Continental Palace School Secondary 1
English Department First Term
Chapter Three
Answer the following questions:
1. Why did the soldiers and the sergeant come to Joe’s house?
-Because they wanted a blacksmith to fix the handcuffs for them.
2. What did the sergeant offer the members of the house?
-He offered to let them come watch the soldiers as they are hunting down the
convicts.
3. Describe the night of Christmas
-It was very cold and windy. It started to rain. The sky was growing dark quickly.
4. Describe the scene when the sergeant found the convicts.
-The two convicts were locked in a ditch in a fist fight. They were rolling around
in the mud, shouting, cursing and throwing punches at each other.
5. What did the convict confess to Joe?
-He said that he took bits of food, a pie and some whiskey from the blacksmith’s
house.
Comment on the following quotations:
1. “Excuse me, ladies and gentlemen. We are chasing the convicts and we need the
blacksmith.”
-The sergeant said that to Mr Joe, Mrs Joe and the others at Mr Joe’s house
when he wanted a blacksmith to fix the handcuffs for them.
2. “He tried to murder me!”
-The other convict said that to the sergeant in a ditch when the soldiers came and
tried to catch the two convicts and one of them protested that the first convict
wanted to kill him.
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English Department First Term
3. “Have you lost a pie?”
-The sergeant said that to Mr Joe in the moors when the convict admitted that
he stole some food, a pie and whiskey from the blacksmith’s house.