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Your teacher will read you a text and the questions that go with it. Listen and follow your teacher's instructions.

 

a) Why didn't Gilbert leave the gully as soon as he saw the boar? 

• • He did not want to leave his dogs.

  • He planned to shoot the pig, no matter what.

  • He was trapped by the boar.

  • The writer does not say.

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b)  What allowed the pig-dogs to grab the boar's ears?

• • The boar had little freedom of movement.

  • The dogs' yelping confused the boar.

  • The dogs attacked it from both sides at once.

  • The boar was looking at Gilbert.

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c) Why didn't Gilbert shoot the boar when he first saw it? 

• • He was hemmed in by thick scrub.

  • The dogs were too close to it.

  • He could not aim the rifle from his cramped position.

  • He wanted to wait until the boar came closer.

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d) Gilbert first wanted to shoot the boar

• • in the eye.

  • behind the shoulder.

  • anywhere in the head.

  • anywhere at all.

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e)  Gilbert's aim was shaky because he was

• • confused by the movement of the dogs.

  • not sure of where to shoot the pig.

  • afraid of what might happen if he missed.

  • hemmed in by dense scrub.

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f)  After wounding the pig, Gilbert hoped to escape injury by

• • signalling his dogs to attack it.

  • clubbing it with his rifle.

  • lying flat on the ground.

  • leaping into the thick scrub beside the track.

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g)  What event do you think the author would have described immediately before this part of his story?

• • They had set out early on the pig hunt.

  • Gilbert had found clear signs of pigs.

  • The boar was seen to enter the patch of scrub.

  • They heard the dogs yelping excitedly.

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h)  The farmers' story suggests that Gilbert was

• • a very foolish man.

  • an experienced hunter.

  • easily panicked in threatening situations.

  • kind to his hunting dogs.

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i)  Which title best summarises what the story is about?

• • 'A Close Shave'

  • 'Dogs to the Rescue'

  • 'A Clumsy Shot'

  • 'How to Kill a Wild Pig'