
8. The baby was crying because __________
A. He was laying beneath his overturned cot
B. He was hurt
C. The dog was dead
9. Find a word in the passage that means the same as
Knocked over _______________________

10. Find a word in the passage that means the same as

Bottom half of the face _______________________