The Secret Methods
What are the pheasants crazy about?
raisins
Why did Danny's father poach in Hazell's Woods?
First, it was where all the pheasants were. Second, _________________.
Hazell's woods is a dangerous place, because _______ were always wating for poachers, holding guns.
keepers
I didn't care about the keepers any more. The only person I cared about was __________.
my father
I'm going to have an _________ soon, and you mustn't eat or drink anything at all before that.
anesthetic
The horsehair makes the raisin _______ in the pheasant's throat.
stick
Mr. Victor Hazell was a roaring ____ and was rich beyond words. However, he was rude to everyone.
snob
The first thing Danny did was to switch off all the ________ because he thought he had to hide.
lights
Why couldn't Danny's father return home?
He fell into a pit and broke his ankle.
His left leg was doubled up underneath his right leg and the whole thing must have been ____ for him.
agony
Who invented The Sticky Hat?
Danny's grandfather
Mr. Hazell said to Danny, "Keep your ______ little hands to yourself!"
filthy
What time did Danny's father promise to come back by?
10:30pm
I've got to get out of here before _________. The keepers know I'm here and they're coming back for me as soon as it gets light.
morning
If anything had hit you in that Baby Austin, you'd have been smashed to _______________.
smithereens
Why did Danny's father get nothing on the day he went poaching?
Because he arrived too late.
Danny's father said to Mr. Hazell, "I suggest you _________ a person your own size."
pick on
What time did Danny wake up to find out his dad didn't return yet?
2:10am
How did Danny help his father to get out of the pit?"
There was a rope in the Baby Austin.
there wasn't time to break or slow down, so I just yanked the wheel hard over and prayed. The little car ________ violently off the road.
swerved
If you arrive too late, pheasants were already going up to ________.
roost
After Mr. Hazell left Danny and Danny's father with anger, he sent ______________ instead to examine filling station and the caravan.
inspectors
I got into the driver's seat of the Baby Austin. I turned on the _________ key.
ignition
How long did it take from Hazell's Woods to Danny's home?
About thirty minutes
I pressed a shade harder on the accelerator. We crept out of the filling station onto the dark, deserted road. I will not pretend I wasn't __________, but I was.
petrified