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Mr. Know-All Workpages 1-2

(10th gr)                                                Date: __________________________

Mr. Know – All (Part I) – Work Page 1

A. Check your understanding

1. Where does the story take place?  __________________________________

2. When does the story take place? ___________________________________

3. Who are the 2 main characters of the story? _____________ , ____________

4. How do they meet?  _____________________________________________

5. What do we learn about the narrator in paragraph 1?

    ____________________________________________________________

6. What do we learn about Mr. Kelada in paragraph 2?

    ____________________________________________________________

 

B. Find a synonym or an antonym in the story for each of the following words

1. like   ≠ ___________________                9. to accept =  ______________

2. a person who travels =___________       10. bed on ship=______________

3. suitcases=   _______________               11. in public ≠   in ____________

4. overseas =   _______________              12. kept out =_______________

5. noticed = _____________                      13. tactfully ≠  _______________

6. to go on a ship =______________          14. hardly =    _______________

7. room on ship =   _______________        15. noticed =   _______________

8. felt disappointed= his _______ ______    16. initials = _________________ 

 

C. Fill in with the missing words

The story, "Mr. Know-All" takes place on a 1.____________ right after 2.__________ War I.  It was very difficult to get 3._____________, so you had to 4.___________ grateful for anything you got.  The narrator was given a 5.____________ in which there were only two 6.____________ .  When he went 7._______ board, he found out that his 8._______________'s name was Kelada, and that he had already 9._____________ his luggage. He could smell his good 10.___________ and see his brushes with his 1. ____________ in gold.  In his opinion, Kelada's luggage had too many 12._____________ on it.  He felt that he didn't like Max Kelada at all.

 

(10th gr)                                                Date: ____________________________________________________

Mr. Know – All (Part I) – Work Page 2

A. Read the quotations from “Mr Know-All” and circle the correct synonyms or translation for the words in bold . Then answer the question and rewrite the original sentence in your own words

1. Mr. Kelada's brushes, ebony with his monogram in gold, would have been all the better for a scrub.

    a) should be thrown away        b) should be put in a safe place     c) should be cleaned

Why is the narrator annoyed by the brushes? Why does he mention the golden initials?

____________________________________________________________________

Your sentence: ________________________________________________________

2. King George has many strange subjects.

    a) נושאים             b) נתינים                   c) דעות

Who is King George? Who is meant with “strange subjects”?

____________________________________________________________________

Your sentence: ________________________________________________________

3.Prohibition was in force and to all appearance the ship was bone dry.”

a. A ban on smoking    b. A ban on wearing shorts   c. A ban on drinking  

Why is Prohibition in force? When does the story take place?

____________________________________________________________________

Your sentence: ________________________________________________________

 

C. Complete the following sentences

1. When he hears the name Kelada, the narrator imagines ________________

  _______________________________________________________________

2. The narrator finds it hard to believe that Kelada is British because __________ _________________________________________________________________

3. Max Kelada proves it by ______________________________________________

   __________________________________________________________________

4.   Many things that Kelada does annoy the narrator.  Name three.

a. __________________________________________________   b.__________________________________________________

c.    ________________________________________________


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