Name Chapter Study

o CHAPTER 4 ╬
THE GREAT MOUSE PLOT

1. Why did the boys hide things under a loose floor – board at the
back of the classroom?

2. Were you surprised that the boys found a dead mouse amongst
their belongings? Why or why not?

3. How does Roald carry the dead mouse into the sweet
shop without Mrs Pratchett seeing it?

4. Why does Roald decide to put the dead mouse in the jar of
Gobstoppers?

5. Why was it necessary for Thwaites to buy a Sherbert Sucker and

a Liquorice Bootlace?

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o FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE ╬
Roald compares the four boys and the Great Mouse Plot to a gang of desperados
going to rob a train. Figurative language is often used to create an image in the
reader’s mind. Draw the sentences below showing their exact literal meaning.

Her brain is the size of a pea.

You could have knocked me over with a feather.
I’m so hungry I could eat a horse.
That joke is so old, the last time I heard it I was riding on a dinosaur.

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o ROALD’S BRAVERY AWARD ╬

Roald was very brave when he took the dead mouse into Mrs Pratchett’s shop and
put it in the sweet jar. Finish designing a medal and ribbon to acknowledge his
bravery. Then write below what you think his friends will think of him now.

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