The Marble Finger: Activities

Here is what someone says in the story - but the words have been joined together.

Can you separate them?

onHalloweenthosestatuesstanduptogether.
Andasthechurchclockstrikes
eleventheywalkoutofthechurch door.

How much did you understand?

Part one

1, What is the name of the narrator (the person telling the story)
a) Kelly b) we are not told c) Brenzett d) Mr Dorman

2. What is the name of the narrator's wife
a) Mrs Dorman b) we are not told c) Laura d) Kelly

3) Why are there statues of 'wicked men' in the church
a) they are ghosts b) they were friends of the bishop c) they gave money to the church

Part two

Put these events in the order they happened.

a) Laura is happy at breakfast
b) the narrator goes out of the cottage to smoke his pipe.
c) the narrator returns to the church and finds the statues missing)
d) Mrs Dorman leaves the cottage
e) Kelly enters the church with the narrator
f) Laura begins to feel ill

Writing

1.You are Dr Kelly. Write a letter to a friend describing what happened to Laura.

Discussion

Do you believe the story of the marble finger? What do you think really happened to Laura?

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