Wed: Response to Text

 Lost Treasure

Instructions: 

Highlight the correct answer for each question.

Questions:

1. What is the wharenui?

a) Capital city of NZ b) cousin 

 c)meeting place d) Kitchen

2. What is another name for verandah?

a) deck. b) patio 

c) balcony d) all of the above.

3.What was his ‘something special’ that he needed to do with Hoani?

1. Make breakfast b) Find Nana’s special spoon

      c)   Play a trick on his cousin Hoani d) Go swimming at the local river

 

4. How do you know he didn’t want to help his Uncle Dan set up the chairs? 

Answer:  “You can help Uncle Dan set out the chairs, then you’re needed in the wharekai.”

I sighed and went to get dressed”.

5. What does hovered mean?

1. Creep up b) hanging over

      c)  lingered d) all of the above.

6.. Who is the ‘first person’ narrating this story?

1. Hoani b) Waihuia

      c)  No one d) Uncle Dan

7. How do you know that Waihuia was the ‘first person’ narrating this story?

=> Because at the start of the story Waihuia started saying  “When I woke up, my cousin’s sleeping bag was empty. The only people in the wharenui were two great-aunties and Nanny. I went outside in my pyjamas and ran into Mum on the verandah”.

8. Why did Wai want to mimi?  

1.  He drank a lot of fizzies b) He finish having a shower

      c) he was trying to get away from his mum    d) He was cold

9. What didn’t keep Wai from getting to Hoani’s special mission?

a) Helping mum clean the wharepaku b) Looking after Aunty Jane while she was eating

c) getting lost through the woods d) Looking after his cousin Pounamu crying baby