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a) What, according to the poem, can signal danger to a hedgehog?

• • The scent of an approaching human.

  • An absence of movement.

  • A person's shuffling walk.

  • The sound of a breaking twig.

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b) Why did the writer turn the hedgehog over?

• • To stop it pricking him.

  • To look into the hedgehog's eyes.

  • To try to be friendly.

  • To see if it was all right.

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c) What does the "coat of lances" refer to?

• • Blades of grass.

  • The hedgehog's spines.

  • Cracked twigs.

  • The hedgehog's clenched claws.

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d) What did the writer want to do at this meeting with the hedgehog?

• • Show he was interested in it.

  • Help it find its way out of his garden.

  • Protect it from its enemies.

  • Communicate with it.

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e) What did the hedgehog's eyes reveal?

• • fear

  • interest

  • alarm

  • nothing

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f) The hedgehog showed awareness of the writer's presence by

• • moving near to the writer.

  • looking in the writer's direction.

  • letting the writer turn it over.

  • stopping suddenly.