Tomorrow, When the War Began
John Marsden
Chapter 1:
1. Why is it important for Ellie to write everything down?
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2. What special event is occurring in Wirrawee and why is it significant?
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3. Fill in the table below with details about each of the characters.
Name / Character Description / GenderEllie / A good writer, practical, interested in others, country girl and narrator of the story. / F
Homer
Fiona
Lee
Robyn
Corrie
Kevin
Chris
Chapter 2:
1. Who is supposed to live in Hell? What crime does Ellie believe he has committed?
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2. What was Kevin scared of and why is it surprising?
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3. Match the following words/phrases with their definitions: Write out the correct definitions below the table.
WORD/PHRASE / DEFINITIONoccasional / to explain something logically
motivational / gently
rationalise / troubled, upset, bothered
escarpment / not appearing very often
unnerved / the edge of a cliff
gingerly / trying to inspire people, give them courage
Chapter 3:
1. What did the teenagers discover? Who did they think built it?
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Chapter 4:
1. What was the ‘artificial noise’ that Ellie heard?
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2. What was unusual about them?
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Chapter 5:
1. Why did the group decide to go back to the land rover?
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Chapter 5 Vocabulary Review
Choose the best definition for each of the underlined words below.
· "A lot of people underestimated Corrie."
a. thought she was weak
b. thought she was tough
c. criticised her
d. did not respect her
· "He was lucky she didn’t hold grudges."
a. fight back
b. report him to others
c. remain angry with him for a long time
d. treat him the way he treated her
· "You’ve been uptight most of this hike."
a. in an angry mood
b. tense
c. complaining
d. confused
Chapter 6:
Below is a short, comic version of chapter 6. Panels 7 & 8 have been left blank. You need to draw in the two events that you think are important to include before the end of the chapter.
Stick figures are fine.
No! the dogs are dead!
Where is everyone?
damn, there's no electricity or coomunications!
what if what we said in hell is true? what if there has been an invasion?!
(the group is arguing at homers house)
(Lee, homer and robyn are now leaders.)
(Lee parks the car under the tree.)
i think that we need to check all the houses.
ok, let's go. we all have our own jobs.
Group split up - all have different jobs to fullfill
tomorrow, when the war began Chapter 6 - comic
Chapter 7
1. What is Lee trying to warn Kevin about ?
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2. All of the following "movement" words are used in Chapter 7. Place the words along the speed line below. (You may wish to put two words in the same position.)
raced - walked - ran - crept - stumbled - dashed - lumbered – sprinted
SLOW ______FAST
Chapter 8
1. "Homer was becoming more surprising with every passing hour."
How does Homer change?
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Chapter 9
1. The following sentences form a summary of Chapter 9. However, they have been scrambled. After reading the chapter, arrange the sentences in the correct order by numbering them from 1 – 13.
a. Kevin’s dog, Flip, wandered across the yard.
b. Around 11 o’clock, Ellie started her sentry duty in the treehouse at Corrie’s.
c. The group agreed that if the helicopter landed, they would all surrender.
d. Corrie, and later, Homer, joined her.
e. They saw three enemy jets pursue one Australian jet.
f. The group moved to the shearing shed.
g. The house was totally destroyed.
h. They spent hours making lists of things to take.
i. An enemy helicopter arrived.
j. An enemy jet appeared and fired rockets into the house and the hillside behind it.
k. The helicopter hovered above the house, apparently looking for evidence of life.
l. Homer shot Corrie’s cow, which had mastitis.
m. The group agreed that two of them should go into Wirrawee to search for Lee and Robyn while the others should load Corrie’s Toyota and Kevin’s landrover with useful items for a retreat to Hell.
