Arbeitsblatt: Billy Elliot Test

Literature Test Billy Elliot Name 08.12.2011 Class H2b Notes appropriate presentation is sign of respect for the reader. check your grammar and spelling. separate mark for language is given. content accounts for 2/3 and language for 1/3 of the final mark in this test. you are not allowed to use the book. you are allowed to use dictionary 1. Passage Outside on the road again didnt stop thinking. It was freezing cold, my feet felt like blocks of ice. went out to have few jars on me own before went back. The lads were in bed at home. went in to have look at Billy, just to remind meself who he was. was thinking – the best? Our Billy? Cackhanded, silly Billy. Thats what his mam used to call him when he was little. He was always dropping things. Our little Silly, she used to say. sat down on the bed next to him and he woke up, but just put my hand on him and pushed him gently down onto the pillow. Go to sleep, son, told him. sat there listening to his breathing. He was my son. He was Billy Elliot, thats all. But maybe .well, maybe he really was brilliant at something as well. Maybe he had gift. And what was going to do about it? needed money. The trouble was, see, Im not the best at anything, certainly not making money. All know how to do is dig coal up out of the ground. a) What happened just before this passage? 1 b) Analyse this passage to find out how Jackie was feeling. 2 c) How did they make enough money to send Billy to the audition? 1.5 Answer either 2a or 2b! 2a) Characterise the relationship between Tony and Jackie and say how it changed as the story developed. Give specific examples. 3 2b) Write about Billys mother and say in which ways she was important for the development of the story. Give specific examples. 3 3. Explain Tonys words by referring to what was happening in the village at the time. 2P Got enough food there, have you? What are you doing, eh? Tony banged his basket against Garys. (.)You were me best mate. First rule of the union, Gary, you know that. Never cross picket line. Were all f***ed if you dont remember that. 4. Imagine its 5 years after the performance at the end of the book. Write letter from Billy to his family or to Mrs Wilkinson. (100 words). 3 Literature Test Billy Elliot Name 22.12.2011 Class H2b Notes appropriate presentation is sign of respect for the reader. check your grammar and spelling. separate mark for language is given. content accounts for 2/3 and language for 1/3 of the final mark in this test. you are not allowed to use the book. you are allowed to use dictionary 1. Passage No, said again, and then that was it. Id had enough. On and on and on and on and on at me, the bloody old bitch. ran out of there and into the changing rooms. Didnt have enough on my plate? She thought my whole life was built around her – well, it wasnt! ran into cubicle and locked the door. Sometimes you just . well. couldnt get it out of my mind, could I? That hammer. He was bloody going to smash my dad with it. With f***ing hammer! What was going on? And Dad, smacking him like that. Fighting each other, pulling everything to pieces. If our mam was here, itd be different. Shed never let Tony and Dad go on at each other like that. a) What had happened just before this passage? 1 b) Analyse this passage to find out how Billy was feeling. 2 c) Describe Mrs Wilkinson. 1.5 Answer either 2a or 2b! 2a) Characterise the relationship between Billy and Michael and say how it changed as the story developed. Give specific examples. 3 2b) Write about ballet. Say what it means to Billy and explain his familiys reaction to his new hobby. 3 3. Explain what the Pawnbroker meant by the following statement. 2 Ill be honest, think the miners are misguided, think Mrs Thatcher probably has the right ideas about the way the future is going. Sometimes hard decisions have to be made, but dont always like the way she goes about it. 4. Imagine you are Billy and you are writing diary entry after the performance, which we see at the end of the book. Write about 100 words. 3 Literature Test Billy Elliot 15.5.2008 Notes appropriate presentation is sign of respect for the reader. check your grammar and spelling. separate mark for language is given. content accounts for 2/3 and language for 1/3 of the final mark in this test. if answers are obviously copied, points will be taken off you are not allowed to use the book. you are allowed to use dictionary 1. Passage No, said again, and then that was it. Id had enough. On and on and on and on and on at me, the bloody old bitch. ran out of there and into the changing rooms. Didnt have enough on my plate? She thought my whole life was built around her – well, it wasnt! ran into cubicle and locked the door. Sometimes you just . well. couldnt get it out of my mind, could I? That hammer. He was bloody going to smash my dad with it. With f***ing hammer! What was going on? And Dad, smacking him like that. Fighting each other, pulling everything to pieces. If our mam was here, itd be different. Shed never let Tony and Dad go on at each other like that. a) What had happened just before this passage? 1 b) Analyse this passage to find out how Billy was feeling. 2 c) Describe Mrs Wilkinson. 1.5 2. Explain Tonys words by referring to what was happening in the village at that time. 2P Got enough food there, have you? What are you doing, eh? Tony banged his basket against Garys. (.)You were me best mate. First rule of the union, Gary, you know that. Never cross picket line. Were all f***ed if you dont remember that. 3. Characterise the relationship between Tony and Jackie and say how it changed as the story developped. 3 3. Explain what the Pawnbroker meant by the following statement. 2 Ill be honest, think the miners are misguided, think Mrs Thatcher probably has the right ideas about the way the future is going. Sometimes hard decisions have to be made, but dont always like the way she goes about it. 4. Imagine its 5 years after the performance at the end of the book. Write letter from Billy to his family or to Mrs Wilkinson. (100 words). 3