Science Fiction Genre

A range of comprehension questions based on the story studied in week 21.

Name:

Class:

Breakspear Junior School

Over the next few pages you will answer a range of
comprehension questions.

Have a go at all the questions. If you find a question really tricky then leave it BUT once
you have answered all the other questions return to the ones you left earlier.

1) What were the things that Nadia missed? ___________________________________

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2) Copy some of the words or phrases that tell you what time of day it is.
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3) What made it hard for Nadia to see who was on the screen of the chronocom?

The dust storm It was damaged from Interference from The surface
the crash the suns radiation

(1 mark)

4) Can you number the events of the story in the correct order?

Number Event

Nadia enters the hut

Nadia thinks about the

things she misses from
home

Using her jet-pack she flies

toward the distress beacon

Cyman warns Nadia that the

planet is dangerous.

(2 marks)
5) What does the author mean by ‘lost crew’. Explain what you think happened to them.
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6) Who or what is Cyman?

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7) Why do you think ’13%’ is written within its own sentence?

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8) Why do you think the author chose to have the last percentage as 13?
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9) ‘Spiraling and pirouetting through the arid dust clouds...’, why did the author choose
to describe Nadia’s movements in such a way?
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10) What is the purpose of the percentages in the story?

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11) Explain why you think the author chose to miss out many of the letters in Cyman’s speech.
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12) How do you think Nadia was feeling once she had entered the ramshackle hut? Explain
your answer as fully as possible using evidence from the text.
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13) What sort of dangers did Nadia face in the story?

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14) Circle the statement you agree with and then support your point of view with evidence
from the text.

Nadia should have gone into the hut.

YES NO

(3 marks)