Glar the "Master"
Who is the 'master' in this extract?
Glar
What made the bucket heavy to pull up?
What is the underground creatures’ reaction to the turkey?
They love it and send a bonus payment
Barbaric
Primitive, uncivilised
What lesson about greed can be learned from Calvin’s actions?
Greed leads to negative consequences
What did Glar send to the humans as courtesy?
Gold
How do the underground dwellers respond to the chicken?
They called it "supreme food"
Who ends up going into the hole, and what is the result?
Calvin; he never returns
Dismay
Shock; disappointment; sadness
How does curiosity play a role in the story?
Characters’ curiosity leads them to take risks and discover new things
What did Dora want Calvin to think happened to the chickens?
That a fox got them
How does Calvin plan to profit, or make money from the hole?
He wants to send down flashlights and receive gold for them
Identify an example of irony
Calvin wants to profit but ends up losing everything
Tremendous
Very great in size, effect or intensity; extremely good or impressive
Name a theme that can be seen in all of the extracts
Power, greed, consequences
How does Glar describe the language used by Dora?
Barbaric
What might the hole in the story symbolise?
Mystery; the unknown; risk
How do the underground creatures show that they are polite but yet clever?
Their notes are formal and respectful but manipulate humans to send what they want
Incomparable
unmatched, unable to compare, beyond comparison
Which characters showed the theme of power in the story?
Glar; Calvin
How does the author create tension when Dora finds the dead chickens?
Described the sounds the chickens made when they got hit
Described her fear
Described her actions as "hastily"
What phrase in the final extract shows that Dora is fearful?
"Dora was almost numb with fear."
What is the moral lesson of the story?
Greed and arrogance can lead to self-destruction
Decipher
to interpret or decode something; to figure out
Why is the ending of "Turkey" surprising?
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