Poesia

Comprehension Test
The Thirty-Nine Steps
John Buchan
1 Match a number from A with a letter from B to make complete sentences.
A
1 Many people in Britain liked Karolides ...
2 Sir Walter didn’t believe all of Scudder’s ideas ...
3 The young hotel owner was happy to meet Hannay ...
4 When Sir Walter told Hannay that the police didn’t want him ...
5When Hannay entered the house by the sea ...
B
a ... because nobody interesting came to the hotel.
b ... he was very happy.
c ... until he heard that Karolides had been murdered.
d ... he wasn’t certain if these were the men he was looking for.
e ... because they thought he was the only man who could prevent a war from starting.
10 marks

2 Why did Hannay decide to hide inScotland and not in the city?












10 marks

3 Are the following sentences true (T) or false (F)?
a Scudder killed himself.
b Scudder’s enemies took his little black book.
c Hannay spoke with a German accent when he was in Scotland.
d While the two men were in the hotel Hannay stole the police car.
e The Road Inspector thought that Hannaywas the roadman.
f Marmaduke Jopley was afraid of Hannay because he thought he was a murderer.
g The roadman stole Hannay’s money.
h Lord Alloa didn’t stay at the meeting for very long.
i Hannay played cards with the three men in the house.
j The police were waiting for the thin man on the Ariadne.
20 marks

4 How did Hannay know where to find thecorrect house?












10 marks

5 Fill in the gaps using: arrest, game, criminals, certain, house, polite, fat, surprised, men, cards.
When Hannay entered the ............... the three men were very ................ They were very ............... when Hannay said that he had come to ............... them. Hannay wasn’t ............... that these men were really the................ The ............... man said that they could play ................ It was during the ............... that Hannay realised these were the ............... he wanted!
20 marks

6 Imagine that you are Hannay. You have just returned home and you have to explain briefly to your servant Paddock why you left the flat with a dead body inside.
















30 marks

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Multiple-choice Test
The Thirty-Nine Steps
John Buchan

Setting
Choose the best answer.
1 When the story begins, Hannay is living in a flat in _____.
a [ ] Scotland b [ ] Paris c [ ] Greece d [ ] London
2 When he was a boy, Hannay lived in _____.
a [ ] France b [ ] Germany c [ ] Scotland d [ ] Russia
3 When Hannay grew up, he worked hard andmade money in _____.
a [ ] Scotland b [ ] Africa c [ ] Germany d [ ] Greece
4 Hannay can speak English and _____.
a [ ] French b [ ] Arabic c [ ] German d [ ] Chinese
5 Hannay has enough money to have a good time, but he is _____.
a [ ] bored b [ ] old c [ ] lonely d [ ] ill
6 Karolides is _____.
a [ ] head of the British Navy b [] the Australian Prime Minister
c [ ] a German spy d [ ] the Greek Prime Minister
7 Karolides is an important man because he can _____ the war.
a [ ] prevent b [ ] control c [ ] pay for d [ ] start
8 Franklin P Scudder is _____.
a [ ] a British soldier b [ ] a policeman c [ ] an American spy d [ ] a newspaper reporter
9 Scudder wants his enemiesto believe that he has _____.
a [ ] had an accident b [ ] killed himself
c [ ] moved to a different flat d [ ] gone to France
10 One evening, Hannay comes back to his flat and finds _____ dead body.
a [ ] his servant’s b [ ] Karolides’ c [ ] the milkman’s d [ ] Scudder’s
20 marks


Characters
Choose the best answer.
11 Some _____ spies want to kill...