Night Terrors In Cairo Comprehension Answers.

Submerging – To cover something completely.

Petrifying – To frighten someone a lot, especially so that they are unable to move or speak.

Tranquillity – A peaceful, calm state, without noise, violence and worry.

Repulsive – Extremely unpleasant.

Muffled – To muffle a sound is to make it quieter by covering the place that it is coming from.

Grimacing – To make an expression of strong dislike in which the face twists in an ugly way.

Musings – Your thoughts on something you have been thinking about carefully.

Distraughtly – Extremely worried and upset.

1. What is lurking in the shadows in the first paragraph?

    Scorpions are lurking in the shadows.

2. Who have the two criminals kidnapped?

The two criminals have kidnapped a museum curator.                                     

3. Why have the kidnapped him?

They have kidnapped him because he was the only man who knew the secret entrance to the Pyramids of Cairo.

4.Where is the story set?

The story is set in a desert located in Cairo.

5.How is the night described by the writer?

The night is described as a curtain and deathly dark.

1. What conclusion can you draw about the two men in the jeep?

The conclusion I can draw about the two men in the jeep is that they are

greedy because they had a grim and steely expression showed that nothing would stop them raiding the Pyramids on that sweltering night. I also know that they were involved in lots of fight as the author wrote ‘A large chunk of flesh,

bone and cartilage had been lost during an earlier run in’.

2.How do you know that the curator is being held against his will?

I know that the curator is being held against his will because he was grabbed by the scruff of his veiny neck and bundled into the jeep. He also snarled like a lion at them and ran away. He also was musing about how he could stop them from taking his beloved Pyramids.

3.‘A large chunk of flesh, bone and cartilage had been lost during an earlier run in’ What is the author suggesting here?

The author is suggesting that the man has been involved in violent physical fight before.

By: Yukta Sree Saravana Kumar, 6A.