Englishman

Death of an Englishman
1

Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)?

a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
j

Magdalen Nabb

4

The murder happened in September.
Carabiniere Bacci spokeperfect English.
Three detectives came from England to help.
Miss White turned her flat into a little
museum.
Mr Langley–Smythe bought a newspaper
everyday.
Cipolla’s wife died on the night ofthe murder.
Martha, the maid, was shot by Cesarini.
Cipolla’s wife worked cleaning
Langley–Smythe’s flat.
Cipolla left the gun in a bag next to the lift.
Cipolla shot Langley–Smythe in thehead.

Fill in the gaps in the paragraph about Cipolla’s life
using: fourteen, cleaner, hospital, ill, bombed,
Florence, country, mother, flat, war.

Near the end of the ............... hishouse was
................ . His mother thought they would be
safer in the ................ . Later they went to Rome
and then back to the country. When Cipolla was
............... he went to............... where he found
work as a ............... and a cheap ............... in Via
Romana. After his ............... died he got married.
His wife was ............... but eventuallyshe had to
work too. She wanted to work so she didn’t have to
die in ................ .
20 marks
5

2

At the beginning of the book Bacci didn’t like the
Marshal. Why do you think Bacci’sopinion of him
changed?

Imagine you are a newspaper journalist. Write a
short report of the murder............................................................................................
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