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- 1. Multiple Choice
The Explorer's Daughter is about
A girl who used to live in Greenland with the Inuits (Eskimos)
A girl who climbed a mountain
A girl who travelled around the world
- 2. Multiple Choice
This extract could be described as...
Biographical
Autobiographical
Travel Writing
How-to guide
- 3. Multiple Choice
What animals are hunted in this text?
Seals
Polar bears
Narwals
- 4. Multiple Choice
The writers descriptions of the narwals in paragraph 1 make them seem...
Beautiful
Menacing
Tranquil
Clever
Violent
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which word is the most appropriate for describing the writer's feelings towards the narwals?
Disgust
Fear
Awe
- 6. Multiple Choice
Describe the tone of paragraph 2
Factual and detached
Emotive
- 7. Multiple Choice
What does the word "essential" suggest about Herbert's attutude to hunting?
That it is unfair as the narwhals are such beautiful creatures
That hunting narwhals is essential for the survival of the Inuits
- 8. Multiple Choice
Narwal tusks are more useful to humans than the narwhals themselves
True
False
- 9. Multiple Choice
What does the writer imply about hunters?
That they are vulnerable
That they are cowardly
- 10. Multiple Choice
Why does she consider narwhal hunting a dilemma
Because she thinks it shouldn't happen
Because she understands why people must hunt but doesn't enjoy witnessing it
- 11. Multiple Choice
What is the purpose of this text?
To inform, explain and describe a return visit to the Arctic
To describe a hunt to raise the moral and ethical issues of hunting for survival
To argue that hunting is wrong whatever the circumstance
- 12. Multiple Choice
What is the best word to describe how the writer feels about the hunt
Angry
Sad
Conflicted
Excitement
- 13. Multiple Choice
What sort of text is 'The Explorer's Daughter?'
A poem
A fictional novel
A travel memoir
An editorial article
- 14. Multiple Choice
Which element of the writing creates suspense?
The inclusion of facts and details about Narwhals.
The description of stereotypical hunters.
The informal language and colloqualisms.
The images of everyone watching the hunt.
- 15. Multiple Choice
How often do ships deliver goods to Thule?
Daily
Weekly
Monthly
Annually
- 16. Multiple Choice
What is the term for subject specific vocabulary?
Complex terminology
Jargon
Speak
Lexis
- 17. Multiple Choice
Why does the writer see the tusk as strange?
Because of its lack of function
Because it is made from ivory, like elephant tusks.
Because of how it looks.
- 18. Multiple Choice
How are the hunters made to seem more heroic?
Through descriptions of their strength.
Through similes describing their appearances.
Through careful preparations.
Through contrasts between their size and the size of the narwhals.
- 19. Multiple Choice
What is the effect of the final paragraph?
It leaves the story on a suspenseful cliffhanger.
It summarises the author's viewpoint.
It leaves the reader chance to make up their own mind about hunting.
It questions the actions of the hunters.
- 20. Multiple Choice
Which of these is one of the purposes of the text?
To persuade people to stop hunting.
To provide action and adventure.
To portray the natural world negatively.
To explore her feelings and emotions.
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