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Comprehension Test
New Yorkers – Short Stories
O. Henry
1 Describe this picture. What story is it from?












20 marks

2 Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)?
a Soapy’s home was Madison Square.
b He usually had dinner in expensive restaurants.
c The umbrella was a present.
d Soapy did bad things but he couldn’t get into prison.
eSoapy’s trousers were not very old.
f Soapy was angry with the police that night.
g It was summer in the story Soapy’s Choice.
h An old lady wanted to have a drink with Soapy.
i At the church Soapy remembered happier days.
j A policeman arrested Soapy outside the church.
20 marks

3 Which story do these sentences refer to? The Christmas Presents,Soapy’s Choice, A Walk in Amnesia, Tildy’s Moment, The Memento.
a It’s about a woman who has left her husband. ...............
b The protagonist is a man who has no friends. ...............
c It’s the story of two young people in love. ...............
d The young woman in this story is not as beautiful as her colleague. ...............
e It’s about a man who leaves his wife for twoweeks. ...............
20 marks

4 Fill in the gaps using these words: lot, woke up, lawyer, who, suddenly, rest, wanted, try, invented, back.
Mr Elwyn C. Belford was a hardworking ................ . His good friend Dr Volney told him to take a ................ . One day he ............... on a train to New York. He didn’t know ............... he was and so he ............... a name. He wentto New York and didn’t ............... to remember who or what he was. He enjoyed life in New York a ................ Two weeks later his wife and Dr Volney came to New York and ............... to take him ............... home. Elwyn ............... got better.
20 marks

5 Match a word from A with a definition from B.
A
1 Garter
2 Swing
3 Reverend
4 Memento5 Suitcase
B
a A seat on the end of two long ropes
b Something a woman wears round the top of the leg
c Something which helps you to remember somebody
d Something to carry clothes in
e A religious person
20 marks

Total marks


Multiple-choice Test
New Yorkers – Short Stories
O. Henry

Setting
Choose the best answer.
1 Della had beautiful _____ hair.a [ ] red b [ ] brown c [ ] black d [ ] grey
2 Jim’s gold watch once belonged to his _____.
a [ ] mother b [ ] wife c [ ] father d [ ] brother
3 Soapy wanted three months in a nice, warm _____.
a [ ] prison b [ ] hotel c [ ] restaurant d [ ] church
4 Soapy’s home was a _____ in Madison Square.
a [ ] seat b [ ] hotel c [ ] housed [ ] church
5 On the train Elwyn C. Bellford found _____ in his pocket.
a [ ] a newspaper b [ ] three thousand dollars c [ ] a hotel bill d [ ] a rose
6 On Sundays Mrs Bellford read her weekly letter from her _____.
a [ ] mother b [ ] father c [ ] son d [ ] daughter
7 Bogle’s Family Restaurant was on _____ Avenue.
a [ ] Fifth b [ ] Sixth c[ ] Seventh d [ ] Eighth
8 Bogle sat at a desk by the _____ .
a [ ] window b [ ] kitchen c [ ] door d [ ] table
9 Miss D’Armande’s room looked out onto Broadway and its _____.
a [ ] houses b [ ] theatres c [ ] churches d [ ] animals
10 Miss D’Armande had been in the hotel since _____.
a [ ] April b [ ] May c [ ] June d [ ] July
20marks


Characters
Choose the best answer.
11 Della lived in a poor room in New York with her _____.
a [ ] dog b [ ] mother c [ ] husband d [ ] sister
12 James Dillingham Young was lucky because he had a _____.
a [ ] job b [ ] memento c [ ] shop d [ ] garter
13 Soapy was wearing dirty old trousers and _____ shoes.
a [ ] terrible b [ ]...
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