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Comprehension Test
Death of an Englishman
Magdalen Nabb
1 Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)?
a The murder happened in September.
b Carabiniere Bacci spoke perfect English.
c Three detectives came from England to help.
d Miss White turned her flat into a little museum.
e Mr Langley–Smythe bought a newspaper everyday.
f Cipolla’s wife diedon the night of the murder.
g Martha, the maid, was shot by Cesarini.
h Cipolla’s wife worked cleaning Langley–Smythe’s flat.
i Cipolla left the gun in a bag next to the lift.
j Cipolla shot Langley–Smythe in the head.
20 marks

2 At the beginning of the book Bacci didn’t like the Marshal. Why do you think Bacci’s opinion of him changed?10 marks

3 Match a number from A with a letter from B to make complete sentences.
A
1 The Marshal wanted to finish his work quickly ...
2 Inspector Jeffreys was sent to Italy ...
3 Martha, the maid, was shot ...
4 The Marshal always wore dark glasses ...
5 Cipolla became drunk very quickly ...
B
a ... because he had to go to Sicily to see hisfamily.
b ... because his eyes watered when he was in the sun.
c ... because normally he didn’t drink.
d ... when she was looking in the bag.
e ... because he spoke a little Italian.
20 marks

4 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 eventually she had to work too.She wanted to work so she didn’t have to die in ................ .
20 marks

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
















30 marks

Total marks


Multiple-choice Test
Death of an Englishman
Magdalen Nabb

Setting
Choose the best answer.
1 The murder took place at Via Maggio, number _____.
a [ ] fifty-threeb [ ] eighty-three c [ ] eighty-eight d [ ] fifty-eight
2 Bacci didn’t call the Marshal at first because he _____.
a [ ] had a bad cold b [ ] was a bad detective c [ ] didn’t like him d [ ] was afraid
3 Langley Smythe had been shot in his _____.
a [ ] stomach b [ ] leg c [ ] back d [ ] head
4 _____ discovered the body.
a [ ] Thenight-guard b [ ] The cleaner c [ ] Giovanna d [ ] Miss White
5 The Marshal said that Cipolla looked strange because _____.
a [ ] he didn’t eat well b [ ] his wife had just
died c [ ] he also had the flu d [ ] he never had enough sleep
6 They found _____ in Langley-Smythe’s flat.
a [ ] another dead body b [ ] a lot of small antiques
c [ ] a stolenmajolica head d [ ] the murder weapon
7 _____ came over from England.
a [ ] Two detectives from Scotland Yard b [ ] Langley-Smythe’s wife
c [ ] Friends of Langley-Smythe d [ ] Two antique dealers
8 _____ had been left in the open safe.
a [ ] Half a million euros b [ ] Antiques c [ ] Nothing d [ ] Half a million pounds
9 An antique dealer lived on the _____floor.
a [ ] second b [ ] ground c [ ] first d [ ] third
10 The youngest Cipriani daughter, Giovanna, heard _____.
a [ ] one bang b [ ] two bangs c [ ] a scream d [ ] nothing
20 marks


Characters
Choose the best answer.
11 The Marshall came from _____.
a [ ] Rome b [ ] Florence c [ ] Milan d [ ] Sicily
12 The Chief Inspector...