Question 1 of 10
The tiger 'burned so brightly, Lizzie was scorched'. 'Scorched' means...
A) Frozen with cold
B) Burned or singed by intense heat — here used as a metaphor for the tiger's overwhelming, fiery presence
C) Frightened into running away
D) Made to feel sleepy and tired
Question 2 of 10
The tiger walked 'like Satan walking about the world'. This simile compares the tiger to...
A) The Devil — suggesting the tiger has an evil, powerful, otherworldly presence
B) A saint — showing the tiger is gentle and holy
C) A statue — showing the tiger isn't moving
D) A kitten — showing how cute and harmless it is
Question 3 of 10
The tiger's stride was 'loping'. This means it moved...
A) Very slowly and carefully, like an old person
B) In tiny, nervous steps
C) With long, easy, relaxed strides — showing effortless power
D) Sideways, like a crab
Question 4 of 10
The tiger's eyes are compared to 'yellow coins of a foreign currency'. This is effective because...
A) Tigers use coins to buy food
B) The tiger's eyes are small and round
C) The tiger is very valuable and worth a lot of money
D) The eyes are round, glinting, and golden like coins — but 'foreign' makes them feel alien, unknowable, and from a world Lizzie can't understand
Question 5 of 10
The whiskers have 'an artificial look'. Artificial means...
A) Natural and normal-looking
B) Looking fake or man-made, as if they were stuck on — making the tiger seem almost too perfect to be real
C) Very beautiful and attractive
D) Broken and damaged
Question 6 of 10
The straw was 'strewn' with bloody bones. Strewn means...
A) Scattered untidily over a surface
B) Neatly arranged in a row
C) Hidden carefully under the straw
D) Cleaned and polished until shiny
Question 7 of 10
Its motion was slung from 'marvellous haunches'. Haunches are...
A) The tiger's front paws
B) The tiger's teeth and jaws
C) The powerful hip and thigh muscles at the back — the engine of the tiger's movement
D) The tiger's striped tail
Question 8 of 10
'Upon its skin it bore the imprint of the bars behind which it lived'. This final line means...
A) The bars are literally painted on the tiger's fur
B) The tiger had escaped from its cage
C) The bars have rusted and stained the tiger's fur
D) The tiger's stripes look like cage bars — captivity has literally been written onto its body, as if prison has become part of who it is
Question 9 of 10
The passage contains a mix of 'innocent, toy-like ears' and 'bloody bones'. This contrast creates...
A) Confusion — the reader doesn't know if the tiger is dangerous or not
B) A fascinating tension between beauty and danger — the tiger is simultaneously adorable and deadly, which makes it even more compelling
C) The impression that the tiger is actually a toy, not real
D) A calm, peaceful atmosphere
Question 10 of 10
'The red mouth from which the bright noise came' — calling a roar 'bright noise' is unusual because...
A) It uses a visual word ('bright') for a sound — mixing senses to make the roar feel vivid, intense, and almost visible
B) Tigers actually make bright noises that you can see
C) The writer made a mistake and meant to write 'loud'
D) The cage is well-lit so everything looks bright