Lorna Doone - Pearson

1 P e n g u i n R e a d e r s A n s w e r K e yl e v e lINTERMEDIATEL orna Doone1 Open answers2aIn the past, some criminals was a thief, so he brokethe outlaw lived outside societybecause he had broken the law andwas often trying to escape you drown, you die in is wet is wet is a stream of falling is water that moves roundand round in a weep wrestle carriagepassage3aTrue bFalse. There are two women and alittle He was killed by Carver Doone . dTrue eTruefFalse. The Doones are robbers andmurderers, but they live in He is fourteen when he goes tothe iFalse. They save a 5 Open answers 6aguardian bseized ccannondcounsellor ehen7 Lorna Doone : They say that her father isthe eldest son of Sir Ensor Doone .

2 TheDoones call her their queen and tell herthat one day the valley will be hers. She isvery lonely in the valley and does not feelthat she belongs to the Doones. Her onlyfriend is Gwenny Carfax. Lorna is verypretty and gentle. Carver Doone wants tomarry her but Lorna doesn t like him. Sir Ensor Doone : He lost his lands anddid something very wrong. He was madean outlaw and came with his family to livein Bagworthy. He and his family rob andmurder people. Lorna says that he knowswhat is right but he doesn t want to thinkabout it. He is kind to Lorna but to no oneelse. The Counsellor: He is the wisest andcleverest of the Doones.

3 He does notanswer Lorna s questions Doone : He is the son of theCounsellor, the strongest and bravest ofthe Doones, but also the cruellest. Hekilled John Ridd s father. He wants tomarry Lorna , and will force her, if he hasto. Uncle Reuben: He is John Ridd s mother suncle. He owns a very large clothes Doones tie him to a horse andfrighten him. He goes to see a judge, LordWichehalse, and he is very angry whenthe judge does nothing about the says he will write to an important judgein London about the Carfax: She is Lorna s servantgirl. Her father left her in the hills and shewas almost dead when Lorna found is fat and not pretty, and the men arenot interested in her.

4 She is patient andAnswers to Book activitieskind and Lorna can talk to 9 Open answers10aAman. bNo. Stickles is a governmentofficer. He has a letter for John, askinghim to go to the courts of law inLondon. He goes with John to London. bIn John s part of the country, there arethieves who do a lot of harm topeople? Why doesn t Lord Wichehalse hangthem all? Who are these people? How long have they been there? DoesJohn know that Lord Wichehalse is afriend of the Doones? Has John everseen a man called Tom Faggus ? Dopeople talk about a rebellion againstthe king? cBecause the Counsellor is trying tomake her marry Carver Doone , hisson.

5 Another man, Charlie Doone , watchesher all the time. People watch andfollow Lorna everywhere she is John s cousin. Annie, John ssister, is in love with Tom and hopesthat he will ask her to marry Duke of Monmouth is looking formen to fight against the king s brother,James. Because of this, there may bea rebellion against the king in this partof the country. John may have to fightfor the learns that Carver and CharlieDoone and Lord Wichehalse arewaiting for him in the wood, intendingto kill is angry with John because hedidn t come when she left a sign for when he shows his feelings for her,she becomes kind.

6 She tells him that shelikes him very much and that she likes hisstrength. She shows him that she hasbegun to care for him. The next timeLorna sees John, she tells him she loveshim. But she says that her life is toodangerous and they can never bemarried. Open answers13 Open answers14battle, wound15aSir Ensor Doone . Sir Ensor is dyingand has asked John Ridd to comeand see him. He wants to stop Johnmarrying Lorna , but when he sees theirlove, he agrees to their marriage. bLorna. The Doones have shut Lorna inher house. They will not let her outuntil she agrees to marry Carver. Johnhas secretly brought her and Gwennyfood.

7 CTom Faggus. Tom examines Lorna snecklace and tells her that it is made ofreal John has taken Lorna to hisfarm. Carver fires his gun at Lorna . Hedoes not hit her but he makes her veryfrightened. eJohn Ridd. Carver and the Dooneshave attacked John s farm, but Johndrives them away and attacks Counsellor hasvisited John s family. He tricks Annie,John s sister. She brings out thenecklace and he steals Stickles. Jeremy has metBenita and is telling John the story ofLorna s real Jeremy, John and their menhave attacked the Doones in thevalley, but they are not successful andlose the battle against the probably wants to marry Lornabecause he wants her lands andalso her diamond necklace.

8 He cannotreally care about her. We know this,because he shot at her and answers 17 Open answers18aWhen you kneel, you go down ontoone or both is a person with a highposition in the king has ordered her tolive with her uncle until she is twenty-one. bHe finds himself in the middle of a bigbattle between King James s armyand the Duke of Monmouth s army. Hefinds Tom Faggus (who is hurt) andsends him home on his horse, the king s soldiers find John andsay that they will hang him. Theybelieve he is on the Duke s Jeremy Stickles arrives andsays he will take him to the law courtsin London.

9 DBecause Gwenny has not sent Lorna sletters. She wants Lorna to marry agreat lord. eBecause John very bravely saves LordBrandir from some thieves. Thethieves are great enemies of the , Jeremy Stickles and their menattack the houses and burn themdown. gHe shoots her and almost kills falls off his horse and into themarsh. He disappears into the mudand dies. 20 26 Open answersnCommunicative activitiesActivities before reading the bookOpen answersActivities after reading a sectionChapters 1 31 Open answers2 AnswerThe map should show two rivers labelledBagworthy and Lynn. Below the joinshould be hills and then woods, with lakesmarked where John usually caught fish.

10 On the Bagworthy arm there should be afarm. Up the Bagworthy arm should bethe Doone valley and the words whereJohn caught fish that spring morning thena whirlpool marked where John fell in thewater then a waterfall at the top of whichis a spot marked where John met Lorna there should be a hole nearby and theAnswers to Factsheet activities4 Pearson Education 2001P e n g u i n R e a d e r s A n s w e r K e yLorna Doonemarking of an underground tunnel toanother hole at the edge of answersChapters 4 6 Open answersChapters 7 91 Open answers2 Possible pointsCharles II or at least James and Charlie are and John Ridd are and