Worksheet

Level 3

Wild Country Margaret Johnson

Before reading 1 a person with white hair and a stick
1. Look at the front cover of the book. Who can 2 a beautiful young woman
you see? Where are they? 3 a young man on honeymoon
2. What do you understand by the words wild 4 a nice Canadian woman
country? 5 a young woman who is just married
3. Read the blurb on the back cover. Who are Grant 2. Why does Tess phone her father?
and Tess? What is their relationship like? 3. Grant says to Tess: ‘if you do leave the hotel,
4. What connection can you find between what the please don’t get lost’. What does this tell you
blurb says and the picture on the front cover? about Grant’s opinion of Tess?
5. Look at the maps on page 5. Where does the
Chapter 3
story take place?
6. Read about the characters on page 4. What is 1. Who says these things – Tess or Grant?
‘Wild Country’? a ‘From there we start a six-hour walk’
7. If you have the recording, listen to Chapter 1. b ‘… you can climb up to the top of Robion
mountain’
c ‘There’s a lovely river’
Check your reading d ‘Next day it’s an early start’
e ‘… there are some nice restaurants’
Chapter 1
f ‘The colours are beautiful’
1. Where is Tess at the start of the story? 2. What do the things they say tell you about how
2. What does she do on an old envelope? they see the tour?
3. Put the things that happen in the correct order: 3. Why do Grant and Tess go shopping? Who
a some flower water goes onto a blonde decides what to buy?
woman’s shoes 4. What does Tess do when she gets back to her
b small brown dog bites Tess’s finger hotel room?
c Tess knocks over some flowers 5. Why does she think she still has her job at Wild
d Tess screams and jumps back Country?
4. Who owns the Wild Country company? 6. What does she really want to do with her life?
5. Is Tess a good tour leader? Why / why not?
6. Why is she working with Grant Cooper? Chapter 4
7. How does Tess describe Grant’s appearance and 1. What does Ellen think about Grant? How does
character? she feel when she sees him with the French
8. Is Tess happy to be on this tour? Why / why not? woman?
2. What does ‘camping au sauvage’ mean? What are
Chapter 2 the disadvantages of it?
1. Match the people on the tour and the 3. How does Astrid feel? Why do you think she
descriptions: feels like this?
a Ellen
b James Chapter 5
c Sarah 1. Which of these statements about David are true?
d Astrid a He finds it easier walking downhill.
e David b He hurt his leg when he was 20.

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c He hurt his leg in a car crash. Chapter 9
d His leg hurts more in the mornings.
e He found it easier walking uphill than Tess. 1. How many pictures of Grant does Tess draw?
2. What do Sarah and James want from Tess? Why?
3. We find out the reasons for Astrid’s unhappiness. 2. What was the second picture of Grant like?
What are they? 3. Which of these facts are true?
4. What was the weather like? a Astrid wasn’t in her tent when Tess walked past.
b Astrid was in the river.
Chapter 6 c Tess saw Astrid in the river.
d Tess just heard a noise in the water.
1. Put the events in the correct order: e Grant went into the river without listening to
a The group stop at a café bar. Tess.
b Grant leaves Tess to be the group leader. f Grant brought Astrid out of the river.
c Grant leaves the group to meet the driver. g A big dog came out of the river.
d Tess leaves the group to tell Grant what’s h Astrid thinks Grant is trying to get into her
happening. tent.
e The group get to the campsite at midnight. 4. What made Tess think differently about Grant?
f Tess tells bad jokes to make people feel 5. How does Tess feel about Grant as she falls asleep?
happy. 6. What do you think is going to happen between
g Grant and Tess put up the tents together. Tess and Grant?
2. What things do Tess and Grant argue about?
Chapter 10
Chapter 7
1. In what way is the weather different at the start
1. What was the first problem Tess had in the of this chapter? Why do people have problems?
morning? 2. What happens to the weather later?
2. When she fell onto Grant, what were her feelings 3. Why are the group angry with Grant?
towards him? 4. What do Ellen and Grant argue about?
3. How late were they leaving the campsite? 5. What makes Grant angry at the end of the
4. What problem happened on the walk? chapter? What does he do?
5. What did Tess ask Grant for? Why?
6. What was the weather like? Chapter 11
7. What did Tess realise at the end of the chapter?
1. Where does the action of this chapter take place?
Chapter 8 2. Why does Grant sit at a different table to the
others?
1. What did Ellen call Grant? Why? 3. Who is Marie?
2. How did Tess make people happy in the evening? 4. What agreement does Tess come to with Marie?
a she painted everybody’s picture 5. What does Tess tell
b she drew funny pictures of everyone a Astrid?
c she made everybody feel stupid b David?
3. What made people feel bad at the end of the c Ellen?
evening? d James and Sarah?

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6. What does Tess tell her father? 2. Write an advertisement for a Wild Country
a That she really likes working for Wild walking holiday in Provence.
Country. 3. Think of another title for Wild Country, and
b That she wants to leave Wild Country and be explain why it would be good.
a painter. 4. Write an email to the author, Margaret Johnson,
c That Grant has taught her a lot. telling her what you liked and didn’t like about
7. What does Grant want Tess to be? the book.
5. Write a dialogue between Tess and her father
Chapter 12 when she gets back after the walking holiday.
1. When does this chapter happen? 6. Make a quiz about this story for other students
2. What is Tess doing? with some True/False questions.
3. What phrase do the holidaymakers use to 7. Imagine the painting of the woman in the flower
describe Tess and Grant? market Tess does for Marie. Describe it in detail.
4. How do Grant and Tess work together as tour 8. Redraw the map on the bottom of page 5 on a
leaders? big piece of paper and mark where the tour goes
each day.
9. Write a review of the book for other students.
After reading
Choose some of these activities.
1. Imagine you are David, Ellen, Sarah or Astrid,
and write a letter to a close friend while on your
walking holiday. Say what’s happening and how
you feel.

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