Chapter 10 – WORD SEARCH
C / O / N / S / P / I / C / U / O / U / S / Y / I / G / MY / T / W / N / L / Y / A / U / D / Q / H / X / W / N / M
E / T / W / Y / W / L / L / A / E / C / H / F / N / I / E
O / W / F / N / Q / R / U / Z / L / X / S / M / F / I / F
S / T / J / N / S / E / F / B / D / Y / C / N / M / I / I
N / I / Y / U / Z / G / H / C / I / S / B / D / T / R / I
Y / P / T / Q / I / N / T / E / S / P / A / R / S / E / R
L / W / T / S / V / I / O / T / E / T / I / R / T / Y / S
T / N / E / K / T / G / L / A / J / C / Z / B / A / A / U
N / L / P / A / Y / J / S / N / K / B / Q / V / M / U / R
E / E / C / N / A / S / S / I / A / N / O / C / E / R / M
L / W / I / V / W / X / C / T / R / E / E / H / S / Z / I
I / H / P / P / Q / S / Y / S / U / I / M / Y / F / V / S
S / F / M / H / G / N / T / B / D / D / J / H / A / L / E
E / Q / I / D / O / L / Y / O / D / X / M / S / T / S / S
/ SHEER
OBSTINATE
SPARSER
CONSPICUOUS
RECONNAISSANCE
SURMISES
PETTY
TRITE
SLOTHFUL
SIDLED
SILENTLY
GINGERLY
Chapter 11
1. Saving Lee was difficult. Would you have the guts to save your friends and family like this? Would you do it? Would there have to be conditions?
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Chapter 12:
Write down 5 important events that happen in this chapter.
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Chapter 13
1. Homer says: "Maybe it’s time to decide what we’re all going to do". Explain what the group are trying to decide.
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2. What is the plan of action that they decide to take?
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Chapter 14 & 15
1. In your own words explain what happened to the hermit’s wife and child.
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2. Match the following words/phrases with their definitions: Write out the correct definitions below the table.
WORD/PHRASE / DEFINITIONcoroner / To control or command others
hermit / A quality that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear
concealed / A person who investigates the death of someone who appears to have died of unnatural causes
bravery / Without feeling or compassion
dominate / A person who lives on their own, in a place that is far away from other people and society
Cold-blooded / Hidden where others cannot see it
Chapter 16
Write down 4 important events that happen in this chapter.
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Chapter 17
1. Devise a plan to rescue the trapped citizens of Wirrawee from the showgrounds
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Chapter 18 – Pop Quiz: Multiple Choice
1. What do the group meet for?
a. Breakfast
b. Reconnaissance mission
c. Council of War
d. Build a shelter
2. What does Corrie find when she turns on her radio?
a. A new pirate radio station
b. That help is coming
c. Only static
d. A new Black Eyed Peas song
3. The group make a plan to take action the next day. What action are they taking?
a. Sabotaging the road from Cobbler’s Bay
b. Burning down the showgrounds
c. Go back to Hell
d. Leave Wirrawee to find help
4. Ellie ends up taking some time out, where does she go?
a. Cobbler’s Bay
b. Satan’s Steps
c. The Hermit’s Hut
d. Wirrawee
Chapter 19
1. Who’s idea is it to blow up the bridge?
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2. How are they going to blow up the bridge?
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3. What is Lee going to do to distract the soldiers?
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Chapter 20 & 21
Number these events so that they are in the right order.
____ Fi and Ellie hide up a tree when a patrol comes down the street
____ Ellie moves the tanker and hides it under the bridge
____ Fi and Ellie steal a petrol tanker from Blue Star Fuel
____ The petrol tanker starts beeping and making lots of noise
____ Fi and Ellie escape on motorbikes
____ Three blocks away, Fi calls Homer
____ Ellie soaks the rope in petrol
____ The bridge explodes
____ Fi and Ellie hide the tanker in the shadows of trees and await a signal
____ The cattle arrives, without the signal from Homer
____ Soldiers shoot at Ellie
____ On the seventh green Fi and Ellie do wheelies
Chapter 22
1. What does Kevin do for Corrie?
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2. The book ends with the teenagers returning to Hell. Are you satisfied with this ending?
Explain your answer.
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