The travelling menagerie
An original fiction passage set in the nineteenth century.
Edwin told his companions that the lion's cage did not alarm him. He remained near the bars while the keeper checked the iron latch. The lion suddenly rose and struck the gate with one enormous paw. “A poor, sleepy creature,” Edwin said with a laugh. He had already stepped behind the keeper.
Identify the sentence which suggests that Edwin is frightened despite his confident words.
456 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.