Answer these questions on the answer sheet provided. Make sure you remember to write your name on your answers.

• If you can’t remember something, go on to the next question and then go back to the story if you need to once you have tried all the questions.
• If you don’t know the answer immediately, try to work it out by seeing which answer is the least wrong to you!

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Questions for Chapter 1

1. Spokes is Kaga’s:
a. nephew
b. uncle
c. cousin
d. brother

2. ‘He even had a girlfriend-kind of’ means that:
a. He likes a girl and thinks that she likes him
b. He is dating a girl and they go out regularly
c. The girl doesn’t like him
d. The girl doesn’t even know that he exists

3. When Kago sneaked in the door at work, he was:
a. Running in fast
b. Walking casually into the room
c. Slipping in so no one would see him
d. Walking boldly into the room

Questions for Chapter 2

4. The story is told from the point of view of:
a. Third person narrator
b. From first person, Kago
c. From second person, Jojo
d. From the people who work with Kago

5. Spokes says to Kago that, “My job isn’t like yours. Our rules are a bit lax.”. This suggests to the reader that:
a. Spokes does not really have a job
b. The job Spokes has is possibly illegal/unlawful
c. Spoke’s job doesn’t pay well
d. Spokes is the supervisor so can come and go as he pleases

6. When Jojo refers to Kago as ‘sweet’, she means that he is:
a. good looking
b. assertive
c. optimistic
d. kind

Questions for Chapter 3

7. We are told that Kago decided to ‘splurge’ on a taxi. This suggests that he:
a. Spends money on a taxi everyday
b. He thinks nothing of spending this money on a taxi
c. He is very worried about spending this money
d. He is slightly concerned about spending this money but decides it is for a good cause

8. The expression, “caught Kago’s eye’ means that:
a. Kago’s eye got hurt
b. Kago felt compelled to look at something
c. Kago could not stop looking at something
d. Kago’s attention was attracted by something unusual/strange

9. Why is it necessary to complete ‘paperwork’ to retrieve a dog.
a. The paperwork is necessary for record keeping
b. The paperwork refers to bribes being paid
c. The paperwork is to distract them from what is really happening at the kennels
d. All of the above are true

Questions for Chapter 4

10. ‘He walked a few blocks and then ducked over to the street.’ In this sentences ‘ducked’ is a:
a. verb
b. adjective
c. noun
d. adverb

11. ‘When Kago saw the dog fighting he felt sick.’ This tells us that Kago is:
a. A man who is jealous about how much money Spokes is getting
b. A man who wishes that his dog could earn him money
c. A man who does not like breaking the law
d. A man who finds violence sickening

12. We are told that the crowds roared and shouted during the dog fights. They are doing this because they:
a. Are upset about the dogs fighting
b. Are shouting at Stokes because they have lost money
c. Are concerned about the unfairness of the dog fights
d. None of the above

Questions for Chapter 5

13. When Kago wakes up he finds that Spokes has not been home. Possibly Spokes didn’t go home because:
a. He feels guilty
b. He is doesn’t have enough money to catch a taxi home
c. He is scared that Kago has told his mother about him
d. Both (a) and (c) are correct

14. Kago says that ‘family can really be a problem’. He says this because:
a. He is worried about his mother
b. He wishes that his father was around to talk to
c. He feels loyal to Spokes even though he knows he’s doing the wrong thing
d. He is happy to have a reason to get rid of Spokes as he doesn’t like him

15. The dog is ‘massive’. A synonym of massive is:
a. Huge
b. Strong
c. Powerful
d. Small

Questions for Chapter 6

16. We read that Mr Alexander is violating the employees privacy rule. The employees privacy rule probably means that:
a. Employees have to keep their private lives private
b. Employees’ private details may not be shared with anyone else
c. Employees may not share their private details with any colleagues
d. Employees private details can be shared with anyone

17. Spokes reacts strongly when he hears that Kago has gone to tell the man at Paws R Us because:
a. He knows how dangerous this man is
b. He is worried that Kago will get him into trouble
c. He is concerned that Kago will get lost
d. He is happy that Kago will now be out of the way

18. Mr Alexander says that Kago better have a good reason for not being at work or he will be ‘sacked’. Sacked is an example of:
a. an idiom
b. a colloquialism
c. formal style
d. figurative language

Questions for Chapter 7

19. The Paws r Us man tells Spokes to ‘take care of’ Kago. This is an example of a:
a. Euphemism
b. Figure of speech
c. Adjectival clause
d. Literal language

20. Which of the following statements is true:
a. Spokes knows that Kago will tell his mom about him
b. Spokes knows that Kago might tell his mom about him
c. Spokes suspects that Kago has told his mom about him
d. Spokes knows that Kago will not tell his mom about him

21. Kago wakes up in a cage after drinking some juice. It is probable that the juice was:
a. Drugged
b. Poisoned
c. Past the sell-by-date
d. Had no effect on him