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Question: Based On The Novel You Have Studied, Who Do You Think Is The Most Interesting Character? Give Reasons To Support Your Answer

Rory plans and carries out the great escape of taking his grandfather out of the nursing home called Rachnadar. He carefully packs their things, wedges open the emergency exit, dresses his grandfather, and sneaks him out while the nurses are distracted. They successfully make it away from the home and to a train station unnoticed. The assistant says this part of the story shows Rory's love and determination for his grandfather, as well as kicking off the adventures and challenges that follow in their lives.

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Question: Based On The Novel You Have Studied, Who Do You Think Is The Most Interesting Character? Give Reasons To Support Your Answer

Rory plans and carries out the great escape of taking his grandfather out of the nursing home called Rachnadar. He carefully packs their things, wedges open the emergency exit, dresses his grandfather, and sneaks him out while the nurses are distracted. They successfully make it away from the home and to a train station unnoticed. The assistant says this part of the story shows Rory's love and determination for his grandfather, as well as kicking off the adventures and challenges that follow in their lives.

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Question: Based on the novel you have studied, who do you think is the most

interesting character? Give reasons to support your answer.

Answer:

In the novel Catch Us If You Can by Cathrine MacPhail, the character I think
interesting is Rory, the main character in this novel.
Rory is very patient especially in taking care of his Granda who suffers from memory
lapses. This can be seen when Rory asks Granda where he put his homework. He
notices a bulge in his rucksack. It is a bag of rubbish in his rucksack. Granda has
absent-mindedly thrown away his homework and kept the rubbish instead. The next day
in class, Mrs Foley asks Rory about his homework and Rory tells Mrs Foley the truth,
that he has lost his homework. Mrs Foley asks him to stay back at lunchtime to do his
homework but Rory cannot stay as he has to rush home to prepare Grandas lunch.
Rory knows that Granda does not do it deliberately and he does not scold or blame
Granda.
Rory is also very determined. He shows this when he plans the Great Escape for
three days after Darren suggests hiding in his mothers caravan. He gives Rory the
spare key to the caravan. Rory carefully carries out his plan. He packs his and Grandas
things. He visits Granda after school, as usual. He wedges open the emergency exit.
Later that night, he visits Granda and prepares Granda by dressing him up and then
tells him that he is getting out of the home. Rory takes Granda away from there while
Val is having coffee with the nurses. Both of them successfully sneak out through the
emergency exit and out to a quiet train station where they are not noticed. They arrived
at the train final stop and go uphill in a fine drizzle and then up a long winding path that
leads to the caravan site.
Another good thing about Rory is, he is a loving boy. After the fire at the flat,
Rory is sent to Castle Street and Granda to Rachnadar. Rory is not happy. Granda does
not like to stay there and he is upset and cries. Rory sees Granda sitting on his bed and
crying at Rachnadar. It breaks his heart . Granda and Rory cannot live without each
other. Rory decides to run away with Granda.
Although Rory is still a boy, he has many good qualities many boys of his age do
not possess. Because of this, I think Rory is a very interesting character.

Catch Us If You Can : An event that affects a character

Question: Based on the novel you have studied, write about an event and how it
affects one of the characters. Give evidence to support your answer.
In the novel Catch Us If You Can, by Catherine McPhail, an event that affects
one of the characters in the story is when Rory takes Granda out from Rachnadar, a
home for the aged. After taking his Granda out from Rachnadar, Rory decides to escape
from the town where they both lived.
Their escape takes them to many places and they meet many people who help
them. Rory learns valuable lessons from these people. For example, Rory learns about
compassion and kindness from Sammy and Rubys family. From Rab, Annie and
Norma, Rory learns that there are people in this world who would help others and the
help comes in many forms. When Norma reports Rory and Granda to the police, she
does so out of the kindness of her heart. This makes Rory touched and grateful.
This event has changed Rorys life. His life has changed for the better when he
and his Granda are reunited with Rorys father. Now, Rory not only has a father, he also
has new family members; a stepmother and two stepsisters. Granda has also learned to
accept and forgive Rorys father and this makes Rory very happy.
Before this escape, Rory was worried about his Granda and as he has to take
up the responsibility of taking care of Granda, he cannot lead a normal life of a young,
growing boy. Finally, at the end of the story, however, Rorys life has improved as there
are certain services provided for the elderly. He also has his father who is willing to take
care of Granda whom he has neglected for years. Due to this, Rory can lead a normal
life like his schoolmates. All these positive changes would not have happened if Rory
had not taken his Granda out from Rachnadar.

SPM 2011 NOVEL QUESTION


Based on the novel you have studied, write about the part of the story that you
like most.
Tips
1. State the part of the story you like most
2. Describe it ( elaboration and detail )
3. Give reasons ( provide at least 2 reasons )

Model Answer ( Band A )


In the novel Catch Us If You Can by Cathrine MacPhail, the part that I like most is
the great escape
Rory plans the Great Escape for three days after Darren suggests hiding in his
mothers caravan. He gives Rory the spare key to the caravan. Rory carefully carries
out his plan. He packs his and Grandas things. He visits Granda after school, as usual.
He wedges open the emergency exit. Later that night, he visits Granda and prepares
Granda by dressing him up and then tells him that he is getting out of the home. Rory
takes Granda away from there while Val is having coffee with the nurses. Both of
them successfully sneak out through the emergency exit and out to a quiet train
station where they are not noticed. They arrive at the train final stop and go uphill
in a fine drizzle and then up a long winding path that leads to the caravan site.
I like this part the most because it shows that Rory is a loving boy. He loves his
Granda so much that he could not stand looking at his granda crying and feeling sad
staying at Rachnadar. Because of this, he is determined to take Granda out from
Rachnadar.
This part of the story also shows us how determined Rory is in making his
escape a success. He cannot live without his Granda who has brought him up and
taken care of him since he was a baby, and because of that he takes the risk to take
his Granda out from Rachnadar. I also think that this is the start of all the
adventures and challenges of Rorys and grandas lives.They meet with a lot of
people and are always on the run so that they are not caught. It makes the story
interesting and leads to the happy ending when Rory is reunited with his father.

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