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BY HENRY SLESAR

EXAMINATION DAY

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BY HENRY SLESAR

1. How would you describe Dickie based on the extract? What words or phrases show his personality and feelings about his birthday?2. How do Dickie’s parents react to the mention of the exam? What do their reactions tell you about how they feel about the exam and about Dickie?3. Dickie asks several questions throughout the extract. What do these questions reveal about him? Do you think his curiosity is typical for a boy his age? 4. The mood at the breakfast table changes when the exam is mentioned. How does the author convey this change in mood? What words or phrases are used? 5. How does Dickie react when he hears about the exam? 6. How does Slesar make the test building seem oppressive and a little frightening? ​7. Look up the word insignia. Why might the young man on the desk be wearing an “insignia-less tunic? ​ 8. How does the writer make the woman handing out the registration forms seem unpleasant? ​ 9. Think about the word ”portal” on line 70. What impression of the entrance does it give you? ​ 10. Why does the invigilator give Dickie his full name? ​

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