A damaged map
An original fiction passage set in the nineteenth century.
The map had torn along its central fold. Arthur spread it on the inn table and weighed the corners with two spoons. The road to the estate disappeared into the tear. He asked the landlord for directions, copied them onto the back of his bill and placed the damaged map inside his bag. Before leaving, he bought a candle, knowing the final stretch of his journey would be made after dark.
Give two ways Arthur deals with the missing section of his route.
120 exam-style questions on Edexcel GCSE English Language 1.3 Content: prose fiction study requirements, covering 1.3.1 Read challenging prose fiction for the unseen 19th-century extract. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.