Chapter Study

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╬ CHAPTER 16 ╬
LITTLE ELLIS AND THE BOIL

1. Who is Ellis?

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2. What medical problem did Ellis have?

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3. Why do you think the doctor put his bag on the floor where Ellis
couldn’t see what he was doing?

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4. What do you think of the method the doctor used to distract

Ellis when he cut his boil?

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5. Children in Roald’s day had to endure a lot for pain during

medical procedures. What can children of today learn from their
experiences and behaviour?

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╬ DIARY ENTRY BY LITTLE ELLIS ╬

Imagine you are Ellis and you are writing in your diary after having your boil cut
open by the doctor. As it is Ellis’s diary and no one else will be reading it you can
be completely honest about what happened. What a painful shock Ellis got!

Dear Diary,

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 Worksheet 32
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╬ VENN DIAGRAM ╬
Fill in the Venn diagram below with all the information you know Roald’s adenoid
operation and Ellis’s boil operation. Although they have many things in common
they are also different. Once you have completed the Venn diagram briefly state
the main similarities in a paragraph below.

Roald Ellis

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