Analysing a text for GCSE English language

An extract from Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment with questions embedded throughout the text to encourage a close and intelligent reading that will help students understand how to analyse fiction and deepen their understanding of a writer’s methods.
Typical questions include:
• Highlight a phrase in the passage above that, in this context, creates a sense of urgency and danger.
• How has the writer shown the character’s confusion and fear in the above paragraph?
• What word would best fit the gap - ‘climbing’ ‘tramping’ or ‘walking’?
• Why did you choose that word?

Note that this extract was used in the Edexcel June 2018 GCSE English Language exam, but I have adapted the text and made some changes.