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8.02 Beware of Dog

Part 1

Select the best choice.

      1. If I were in Canterbury, England, and got excited about a particular project on The Canterbury Tales, I might refer to the project as awesome or the _______________.

a. Bee’s knees

b. Grundig

c. Shark’s teeth

d. Dog’s breath

      2. If I wanted fish and fries for lunch on the day I visit Stratford upon Avon in England, to tour the birthplace of Shakespeare, I would order fish and ______.

a. slaw

b. chips

c. fries

d. a side of potato chips

      3. If I were in London, England, and wanted to go to my hotel room on the twelfth floor after my visit to Buckingham Palace, I would take the ______.

a. elevator

b. stairs

c. lift

Part 2

Select and complete one of the writing activities below.

Choice A

Roald Dahl was married to an American actress, Patricia Neal, for thirty years. If he had written a screen play for a movie about “Beware of the Dog,” he might have recommended his wife for the part of the nurse.

The nurse in our story gives away information.

• She refuses to make eye contact with the pilot, suggesting she has something to hide.

• She complains about the hard water when she bathes the pilot. If she were more polished and better trained, she would know the water in England is soft, making soapsuds hard to get rid of not hard to generate.

Create some speaking lines for the Nurse that would effectively convince the pilot he is home in Brighton. Create speaking parts for both Nurse and Williamson. Create at least three lines of dialogue for each character. Use quotation marks around each of the speaking parts you create for each character, demonstrating your understanding of dialogue and correct punctuation. You should draw from the story to write your dialogue.

For example—

Nurse: “Top of the morning to you.”

Williamson: “Yes, thank you; I am ready for some nosh.”

Nurse Line 1:      

Williamson:      

Reference to story:      

Nurse Line 2:      

Williamson:      

Reference to story:      

Nurse Line 3:      

Williamson:      

Reference to story:      

Choice B

Pick up where the story ends since it ends as a cliffhanger, without the reader knowing what happens to the pilot. We know that he now realizes he has been captured by the Germans. We also know it is vital that he not give up strategic information about the British Royal Air Force. Create a new ending for the story. Compose at least one paragraph.

Choice C

Garde au Chien [guard o she en], French for Beware of the Dog, unknowingly to the reader at first, becomes a crucial clue to the pilot. Describe how clever you think Roald Dahl was in using a historical setting during WWII, a French expression, and a cliffhanger at the end of his story. Discuss all three points in a separate paragraph for each point.

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