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Answers to book activities Answers to Factsheet activities
1 Working together to solve problems has
1 Open answers ■ Communicative activities made them powerful. She thinks they have
2 activity, idea, job, plan group intelligence.
1 Open answers except:
3 a–b Open answers 2 (f), (e), (c), (h), (a), (g), (d), (b)
Activities after reading a section
4 a He is looking for something to fill his life Chapter 7
after the death of his wife and daughter. Chapters 1–2
1 (a) Because they don’t want them to be
b He wants people to remember him after Page 1, lines 1–3. protected from the spiders.
his death. Page 1, last sentence. (b) The spiders.
c His sister invites him to dinner to meet Page 3, lines 18–21. (c) As the true owners of the island.
Walter. Page 8, lines 7–8. (d) Because the British government wanted
d He has to prepare a document listing the Page 9, line 13 and lines 20–22. to test an atomic bomb.
laws of the new society and the rights of Chapters 5–6 (e) To leave and remain strong, ready to
the citizens. When the crab stopped moving, the spiders come back another day.
e People who find it difficult to fit into the stopped too. They were confused when it (f) To stay and fight.
society they want to leave. stopped moving. The spiders send millions of (g) Six.
f at a hotel in Bloomsbury baby spiders up into the air. The spiders have (h) Some evil on the island.
5 a Camilla Cogent is lonely and thoughtful. learned to work together to look for food and (i) He puts a terrible curse on the island
b Jennifer Deeds is calm and happy. share it. They have learned to build bridges with and forbids his people to live there.
c Deborah Brinkley is large and confident their web. They have developed a group (j) Gave them land on another island.
looking. intelligence. (k) Probably because it is a very religious
d Charles Brinkley is strong and capable. island and he wants to get rid of the
6 He is looking forward to a new world and ■ Student’s activities
white people.
new adventures. Activities before reading the book (l) The white people.
7–9 Open answers 2 Possible answer
1 spiders’webs
10 a He is sure he made a mistake in coming. His men collected bags of spiders and took
2 many jobs, including farming and advertising
He wanted more fun. them to the group’s settlements. They let the
b He believes rules will develop as they Activities while reading the book spiders go and the spiders killed and ate
become necessary and not before. Chapter 1 everyone in the settlement.
c She is a biologist. She wants to be (a) a rich and powerful man Chapter 8
useful. (b) architect and journalist 1 Open answers
d There are very few birds. (c) free, politically independent 2 (a) arrives five days
e It cannot be fog because it is not moving. (d) the two principles of (b) carrying four people
f Jennifer Deeds (e)and not to the past (c) the leader of the original group
11–13 Open answers (f) political or social (d) who came in the plane
14 a True Chapter 2 (e) that the spiders kill
b False. The children see two men.
1 Open answers (f) have murdered
c False. Charles gives Camilla a gun.
2 Open anwers (g) Arnold’s hat and gloves
d True
Chapter 3 (h) patches of spiders
e True
(I) attack
15 Open answers 1 Open answers
(j) knock them off
16 They are covered in a strange smelling oil. Chapter 4 (k) more and more
17 They are moving. This means they have 1 Open answers (l) into the sea
spiders inside. 2 Open answers
18 About half the island is covered in the web. Chapter 9
Chapter 5
There is a clear piece about a mile wide 1 (a) Arnold and Camilla
around the settlement. 1 Open answers (b) the army officer who was attacked by the
19–21 Open answers 2 Possible answer spiders
22 a the writer (Arnold), to Camilla When we waved goodbye to Andrew, we did (c) a naturalist
b Naeta, to Arnold and Camilla not know that it was the last time we would (d) the man from the Foreign Office
c Camilla, to Naeta see him alive. The party didn’t come back (e) Lord Foxfieid
d Camilla, to Naeta that night or the next morning. Camilla and (f) Lord Foxfield and the families of the
23 He says the spiders are setting out on winds Joe decided to go and search for them. They people who died
to all corners of the earth. put on special clothes to protect themselves (g) Mount Tanakuatua
24 They cover themselves in the juice from a against the spiders and poured insecticide (h) Peru
plant. over themselves. Then we had a long wait. 2 Open answers
25 Everyone is dead. Four hours later, they came back. I could
see from Camilla’s face that the news was Activities after reading the book
26–28 Open answers
bad. Open answers
29 a They are using the tractor to drag some
boxes and the noise of the tractor must Then I saw Joe carrying Andrew. Now I feel
have drowned the sound of the plane’s empty, angry, and very sad. I wish we had
engines. never come to this island or heard of Lord
b The army officers think they are mad. Foxfield and his Project.
c He is very annoyed. 3 They are going to finish the buildings and
d He gets his money back for the island, clear a piece of land around them. Then they
transport and equipment. are going to pour insecticide on the ground
e The volcano erupts, or there is more around the buildings, keep more ready, and
bomb testing. watch the cleared area carefully, 24 hours a
f Peru day.
30–35 Open answers

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