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While reading Chapters 1–2 1 Does each sentence describe Somerset or Mills? Write the name next to each sentence a He has been married twice. ……………… b He is middle-aged. ……………… c He is quite young. ……………… d He has just moved to the city. ……………… e He wants to do real detective work. ……………… 2Are these sentences about the murder true (T) or false (F)? a The fat man died in his own apartment. c b The man had always weighed 304 pounds. c c He died from eating too much. c d Someone killed the fat man. c e Mills thinks there will be more murders like this one. c Chapters 3 – 4 3 What is the right answer, 1, 2 or 3? a Somerset thinks that the murderer is ….. 1) crazy.2) asking for help. 3) smart. b Somerset accepts that Dworkin must be the killer because ….. 1) his fingerprints are in Gould’s office. 2) he has been in prison for robbery and sex crimes. 3) he knows Eli Gould. c Mills doesn’t sleep very well because ….. 1) his partner in Springfield will never walk again. 2) he has killed a man. 3) he is always worried aboutthe next day’s work. d Mills and Somerset decide to investigate John Doe because ….. 1) he’s got a very ordinary name. 2) he’s borrowed lots of books from the public library. 3) he’s borrowed books on subjects that are linked to the murders. 4 Write the answers to the following questions. a How do Somerset and Mills know John Doe’s address? b What happens to Mills in the narrowstreet? c Why doesn’t Doe kill him?
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d Whose hand is in the jar in Doe’s apartment? e Who phones the apartment while Mills and Somerset are still in it? Chapter 5 5 Correct these sentences. a Somerset calls Tracy late at night. ……………………………………………… b They meet the next morning at the precinct house. ……………………………………………… c Tracy doesn’t likethe school she’s working in. ……………………………………………… d Somerset advises Tracy to tell Mills if she doesn’t want the baby. ……………………………………………… e The massage parlor reminds Mills of a scene from a film. ……………………………………………… f The gray-haired man is covered in blood. ……………………………………………… Chapter 6 6 Who said or wrote each of these things? Somerset Tracy John Doe a “I’ve done it again.” …………… b“We also found another body.” …………… c “What’s happening?” …………… d “I did not kill her. She was able to choose.” …………… e “The killer cut off her nose.” …………… Chapter 7 7 Fill in the gaps to make a summary of the final chapter. (The gaps may be one or more words.) John Doe’s lawyer told Mills and Somerset that there were still two more (a) …………………… and Doe wanted to show the two detectiveswhere they were. Mills looked inside. He felt sick. Doe started to tell Mills that he had visited Tracy and Somerset drove with Doe through the city into the (b) ……………………, and California followed them in a (c) …………………… . Soon after they stopped, a (d) ………………… came down the road and (e) …………………… went to meet it. The driver gave him a (f ) …………………… addressed to David Mills. When he opened it, Somersetdiscovered
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Seven
(g) …………………… . That morning Doe had killed Tracy and taken her head because he (h) …………………… Mills. He wanted Mills to become (i) …………………… . Mills was very confused and upset and he wanted to kill Doe. Somerset tried to tell him not to, because Mills would goto (j) …………………… . Then Doe told Mills about the (k) …………………… Tracy was carrying; Mills couldn’t stand anymore and killed Doe. At the end, Somerset decided not to (l) …………………… because someone had to stay and “fight the fight.” 8 Who do you think was the better detective? Somerset or Mills? Write a paragraph showing which one you think was the better detective. Give reasons and evidence...