Shark Scare
This task is about understanding and making inferences from a story.
Read
Shark Scare
by Marie Gibson (Choices series, 1994) and answer the questions that follow.
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a) Why did the boys go for a swim every morning?
a) Why did the boys go for a swim every morning?
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b) What are two possible reasons the mother was not happy about the boys swimming across the bay?
b) What are two possible reasons the mother was not happy about the boys swimming across the bay?
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c) From the story identify two reactions of the boy on first seeing the "shark".
c) From the story identify two reactions of the boy on first seeing the "shark".
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d) Explain this line from the story: "Then Jake laughed! I thought he must have gone mad with panic."
d) Explain this line from the story: "Then Jake laughed! I thought he must have gone mad with panic."
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