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Unlocking a letter
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Questions in this quiz (5)
1Choose from the drop-down menu to identify who has written this letter. This is the first question we need to ask when we are analysing letters.
- AFrank Kelly, an officer
- BHarry Clare, a sergeant
- CA member of Frank Kelly's family
2Who was the recipient of this letter?
- AHarry Clare
- BFrank Kelly
- CHarry Clare's widow
3This letter was written on the 30th of April 1918. Choose all of the reasons why this is significant.
- AIt was during the First World war
- BIt was the final year of the war
- CIt was Frank Kelly's birthday
- DHarry Clare was killed on this date
4Choose from the drop-down menus to show why Frank Kelly wrote this letter.
- ATo thank Clare for what he did
- BTo reprimand Clare for what he did
- CTo ask Clare why he acted as he did
- DTo reassure Clare he wasn't to blame
- ETo blame Clare for what happened
- FTo tell Clare who was to blame
- GTo request a name and address
- HTo demand the Tommy is found
- ITo accuse the Tommy of theft
- JTo apologise for his beahviour
- KTo make excuses for his behaviour
- LTo ask Clare to forget his behaviour
- MTo offer friendship
- NTo end their relationship
- OTo provide closure on the matter
5What have we learnt by asking these 4 basic questions of Frank Kelly's letter?
Choose all the statements that apply.
- AHe was an officer during the First World War
- BHis attitude towards the men in his regiment was respectful rather than condescending
- CKelly wants Clare to think well of him
- DKelly is a humble man, grateful for the assistance offered by Clare
- EKelly feels he acted childishly when injured and needs to apologise
- FKelly is typical of the kind of man who served as an officer during World War I
- GKelly is very conscious of the social and class divide between him and Harry Clare
- HKelly is writing out of duty rather than because he feels genuinely grateful to Clare
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- Description
- Short quiz using the 4 basic questions to unlock the hidden meanings in letters.
- Author
- Sarah Holmes
- Language
- English
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