Brat Farrar Oxford Test

Comprehension Test
Brat Farrar
Josephine Tey
1 Complete the following sentences.
a Mr Sandal and Bee went to visit Brat Farrar in his room because ...




b Simon suggested to Brat that he rode Timber because ...




c Simon wasn’t afraid to tell Brat that he killed Patrick because ...




d Simon went to the quarry before Brat because ...




e The familythought that Brat was an Ashby because ...




20 marks

2 Why did Brat buy the rope?




10 marks

3 Choose five adjectives from the list below to describe Brat, and five to describe Simon. ambitious, rude, sincere, capable, ugly, jealous, careful, popular, greedy, wild, enthusiastic, angry, stupid, generous, miserable, aggressive.
Brat: ....................., .....................,....................., ....................., .....................
Simon: ....................., ...................., ......................., ......................, .....................
10 marks

4 Circle the words which are related to horses: estate, breed, priest, foal, quarry, twins, saddle, stable, nursery, pony.
10 marks

5 This is what Simon Ashby did on the day that hemurdered Patrick. Put the following events in the story in the right order. Number them 1–5.
a He threw Patrick’s body into the quarry.
b He went to the blacksmith’s.
c He left Patrick’s coat on a cliff-top.
d He went out on his pony in the night to search for Patrick.
e He wrote a note in Patrick’s handwriting.
20 marks

Multiple-choice Test

Brat FarrarJosephine Tey

Setting
Choose the best answer.
1 The Ashby children’s parents _____.
a [ ] were away b [ ] died in a plane crash c [ ] were poor d [ ] died in a car crash
2 Patrick died _____.
a [ ] when Simon was a baby b [ ] when he was thirteen
c [ ] with his parents d [ ] when he was a baby
3 Alec Ledingham’s plan was to make people think that_____.
a [ ] Brat Farrar was Patrick b [ ] he was Patrick
c [ ] Simon had killed Patrick d [ ] Brat was the Ashby children’s cousin
4 Brat Farrar had spent his first fifteen years _____.
a [ ] with horses b [ ] in the USA c [ ] in France d [ ] in an orphanage
5 Alec told Brat everything about the Ashbys _____.
a [ ] at different places in Kew Gardensb [ ] near Latchetts
c [ ] at different restaurants in London d [ ] at different places in England
6 Brat told the lawyer, Mr Sandal, _____.
a [ ] lies about his childhood b [ ] the truth about Alec
c [ ] the truth about his past in the USA d [ ] that he had never left England
7 Mr Sandal and Aunt Bee went to see Brat in _____.
a [ ] Latchetts b [ ] hisrented room c [ ] Mr Sandal’s office d [ ] Kew Gardens
8 _____ was sure that Patrick hadn’t returned.
a [ ] Eleanor b [ ] Jane c [ ] Simon d [ ] Ruth
9 People had always thought that _____.
a [ ] Simon was a strange child b [ ] Patrick was weaker than Simon
c [ ] Patrick was unkind to Simon d [ ] Patrick was a responsible child
10 Brat Farrar_____.
a [ ] was given no money to buy clothes b [ ] decided not to continue with the plan
c [ ] was unsure about continuing with the plan d [ ] told the police about Alec’s plan
20 marks


Characters
Choose the best answer.
11 The Ashby family had lived at Latchetts for _____ years.
a [ ] less than two b [ ] a hundred [ ] fifty d [ ] more than two hundred12 Brat first worked with horses in _____.
a [ ] Mexico b [ ] the USA c [ ] France d [ ] Canada
13 Aunt Bee wondered why Patrick _____ if he had run away.
a [ ] hadn’t emailed b [ ] hadn’t phoned c [ ] hadn’t written d [ ] didn’t come back
14 Simon was in love with Peggy Gates until _____.
a [ ] he met Sheila Parslow b [ ] she met Brat Farrar...