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Comprehension Test
The Dead of Jericho
Colin Dexter
1 Who said this in the story ...?
-Inspector Morse, Anne Scott, Edward Murdoch, Charles Richards, Celia Richards.
a  ‘I was silly enough to marry when I was nineteen ...’ ...............

b  ‘What you’re doing is blackmail. But I believe what you said in your letter and so I’m going to pay you one quarter of what you asked for.’...............

c  ‘My dear husband didn’t want his normal secretary ... to know about the police coming here, so he asked me to be his secretary for today.’ ...............

d  ‘I’m disappointed in you Lewis. If you’re ever going to be a good detective, you’ll have to realise that it’s these tiny details that solve cases in the end.’ ...............

e  ‘We wrote the letter together and sentit. But the next day Michael was taken into hospital, and I felt frightened of what we’d done.’ ...............
                20 marks 
2 Put the following events from the story in the right order. Number them 1–5.
a        Morse discovered that Conrad Richards was pretending to be his brother, Charles.
b        Anne Scott killed herself.
c        Morse took over the case from InspectorBell.
d        Morse met Anne Scott at a party.
e        George Jackson was murdered.
        
3 Complete the following sentences with information from the story.
a  When Morse met Anne Scott at the party ...
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b  The front door was open and no one seemed to be at home when ...
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c  Although the blackmail letter had spelling mistakes ...
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d  Morse was arrested by a policeman when ...
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e  Edward went to Anne Scott’shouse every week because ...
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                30 marks 
4 Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)?
a        Morse went to see Anne Scott a few days after he had met her at the party.
b        Morse was interested in literature.
c        Anne Scott had curtains in her bedroom.
d        Celia and CharlesRichards were happily married.
e        Anne Scott used to work for Charles Richards’ company.
f        Charles Richards had a good alibi for the night of George Jackson’s murder.
g        George Jackson did some repair jobs at Anne’s house.
h        George Jackson couldn’t write.
i         Michael Murdoch was Anne Scott’s son.
j         Before she died Anne Scott wrote a note to Morse.                20 marks

5 Why did Anne Scott kill herself?
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                20 marks 
             Total marks
Multiple-choice Test
The Dead of Jericho
Colin Dexter
 
Setting
Choose the best answer.
1    Morse met Anne Scottfor the first time at _____.
      a [  ] Anne’s house    b [  ] a party    c [  ] a police station    d [  ] Mrs Murdoch’s party
2    He believed that the murderer and victim knew each other well in _____ of cases.
      a [  ] 30%    b [  ] 50%    c [  ] 10%    d [  ] 60%
3    He decided not to visit Anne for six months because _____.
      a [  ] she loved someone else    b [  ] she...