Ingleseo Azterketa

Comprehension Test
Ghost Stories
Retold by Rosemary Border
1 Fill in the gaps in the instructions for the game Smee using: challenges, lights, blank, players, same, sheet, finds, hides, written, continue.
Every player is given a ............... of paper. The sheets are ............... except one which has Smee ............... on it. Nobody else knows who Smee is. When the ...............are off Smee leaves and ................ . The other players look for Smee. When one player ............... another, he or she says, ‘Smee!’ The other person replies, ‘Smee!’ and they ............... searching. The real Smee must not answer when someone ................ . The second player stays with Smee. This continues until all the ............... are in the ............... place.
10 marks

2In The Confession of Charles Linkworth why did Charles want to speak to the chaplain?




10 marks

3 Complete the following sentences with information from the stories.
a Brenda Ford broke her neck playing hide and seek because ...




b The judge’s picture had a smile of triumph because …




c Giles didn’t understand the stranger in the mist because ...




dJacob told James Murray that his master lived alone because ...




e Lord Carterton built Fullcircle because ...




20 marks

4 Which story do these sentences come from? Smee, The Judge’s House, The Stranger in the Mist, The Confession of Charles Linkworth, The Ghost Coach, Fullcircle
a ‘With his thin old hand the stranger pointed to a place on the map.’ ...............
b ‘Ilooked again at the passenger opposite me.’ ...............
c ‘Two nights ago my telephone rang ... and I could only hear whispers.’ ...............
d ‘At the end of the bell rope hung the body of the student.’ ...............
e ‘I knew every girl in the house by name except one.’ ...............
10 marks

5 In The Judge’s House why did John Moore rent the old house in Benchurch?10 marks

6 Choose one of the stories. Write a short criticism of the story. Did you enjoy it? Why/why not? Comment on the following: realism, tension, suspense, excitement.


























40 marks

Total marks


Multiple-choice Test
Ghost Stories
Retold by Rosemary Border

Setting
Choose the best answer.
1 In the game of ‘Smee’you have to _____ in a dark house.
a [ ] play cards b [ ] answer questions c [ ] find people d [ ] chase people
2 Jackson sits behind a _____ with Mrs Gorman for a long time.
a [ ] table b [ ] curtain c [ ] wardrobe d [ ] door
3 John Moore goes to the _____ town of Benchurch.
a [ ] quiet, sleepy b [ ] beautiful, expensive c [ ] big, noisy d [] busy, dangerous
4 John Moore stays in a house that once belonged to a _____.
a [ ] singer b [ ] rich doctor c [ ] famous judge d [ ] student
5 Giles Hampton goes to _____ to visit his friend Beverly.
a [ ] England b [ ] Wales c [ ] Scotland d [ ] France
6 One day, Giles Hampton goes to _____ for a walk.
a [ ] the forest b [ ] the town c [] the beach d [ ] the mountains
7 Charles Linkworth killed his _____.
a [ ] mother b [ ] grandmother c [ ] sister d [ ] wife
8 Charles Linkworth did the murder because he _____.
a [ ] was jealous b [ ] was mad c [ ] wanted money d [ ] wanted the house
9 James Murray _____ in the snowy mountains.
a [ ] lives b [ ] works c [ ] dies d [] becomes lost
10 Fullcircle is _____ that was built in 1660.
a [ ] an interesting church b [ ] a large, beautiful house
c [ ] a pretty, white cottage d [ ] a small village shop
20 marks


Characters
Choose the best answer.
11 When Jackson arrives at the Sangstons, he doesn’t learn the name of _____.
a [ ] a thin, shy boy b [ ] a small, talkative man
c...