&vsize=400&exid=1&exmo=0&exty=5&thre=1&trmo=0&trurl=http://62.232.76.134/Campus/Britcoun/Script/Script.cfm&shuf=0&spdrag=1&sppos=55&skelt=../obj/skelt01.swf&frameup=cnt_txt1.swf&framedown=tpl_truefalse.swf&panel=0&audiolv=70&audiofile=nul&autoplay=0&buffertime=5&tscr=0&audioscript=HTML text&subm=1&hurl=helpfile.swf&cnt_txt=Decide if each of the 18 statements below are True or False. Click "Submit" to check your answers. After you have checked your answers, you can see why they were right or wrong by clicking on the blue balls to the left of the answers and selecting "Comment".&i18_dvalue=0&i18_cvalue=1&i18_txt=At the beginning of the story, the author emphasises the fact that the day was ordinary so that the event at the end appears more extraordinary.&i17_comm=It was strange because when the author turned on the radio the news was on and they announced that Bob Marley - the singer of the song - was dead.&i17_dvalue=0&i17_cvalue=1&i17_txt=It was strange that the music stopped halfway through the song.&i16_comm=We can assume that is why they took it with them.&i16_dvalue=0&i16_cvalue=1&i16_txt=They took the salmon to eat later on.&i15_comm=There was a net across the loch to catch the pike that hunted the salmon. &i15_dvalue=0&i15_cvalue=2&i15_txt=There was a net across the loch to stop fishermen.&i14_comm=His eyes showed he hated them, but he didn't cry.&i14_dvalue=0&i14_cvalue=2&i14_txt=Johnny didn't show how he felt when he was attacked.&i13_comm=He got attacked every day because he was English and, presumably, the others didn't like English people.&i13_dvalue=0&i13_cvalue=2&i13_txt=Johnny got attacked every day because he was a coward.&i12_comm=If you ran away then it meant you were afraid - " flight was not an option, it meant cowardice".&i12_dvalue=0&i12_cvalue=1&i12_txt=The author knew he shouldn't try and run away.&i11_comm=He offered " enough resistance to show (he) had pluck". &i11_dvalue=0&i11_cvalue=1&i11_txt=The author fought back when he was attacked.&opt2=False&opt1=True&nitem=18&i10_comm=He wasn't ready for it - he had "lowered his guard" - because he was still feeling pleased about discovering the hidden stream. &i10_dvalue=0&i10_cvalue=1&i10_txt=The others surprised the author when they attacked him.&i9_comm=He didn't have to keep it secret because they all knew about it and did the same thing - "the whole gang was in on it". &i9_dvalue=0&i9_cvalue=2&i9_txt=He had to keep the hole secret from the other planters.&i8_comm=He did it to save himself work - " hours of toil". &i8_dvalue=0&i8_cvalue=2&i8_txt=He put so many trees into the hole because he thought they would grow better. &i7_comm=He accidentally put his foot into it.&i7_dvalue=0&i7_cvalue=1&i7_txt=The author could have hurt himself when he discovered the hidden stream.&i6_comm=They were paid money for each tree they planted, and if they planted a thousand then they would get good money. &i6_dvalue=0&i6_cvalue=1&i6_txt=They wanted to plant a thousand trees each day for financial reasons.&i5_comm=It was "freezing as usual". &i5_dvalue=0&i5_cvalue=1&i5_txt=It wasn't colder that day than it normally was.&i4_comm=The helicopter took them up to "that day's planting patch", i.e. on other days it would take them to another patch.&i4_dvalue=0&i4_cvalue=2&i4_txt=They planted trees in the same area every day.&i3_comm=He didn't try to avoid it, he "swerved to hit it". &i3_dvalue=0&i3_cvalue=2&i3_txt=Jock tried to avoid the lamb in the middle of the road.&i2_comm=He was confident there would be no cars because it was every early in the morning. &i2_dvalue=0&i2_cvalue=2&i2_txt=Jock was confident that no other car would be on the road because the road was so narrow.&i1_comm=It was strange because they had had a fight with each other the night before. &i1_dvalue=0&i1_cvalue=1&i1_txt=It was strange that two of the boys in the back of the van were "best of friends now". &