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Maadi Narmer School Name: ____________________________

Semi-International Division Class: _____________________________


Primary 6 FIRST TERM

COMPREHENSION ASSIGNMENT (2)


Read this extract from ‘The Iron Woman’ by Ted Hughes

Lucy’s Nightmare
In Lucy’s attic bedroom, it was still pitch black. But if she had been awake,
she would have heard a strange sound – a skylark singing high in the darkness
above the house. And if she had been standing in the garden, and looking up
into the dark sky through binoculars, she might have seen the glowing,
flickering body of the lark, far up there, catching the first rays of the sun, that
peered at the bird from behind the world. The lark’s song showered down over
the dark, dewy fields, over the roofs of the houses, and over the still, wet
gardens. But in Lucy’s bedroom it mingled with an even stranger sound, a
strange, gasping whimper.

Lucy was having a nightmare. In her nightmare, somebody was climbing


the creaky attic stairs towards her. Then, a hand tried the latch. It was a stiff
latch. To open the door, you had to pull the door towards you before you
pressed the latch. If you didn’t know the trick, it was almost impossible to open
the door. The hand in Lucy’s nightmare did not seem to know the trick. The
latch on the door clicked and rattled but stayed shut.

Then the latch gave a loud clack, and the door swung wide. On her pillow,
Lucy became silent. She seemed to have stopped breathing.
For long seconds the bedroom was very dark, and completely silent,
except for the faint singing of the skylark.

Then, in her dream, a hand was laid on Lucy’s shoulder. She twisted her
head and there, in her dream, saw a dreadful thing bending over her. At
first, she thought it was a seal, staring at her with black, shining eyes. But how
could it be a seal? It looked like a seal covered with black, shiny oil. A seal
that had swum through an oil slick and climbed into her attic bedroom and
now held her shoulder with its flipper.

But then she saw, on her shoulder, not a flipper but a human hand. And
the hand, too, was slimed with black oil. Then Lucy suddenly knew this was
not a seal but a girl, like herself, maybe a little bit younger. And the hand
began to shake her, and the girl’s face began to cry: ‘Wake up! Oh, wake
up! Oh, please wake up!’

She cried those words so loud it was almost a scream, and Lucy did wake
up.

She sat up in bed, panting. What a horrible, peculiar dream. She pulled
the bedclothes around her, and stared into the darkness towards the door.
Was it open? She knew the door had been closed, as every night. But if the
door was now open...
Now answer the questions in the answer booklet.

Read the passage from ‘The Iron Woman’ by Ted Hughes in the INSERT and then
answer the questions.

1. Read these statements about Lucy.


Tick (√) two boxes that we know are TRUE from the passage.

She had a bedroom in the attic.

She slept peacefully in her bed.

She thought she saw a seal.

She was lying awake in bed.

She went into the garden.

2. What made the girl in Lucy’s nightmare look so dreadful?


______________________________________________________________________________

3. How did Lucy know that the ‘dreaded thing’ was not a seal?
______________________________________________________________________________
4. Why was it ‘almost impossible’ to open Lucy’s bedroom door?
______________________________________________________________________________

5. Was Lucy frightened when she woke up?


Tick (√) one box.

Yes

No

Give a reason from the passage to support your answer.


______________________________________________________________________________

6. What was it that stopped Lucy whimpering?


______________________________________________________________________________

7. Do you feel sorry for the girl in Lucy’s dream?


Tick (√) one box.

Yes

No

Explain your answer in your own words.


______________________________________________________________________________

Words and phrases from the passage to support your explanation:


______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________
8. Why would Lucy have needed binoculars to see the lark?

______________________________________________________________________________

9. The writer builds suspense by telling you what Lucy hears, sees, and feels.
Which do you think is the most important?
Tick (√) one box.

Hearing Seeing Feeling (being touched)

Explain your answer in your own words.

______________________________________________________________________________

10. The extract below describes part of the setting at the beginning of the
story.

...the lark, far up there, catching the first rays of the sun, that peered at the bird
from behind the world.

Tick (√) two boxes to show what techniques are being used here.

Alliteration

Imagery

Metaphor

Simile

personification

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