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Assignments
Pages 1 – 30
1 What
do you know about the narrator (the teller of the story) after the first six
pages
of the novel?
Fill in the missing parts of the
sentences.
He
calls himself ...................................................
He
was born on ...................................................
He
lived in the ................... of England.
He
lived with ................................. and
.................................. called ...................
He
was attending a .......................................... school.
He
has one ..........................., called ..............................
When
he starts telling the story of his life he is sitting in
.................................
Daily Routine Orders.
He uses a lot of different terms for
tramps.
Find seven
of those in the first three Daily Routine Orders.
1 .................................................
2
..................................................
3
..................................................
4
..................................................
5
..................................................
6
..................................................
7
..................................................
3 What is the difference between London
and Bradford for Link?
Fill in the missing information (you
may need a dictionary!).
London Bradford
1 thousands
of tramps .........................................................
2 ...................................................... conspicuous
3 police
leave you alone .........................................................
4 ...................................................... people are embarrassed when passing by
5 the
people are all strangers .........................................................
4 Which
of the following are correct? (More than one choice is possible!)
1 Link
cannot get a job, because …
[
] A he has too little training
[
] B he has no experience
[
] C he
is too dirty.
[
] D he has not got the right sort of clothes.
[
] E he was unemployed.
2 Shelter
left the Army, because …
[
] A he was too old.
[
] B he did not have a good physical condition
any more.
[
] C his mental health was not good enough.
[
] D the Army was dismissing many men.
[
] E the National Service was abolished.
3 Shelter
is interested in young tramps, because
[
] A he wants to give them shelter.
[
] B he wants to turn them into soldiers.
[
] C he wants to clean the streets of the city.
[
] D he thinks he might turn them into useful young people.
[
] E he thinks they are
part of a plot to destroy society.
5
How do they score? Give marks 1 to 5 to each
of the characters expressing your
sympathy:
1 means: no sympathy at all, 5 means: much sympathy; with 2, 3 and 4 you can
express in-between positions. Then give reasons for your choice.
Link .......,
because
.................................................................................
Vince ......., because .................................................................................
Carole ......., because
.................................................................................
Chris ......., because
.................................................................................
Mum .......,
because .................................................................................
Dad .......,
because
.................................................................................
Shelter ......., because
.................................................................................
6 Shelter is quite happy with himself in Daily Routine Orders 5.
Match the sentences 1 - 6 with a - f, phrases saying how Shelter feels.
1 [ ] It's begun, the recruiting, and it was easy
as falling of a log.
2 [ ] I smiled as I said this - my best do-gooder
smile.
3 [ ] I'd made the whole thing up - name and
everything. Part of my
preparation.
4 [ ] ...
then said, casual like, 'There's a comfy couch at my place if you
don't mind
roughing it."
5 [ ] 5 [
] Roughing it. Brilliant
touch, that, and it worked.
6
[ ] Cruel? I don't think so. He's neither cold
nor hungry now.
A A little effort to put
him at ease.
B Don't accuse me wrongly!
C I need
not have worried.
D Don't
you think I'm clever?
E Always
do some groundwork first.
F He'll
fall for my 'I couldn’t care less' attitude.
7 Link
applied for loads of jobs: office work, supermarkets, catering, filling
stations.
Choose one
of these and write Link's letter of application (sollicitatiebrief). You reply
to and advertisement in The Bradford Courier of August 7th.
Your
letter should include: your personal data, education, experience, reason for
applying, references, expectations.
|
Dear Sir
/ Madam,
Yours
sincerely,
|
8 Link
says he made a lot of mistakes when he came to London.
What mistakes does he actually mean? Try
to find four.
1 .....................................................................................................................
2 .....................................................................................................................
3 .....................................................................................................................
4 .....................................................................................................................
9 How
well do you know Link?
Which of the following characteristics
does he show?
[
] 1 honest [ ] 6 intolerant
[
] 2 inexperienced [ ] 7 caring
[
] 3 lazy [ ] 8 hopeful
[
] 4 unwise [ ] 9 self-confident
[
] 5 hasty [ ] 10 self-critical
10 What
is your opinion about the situation at Link's home?
What should/could have been done to
improve the situation in such a way that Link
would not have felt forced to run
away? Write about 100 words.
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Assignments
pages 31 – 61
11 Answer the following questions.
1
Which
three qualities should a good doorway have for a tramp?
1 .........................................................................................................
2 .........................................................................................................
3 .........................................................................................................
2
Strangely enough on his first
night in the open Link's feeling are mostly positive.
Find three of those positive feelings
on the first two pages of the passage (I found a doorway .... Quarter past
eleven, pages 31 and 32)
1 ................................................................................................. 2 .................................................................................................
3 .................................................................................................
3 But spending the night in doorways has its
unpleasant aspects, too.
Find
three of those on the same
pages.
1
.........................................................................................................
2
.........................................................................................................
3
.........................................................................................................
12 The language that is used in this novel is
often not Standard English but slang. Match
the two columns. Column one contains
words from pages 33 to 35, column two has
the explanations .
