Anh's Adventure
Anh & The Ancient Monastery
Quiz 8 — The Map on the Wall
15 Questions
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Quizzes 1–7 ✓
You know nouns, adjectives, noun phrases, adverbs, and inference. Today — a new skill: the subject of a sentence. Who or what does the action?
New skill: Subject of a sentence. The subject is the person or thing that does the action — or the thing the sentence is mainly about. Ask yourself: who or what does the verb?
Anh points to the map. → WHO points? Anh. Subject = Anh.
The red path goes up the hill. → WHAT goes? The red path. Subject = the red path.
Minh’s hand moves steadily. → WHAT moves? Minh’s hand. Subject = Minh’s hand.
Question types:
Subject
Adverb
Adjective
Comprehension
Fill in
Inference
A
The next afternoon, the three of them returned to the library for the fourth time. Anh walked slowly along the walls, looking at each map in turn. In the lamplight, the maps were much clearer than before. Most of them showed the mountain and the paths around it — wide lines for the main roads, thin lines for the smaller tracks. But one map, smaller than the others and drawn in darker ink, showed something different. It showed the monastery itself, seen from above.
B
Anh stopped. He looked more carefully. He could recognise the shapes — the garden, the long corridors, the main hall, the well in the far corner. Every part was there, drawn in small, neat lines. But in the upper corner of the map, above the monastery, a path was marked in red ink. The path went behind the garden wall, through a small gap in the trees, and up the hill. And at the end of the path, drawn in the same red ink, was a small square. “What is that?” Anh asked.
C
Minh came to look. He studied the map for a long time without speaking. “A structure,” he said finally. Toan frowned. “Like a building?” “Smaller,” said Minh. “But yes — four walls, a roof, a floor. Something someone built and left standing on the hill.” He traced the red path with his finger. The path went behind the garden wall, through the trees, and straight up to the top.
D
Toan was already moving toward the door. “Let’s go,” he said. “Now.” Minh shook his head slowly. “Not yet.” He took out his sheet of paper and began to copy the map. Every line. The red path. The small square at the top. Anh watched him work. Minh’s hand moved steadily across the paper. His eyes went back and forth between the wall and the copy — the map and the page, the page and the map — until every mark was in its place.
E
When Minh was finished, he held the copy up beside the original. The two matched almost perfectly. “Good,” he said. He folded the paper carefully and put it inside his robe. “Now we know where to look.” Toan stared at him. “So — can we go?” Minh almost smiled. “Tomorrow,” he said. “In daylight. With time.”
F
They left the library quietly. Outside, Anh looked up at the hill above the garden wall. The trees were thick there — dark and close together, the branches touching. He had never looked at that hill before. Every day he had walked the path beneath it, swept the leaves, carried the water — and never once looked up. He looked now. Somewhere up there, behind those trees, something was waiting. He did not know what it was. But now he knew it was there.
Word Help
structure — something built: four walls, a roof, a floor
original — the first version of something, not the copy
trace — to follow a line slowly with your finger
recognise — to see something and know what it is
gap — a small opening or space between two things
track — a narrow path through trees or fields
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Find the subject.
The subject is the person or thing that does the action. Ask: WHO or WHAT does the verb?
“Minh’s hand moved steadily.” — WHAT moved? Minh’s hand. That is the subject.
The subject can be one word or a noun phrase — a group of words.
Question 1
What is the subject of this sentence from Paragraph B?
“Anh stopped.”
Paragraph BSubject
A
stoppedB
AnhC
more carefullyQuestion 2
What is the subject of this sentence from Paragraph B?
“A path was marked in red ink.”
Paragraph BSubject
A
red inkB
markedC
A pathQuestion 3
What is the subject of this sentence from Paragraph D?
“Minh’s hand moved steadily across the paper.”
Paragraph DSubject
A
paperB
steadilyC
Minh’s hand2
Match the subject to the action.
Read the paragraph. Find the subject that does the action described.
Question 4
In Paragraph A, one thing “showed the monastery itself, seen from above.” What is the subject of that sentence?
Paragraph ASubject
A
One map, smaller than the others and drawn in darker inkB
Most of the maps on the walls, which showed the mountain and the paths around it in wide and thin linesC
The lampQuestion 5
Complete this sentence. Find the subject from Paragraph D.
___ went back and forth between the wall and the copy.
Paragraph DFill in
Question 6
In Paragraph F, something “was waiting” up on the hill behind the trees. What is the subject of that sentence?
Paragraph FSubject
A
The trees, which were thick and dark and growing very close together with their branches touchingB
The garden wallC
Something3
Revision — adverbs and adjectives.
Use what you know. Find the right word type.
Question 7
In Paragraph D, Minh’s hand “moved steadily.” What kind of word is “steadily”?
Paragraph DAdverb
A
A noun — it names the actionB
An adverb — it describes how the hand movedC
An adjective — it describes the hand itselfQuestion 8
In Paragraph F, the trees are described as “thick.” What kind of word is “thick”?
