Kidnapped
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Kidnapped - Answer keys
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1 Open answers
2 a captain, chieftain, king, lawyer, officer, soldier
b hill, island, land, rock
3 a letter b Shaws c (school)teacher d light
e gun
4 a brother b lights c younger d key e murder
5 a 4 b 6 c 1 d 5 e 3 f 2
6 a 3 b 1 c 4 d 6 e 2 f 5
7 a David’s father leaves a letter for David with Mr
Campbell, a friend. David has to take the letter to
his uncle at the house of Shaws. The story and all
David’s problems start with this letter.
b The lightening shows David the problem on the
dark stairs in the house of Shaws. At the top of the
stairs he can suddenly see. He stops because there
are no more stairs. His uncle is trying to murder
him.
8 a On the first night Ebenezer Balfour is afraid of
David. He wants David to stay in his room. On the
second night David is afraid of his uncle because he
tried to murder him.
b Ransome is the ship’s boy on the Covenant. He
works for the officers on the ship. He is happy
and works hard. But the first officer, Mr Shuan, is
dangerous when he drinks. He often hits the boy.
One day he hits the boy too hard and kills him.
9–10 Open answers
11 a 3 b 7 c 3 d 3 e 3 f 7
12 Alan Breck kills Mr Shuan with a sword.
David kills one of the seamen with a gun.
David shoots one of the seamen in the leg with a gun.
13 a Campbell b Ardshiel c George d Red Fox
e Mull
14 a badly b nothing c friendly d dangerous
15 a Alan Breck is talking to Captain Hoseason. Is
the captain a friend of the clansmen, or will he
help King George and the soldiers? This is always
important in this story. Friends will help you, but
the other men will kill you.
b Riach is talking to the captain and the other officers
on the ship. They want to kill Alan Breck, but he
is in the roundhouse with the ship’s guns. They say
that David can go to the roundhouse and get the
guns. Then they can murder Alan Breck easily.
c Alan Breck is talking to David after the fight in the
roundhouse. David is now Alan’s friend. David will
have the button from Alan’s coat. Alan’s friends and
clansmen will know it and will always help David.
This is important later in the story.
d Alan Breck is talking to David. Alan is carrying a
lot of money. It is money from the clansmen in
Scotland for his chieftain, Ardshiel, in France.
16 a They want the guns from the roundhouse. Then
they can murder Alan Breck.
b Alan’s French coat with its buttons is famous. A
man with a button from that coat is a friend of
Alan Breck.
c Captain Hoseason can’t take Alan Breck to
France, but he can take him to Linnhe Loch in
Scotland – for a lot of money. After the fight in the
roundhouse the captain only wants Alan to leave
the ship.
d The Campbells are Scottish people but they helped
King George. They took the land from Ardshiel and
his clansmen. They make life dangerous for Alan
Breck and his friends. The Red Fox is a Campbell.
e The colours of Highland clothes show a man’s
clan. King George and his soldiers want to end the
clans. So the clansmen can’t wear their Highland
clothes.
17 Open answers
18 a 5 b 3 c 4 d 2 e 1 f 6
19 a 7 b 3 c 3 d 7 e 3 f 7 g 7
20 a river b hot c tired d in a boat
21 a Rankeillor b Alan Breck c Ebenezer Balfour
d Alan Breck e David
22 a David’s friend Mr Campbell is a good man.
He gave David the letter from his father. He also
tells Mr Rankeillor about Ebenezer Balfour. So
Mr Rankeillor does not work for Ebenezer Balfour
and he helps David.
b The girl in the bread shop is sorry for David
because he is very ill. She takes Alan and David
across the River Forth into Stirling in her father’s
boat. The soldiers on the bridge don’t see them.
c The man in the next office to Mr Rankeillor goes
with David and Alan and Mr Rankeillor to the
house of Shaws. He hears Ebenezer Balfour, so he
can put his name on the papers.
23–24 Open answers