[ ] 1 runty A money
[ ] 2 fag B
give it to me
[ ] 3 gob C fellow (Liverpool only)
[ ] 4 dosh D dwarf
[
] 5 wack E depart
[ ] 6 sod off F dwarfish
[ ] 7 kiddo G fool
[ ] 8 runt H mouth
[ ] 9 wally I boy
[ ] 10 gizzit J cigarette
13 You
can tell that Shelter has been in the Army by the language that he uses.
Read the following paragraph and underline
the words or phrases that remind you of
the Army.
It's like parachuting. Get the first jump over and
it becomes routine, but you mustn't get complacent. Check your equipment every
time. Run through procedures. Know what's what. Don't fall into any traps.
14 Which
of the following statements are true?
[
] 1 Shelter carries out his killings according to a certain pattern.
[
] 2 He makes sure that no bodies can be found.
[
] 3 The woman he picked up looked like a member of the upper
classes.
[
] 4 He tries to blackmail the woman.
[
] 5 The woman has certain suspicions when she goes with him. [ ] 6 He uses the cat and the tomato soup to put
the woman at ease
15 What
do you know about Ginger?
Choose from the following.
A [
] 1 Ginger sounds relaxed.
[ ] 2
Ginger sounds unfriendly.
[ ] 3
Ginger sounds worried.
B [
] 1 Just like Link Ginger is an inexperienced
tramp.
[ ] 2
Ginger has some experience in
the streets of other cities.
[ ] 3
Unlike Link Ginger has
experience in the streets of London.
C [
] 1 Ginger comes from Glasgow.
[ ] 2
Ginger comes from Birmingham.
[ ] 3
Ginger comes from Bradford.
D [
] 1 Ginger is the boys' real name.
[ ] 2
He is called Ginger because
of his hair.
[ ] 3
The boy has chosen the name
of Ginger at random.
16 You have read an article in the Sun about homeless kids and you are
angry about what they write about the kids going home in the evening with a lot
of money.
Write an
angry letter to the editor (person who decides which articles will be taken up)
stating what the truth is in your opinion.
|
Dear Sir,
........................................................................................................................
........................................................................................................................
........................................................................................................................
........................................................................................................................
........................................................................................................................
........................................................................................................................
........................................................................................................................
........................................................................................................................
........................................................................................................................
........................................................................................................................
Yours sincerely, ..................................
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17 Link divides the people in the street into
six groups.
Which groups are they?
1 .................................................................................................................
2 ................................................................................................................
3 ................................................................................................................
4 ................................................................................................................
5 ...............................................................................................................
6 ...............................................................................................................
18 A To
which of the six types mentioned in 17 do you belong?
B How
do you react when somebody asks you for money in the street?
C How
do you feel about your own reaction?
A ........................................................................................................................
B ........................................................................................................................
C ........................................................................................................................
19 One
of the people Ginger asks for money answers him: "Change? I'd change you,
my
lad, if I had you in Khaki for six
weeks."
A Who
is this person? ................................................
B How
can you be sure?
.....................................................................................
C With
what word could you describe Shelter's attitude in Daily Routine Orders 8?
........................................................
20 Follow Link's and Ginger's route through
London on a map.
A Copy
the route, underline the names mentioned in the book on the map
B and
indicate what happened in the places supplied with an *.
King's Cross Station *
................................................................................
Pentonville Road * ................................................................................
Tottenham Court Road
Shaftesbury Avenue
Piccadilly Circus
Piccadilly
St. James's * ................................................................................
Trafalgar Square * ................................................................................
the Strand
the Embankment * ................................................................................
Assignments
Pages 62 – 92
21 Shelter's third victim makes some negative
remarks about the army, which makes
Shelter furious.
In the following two paragraphs you
can find seven negative opinions. Number one is
given.
Your task is to find the other six.
He shrugged. 'Couldn't stand it. Thick
sods bawling at you all day long. Telling you what
to do. And the grub - Jesus! So I
bought myself out.'
'Dunno
about Fascists,' he said. 'I'm not into politics, but you must have to be
desperate
to stay in that mob.' He spat in the
gutter. 'Better off on the streets.'
1 He
calls the officers Thick sods.
2 .......................................................................................
3 .......................................................................................
4 .......................................................................................
5 .......................................................................................
6 .......................................................................................
7 .......................................................................................
22 A There is a mistake on page 67 (So I fetched
..... in winter, because …). Can you
spot it?
....................................................................................................................................
....................................................................................................................................
B Why is Probyn called Captain Hook, do you
think?
....................................................................................................................................
....................................................................................................................................
C In what ways do Captain Hook's boats
resemble slave ships?
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- By now you have read quite a bit about the life of homeless people. List six of the mainproblems they are confronted with, arrange them in order of importance (or by giving them numbers), then compare your choice with the one of your neighbour.Find out what in your class is considered the most serious problem.
Problems Order Order
in class
1 .................................................. [ ] [ ]
2 .................................................. [ ] [ ]
3 ................................................. [ ] [ ]
4 ................................................. [ ] [ ]
5 ................................................. [ ] [ ]
6 ................................................. [ ] [ ]
24 Finish
the following sentences.
1 The
homeless young people had better stay together, because ................................................................................................................
2 Sometimes
these homeless youngsters have to go to the DSS, because
................................................................................................................
3 In
freezingly cold weather homeless people even get less money, because …
................................................................................................................
4 Ginger
added non-alcoholic to his placard, because …
