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Kidnapped Chapters 1-2 Comprehension

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Kidnapped Chapters 1-2 Comprehension

Read the original Chapters 1–2 of Kidnapped before answering. Use evidence from those chapters to support your ideas. This worksheet focuses on David Balfour, the House of Shaws and the story’s opening mysteries.

David’s journey begins

Track what David learns about his family and what he discovers at the House of Shaws.

1.Who tells the story, and what is the narrator’s relationship to David?
2.After his father dies, where does David go, and whom does he hope to find there?
3.When David reaches the House of Shaws, which description best matches his first impression of it?
  • A grand, welcoming home full of cheerful guests
  • A neglected, imposing house that seems gloomy and unwelcoming
  • A small cottage beside a busy market
  • A newly built house surrounded by a bright garden
4.How does Ebenezer behave towards David when they meet? Choose the strongest description and give one detail from the chapter that supports it.
5.In this story, “miserly” means careful to the point of being unwilling to spend or share money. Which action or detail in Chapters 1–2 best supports describing Ebenezer this way?

Read between the lines

Use clues in the writing to make inferences. There may be more than one reasonable interpretation if it is supported by evidence.

6.What can you infer about David’s expectations before he arrives at the House of Shaws? Compare them with the reality he encounters.
7.Why might David’s father have said so little about Ebenezer? Give one plausible inference and explain which clue in the chapters led you to it.
8.Name one way Stevenson builds mystery or suspense in the opening chapters. Explain how it makes the reader want to continue.

Make a case

Build an interpretation from specific details rather than retelling the plot.

9.The House of Shaws can be read as reflecting the family relationship David finds there. Explain this idea using one detail about the house and one detail about Ebenezer.
10.At the end of Chapter 2, predict one difficulty David may face next. Support your prediction with two clues from Chapters 1–2.

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  • Kidnapped Chapters 1-2 Comprehension, page 1 of 3: David’s journey begins

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  • Kidnapped Chapters 1-2 Comprehension, page 2 of 3: Read between the lines

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  • Kidnapped Chapters 1-2 Comprehension, page 3 of 3: Make a case

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