Quiz

**Me and My Cat Quiz**

**Activity 1** 1. Is Elijah Wood the author of Me and my Cat story? a) Yes, he is b) No, he isn't

2. Who wrote the story and made pictures for the book? a) Elijah Wood b) Satoshi Kitamura

**Activity 2.** Which word is the odd one out?

- a) lick b) punch c) kick

- a) run b) spend c) get

- a) drag b) scratch c) rush

- a) hop b) but c) got

**Activity 3.** Chose the correct completion.

1. Late one night an old lady in a pointed hat came in through the ... a) bedroom window b) bedroom door.

2. The old lady brandished her ... at Nicholas. a) hat b) broom

3. Then she left without saying ... a) hello b) goodbye

4. Mom was ... in the morning. a) happy b) furious

5. Nicholas rushed to the ... and looked at himself in the mirror. a) bedroom b) bathroom

6. Nicholas turned into a ... a) cat b) dog

7. Nicholas fell ... a) in love b) asleep

8. After Nicholas woke up he felt ... a) better b) worse

9. Nicholas hopped onto the ... a) table b) bed

10) Then he hopped to the top of the ... a) shelves b) TV

11. Nicholas decided to leap to the cupboard on the other side of the ... a) room b) house

12. Mom threw Nicholas ... the house. a) into b) out of

13. Gioconda, the next door cat, came up and ... Nicholas all over his face. a) scratched b) licked

14. The ... wall was warm under Nicholas's paws. a) stone b) brick

15. Leonardo was ... son. a) Miss Thomson's b) Heloise's

16. Farther along, Nicholas came across ... mean-looking cats. a) 2 b) 3

17. The cats punched and scratched and kicked one another until they fell off the ..., entangled. a) wall b) tree

18. A ... came running toward them, barking furiously. a) dog b) mouse

19. The ... ran away in all directions. a) cats b) dogs

20) Bernard chased Nicholas out of the ... a) park b) garden

21. When Nicholas got home, he went into the ... a) house b) hospital

22. Then he heard a ... noise coming from the door. a) licking b) scratching

23. Poor little Leonardo, as Nicholas, was trying to get into the house through the ... flap. a) mouse b) cat

24. Once indoors, Leonardo challenged his ..., until they surrended. a) socks b) shoes

25. Leonardo ... his sweater clean. a) choked b) licked

26. Then Leonardo spent a long time ... his nails. a) brandishing b) sharpening

27. Mom saw something was wrong with her ... a) son b) cat

28. Mom became so worried that she called the doctor and asked him to ... at once. a) come b) pur

29. The doctor told Mom to send Nicholas to ... early. a) school b) bed

30. Mom was still very ... a) furious b) upset

31. Nicholas climbed on Leonardo-in-his-shape and ... his cheek. a) chased b) stroked

32. The old lady in a pointed hat came to say ... a) Sorry, the wrong address b) Sorry, the wrong number

33. The old lady in a pointed hat ... her broom and blurted out some words. a) brandish b) brandished

34. Then the old lady in a pointed hat ... without saying good night. a) dragged b) left

35. Everything was back ... normal in the morning. a) in b) to

36. At school Mr McGough sat ... the table. a) at b) on

37. The teacher scratched himself, ... his shirt and fell asleep for the rest of the lesson. a) licked b) lick

**Activity 4**. Open the brackets to make the sentences complete in the review, written by Brendan King, a freelance editor, translator and reviewer.

Me and My Cat? **(to be)** the latest book from Satoshi Kitamura, who can always be relied on to take a disturbingly sideways view of life. It describes how young Nicholas is visited by a witch who **(to switch)** his body with his cat’s.

At first, Nicholas doesn’t realise what has happened, and is most indignant when his mother **(to pull)** him away from the cat’s breakfast bowl. It’s only when he
 * (to find)** himself thoughtfully pulling his own whiskers that the ghastly truth dawns. He **(to leap)** into the washbasin and finds himself staring into the bathroom mirror at his cat, Leonardo. He discovers that the cat world **(to be)** not a cosy one.

Bruised and battered, he **(to return**) home only to see his own body, now inhabited by Leonardo, trying to get into the cat flap…whatever next? You’ll never guess – for you never can with Kitamura.

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