Comprehension Test Goodbye, Mr Hollywood

Comprehension Test
Goodbye, Mr Hollywood
John Escott
1 Who are they? Match a number from A with a letter from B.
A
1 Nick Hortz is ...
2 Meg Hutson is ...
3 Mr Vickers is ...4 Craig Winters is ...
5 Anna Vickers is ...
B
a ... the daughter of a millionaire.
b ... the real Mr Hollywood.
c ... a rich young woman who killed herself.
d ... the man withshort white hair.
e ... a travel writer.
20 marks
2 Places in the book. Match a number from A with a letter from B.
A
1 Nick first meets Meg ...
2 Someone pushes Nick in front ofa car ...
3 The man with short white hair tries to shoot Nick ...
4 The man with short white hair tries to shoot Craig Winters ...
5 Nick meets another pretty girl ...
B
a ... onthe way back to his hotel in Vancouver.
b ... in the tea room of the Empress Hotel.
c ... in a village near Whistler Mountain.
d ... on the ferry.
e ... in Stanley Park.
20 marks
3 Put thefollowing sentences in the story in the right order. Number them 1–5.
a The man’s hand came out of his pocket – with a gun.
b ‘Oh, no!’ said Meg. ‘Look over there by the door.’
c Theshot went over his head.
d The teatable went over, and Nick was down on the floor in a second.
e At the door of the tea room stood the man with white hair.
20 marks
4 Who said this inthe story? Match a number from A with a letter from B.
A
1 ‘Do you remember me? We met at a party in Toronto.’
2 ‘Hello, Mystery Girl, remember me?’
3 ‘Tell – tell me about thisman with white hair.’
4 ‘The police called me and I flew here at once.’
5 ‘You can have this table. I don’t want it.’
B
a Craig Winters to Nick Lortz.
b Meg Hutson to Nick Lortz.
cNick Lortz to the pretty girl.
d Nick Lortz to Meg Hutson.
e Howard Hutson to Meg.
20 marks
5 Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)?
a The girl in the café in Whistler told Nick that...