Paragraph FAdjective
A
An adjective — it describes the treesB
An adverb — it describes how the trees grewC
A noun — it names the trees4
What does the story say?
The answer is stated in the story. Read the paragraph carefully.
Question 9
In Paragraph C, how does Minh describe what the small square on the map is?
Paragraph CComprehension
A
A second library, hidden under the hill and connected by a tunnel to the first oneB
A small structure — four walls, a roof, a floor — built and left on the hillC
A watchtower used by the scholars to watch the roads belowQuestion 10
In Paragraph E, why does Minh say they should go tomorrow rather than now?
Paragraph EComprehension
A
He wants to go in daylight, with enough timeB
He is tired from copying the map and needs to rest first before making the climb up the steep hill pathC
Toan forgot his drawing notebook and they need to go back for itQuestion 11
Complete this sentence using one word from Paragraph E.
When Minh held the copy beside the original, the two maps matched almost ___.
Paragraph EFill in
Question 12
In Paragraph A, what do most of the maps on the walls show?
Paragraph AComprehension
A
The mountain and the paths around itB
The inside rooms of the library, including the shelves and the reading deskC
Cities and rivers far to the north and south of the monastery5
Read between the lines.
The answer is not stated directly. Use the clues to work it out.
Question 13
In Paragraph D, Minh copies the map before they go anywhere. What does this tell you about Minh?
Paragraph DInference
A
He does not trust Toan and Anh to remember the way without a mapB
He is someone who prepares carefully before acting — he does not rushC
He is afraid of getting lost in the trees on the hill and wants a copy in case the original map on the wall becomes damaged or disappears before they return to the libraryQuestion 14
Complete this sentence using one word from Paragraph F.
Anh had walked past the hill every day but had never once looked ___.
Paragraph FFill in
Question 15
At the end, Anh thinks: “He did not know what it was. But now he knew it was there.” What has changed for Anh?
Paragraph FInference
A
He has decided he no longer wants to explore the hill and is happy to stay in the gardenB
Knowing something exists changes how you see it — before, the hill was invisible to Anh; now it is notC
He is frightened🔮
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📋 Answers
Q1
B — AnhAsk: WHO stopped? Anh. That makes Anh the subject. “Stopped” is the verb — the action. “More carefully” is an adverb phrase — it tells you how he looked.
Q2
C — A pathAsk: WHAT was marked? A path. “Red ink” is what the path was marked in — it is not the subject. “Marked” is the verb.
Q3
C — Minh’s handAsk: WHAT moved? Minh’s hand. The subject is a noun phrase — two words together. “Steadily” is an adverb telling you how it moved. “Paper” is where the hand moved to.
Q4
A — one map, smaller than the others and drawn in darker inkParagraph A: “One map, smaller than the others and drawn in darker ink, showed something different.” The subject is the whole noun phrase describing that particular map. The lamp and most maps did something different.
Q5
His eyesParagraph D: “His eyes went back and forth between the wall and the copy.” Ask: WHAT went back and forth? His eyes. “His eyes” is the subject — a short noun phrase.
Q6
C — SomethingParagraph F: “Something was waiting.” Ask: WHAT was waiting? Something. Even though Anh does not know what it is, “something” is still the grammatical subject of that sentence.
Q7
B — an adverb“Steadily” tells you how the hand moved — at a good even pace. It describes the verb “moved.” That makes it an adverb. An adjective would describe the hand itself; a noun would name something.
Q8
A — an adjective“Thick” describes what the trees are like — dense, close together. It describes the noun “trees.” That makes it an adjective. An adverb would describe how an action happens, not what a thing is like.
Q9
B — a small structure with four walls, a roof, and a floorParagraph C: Minh says “smaller” than a building but “four walls, a roof, a floor — something someone built.” Options A and C add details that are not in the text.
Q10
A — in daylight, with enough timeParagraph E: “Tomorrow. In daylight. With time.” These three short phrases are Minh’s exact reasons. Options B and C add details that are not in the story.
Q11
perfectlyParagraph E: “The two matched almost perfectly.” “Perfectly” is an adverb — it tells you how closely the two maps matched. “Almost” tells you it was not quite perfect, but very close.
Q12
A — the mountain and the paths around itParagraph A: “Most of them showed the mountain and the paths around it.” The library interior and distant cities are not mentioned as subjects of these maps.
Q13
B — he prepares carefully before actingMinh copies every line before going anywhere. He says “not yet” to Toan’s urgency. He folds the copy carefully before leaving. All of these show someone who thinks first and acts second.
Q14
upParagraph F: “Every day he had walked the path beneath it… and never once looked up.” The word “up” is the key — Anh always looked down at his work, never up at what was above him.
Q15
B — knowing something exists changes how you see itBefore this visit, the hill was just a hill. Now Anh knows something is up there. He looks at it differently. The hill has not changed — but Anh has. That is the meaning of the last two sentences.