The following sentences form a summary of Chapter 9. However, they have been scrambled. After reading the chapter, arrange the sentences in the correct order.
Kevin’s dog, Flip, wandered across the yard.
Around 11 o’clock, Ellie started her sentry duty in the treehouse at Corrie’s.
The group agreed that if the helicopter landed, they would all surrender.
Corrie, and later, Homer, joined her.
They saw three enemy jets pursue one Australian jet.
The group moved to the shearing shed.
The house was totally destroyed.
They spent hours making lists of things to take.
An enemy helicopter arrived.
An enemy jet appeared and fired rockets into the house and the hillside behind it.
The helicopter hovered above the house, apparently looking for evidence of life.
Homer shot Corrie’s cow, which had mastitis.
The group agreed that two of them should go into Wirrawee to search for Lee and Robyn while the others should load Corrie’s Toyota and Kevin’s landrover with useful items for a retreat to Hell.
Think about how John Marsden manages to make the events of this
chapter so exciting or shocking:
What is the pace of events like at the beginning of the chapter, and how does it change?
What details in the description of the jet or the exploding house or Corrie help to create an atmosphere of horror? (p.119-121)
