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This document consists of 7 printed pages and 1 blank page and 1 Insert. IB17 10_1111_02/5RP © UCLES 2017 [Turn over   Cambridge International Examinations Cambridge Secondary 1 Checkpoint ENGLISH 1111/02 Paper 2 October 2017 1 hour plus 10 minutes’ reading time Candidates answer on the Question Paper. Additional Materials: Insert READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your Centre number, candidate number and name on all the work you hand in. Write in dark blue or black pen. Do not use staples, paper clips, glue or correction fluid. DO NOT WRITE IN ANY BARCODES. Answer all questions. You should pay attention to punctuation, spelling and handwriting. At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together. The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question. The total number of marks for this paper is 50.

2 © UCLES 2017 1111/02/O/N/17 Section A: Reading 1 (a) What is the central theme of the extract? [1] (b) Give a reason to support your answer. [1] 2 What sort of boy is Dallas? Write one phrase in your own words about his character. Give a quotation from the extract to support your answer. [2] 3 How did Dallas react to the rules at Boxton Creek Home when he first found out about them? Write one phrase in your own words. Give a quotation from the extract to support your answer. [2]

3 © UCLES 2017 1111/02/O/N/17 [Turn over 4 What is Florida’s attitude towards the rules? Write one phrase in your own words. Give a quotation from the extract to support your answer. [2] 5 Give two impressions in your own words of what life is like for children living at Boxton Creek Home. 1 2 [2] 6 (a) Give two quotations from the extract that describe 1 what the outside of the building looks like. 2 how Dallas imagines the outside world to be. [2] (b) Why does the writer create this contrast? [1]

4 © UCLES 2017 1111/02/O/N/17 7 Give three words or phrases from the extract that create an impression of what Mr and Mrs Trepid look like. 1 2 3 [3] 8 What effect is the writer trying to create by using the words highlighted in bold in these sentences? (a) ‘Over the years, Dallas and Florida had been squeezed toward the back of the Boxton Creek Home.’ (Lines 50–51) [2] (b) ‘At night, they listened to the wail of the freight trains…’ (Line 51) [2]

5 © UCLES 2017 1111/02/O/N/17 [Turn over Section B: Writing 9 Many children have the experience of moving to a new home. Write a story about two children who leave their old home and start life in a new one. Try to show how the emotions and feelings of the children change as they leave their old home behind and arrive at their new home for the first time. Space for your plan: Write your story on the next page.

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