Read Chapter 1, then answer these questions.

 

1 Who had no money for the train ticket?

2 Why was Jackie angry with her sister?

3 What did Molly want Jackie to do?

4 Why was Peter Hobbs very angry with Molly?

 

Read Chapter 2. Who said these words in the chapter?

 

1 'She needs a nurse twenty-four hours a day.'

2 'All your things are expensive.'

3 'It's a lot of work for you. The house is big, too.'

4 'Nobody is getting more money from me.'

5 'One day I'm going to kill that woman.'

 

Read Chapter 3, then answer these questions.

Who

1... found Molly's body?

2... heard a cry from Molly's room?

3... phoned the doctor?

4... took sleeping tablets?

5... looked for the bottle of sleeping tablets in the room?

6... phoned the police?

 

Before you read Chapter 4, can you guess the murderer's name? Put P (perhaps) or N (no) by these names.

 

Uncle Albert Jackie Clarkson Peter Hobbs

Diane Clarkson Roger Clarkson   Tom Briggs

 

Read Chapters 4 and 5. Here are some untrue sentences about the chapters. Change them into true sentences.

 

1 Somebody put sleeping tablets in Roger's coffee.

2 Nobody saw Molly in her room that night.

3 Albert needed money because he was ill.

4 Jackie made hot milk and took it to Diane.

5 At midnight Jackie went downstairs to see the dogs.

6 Peter Hobbs found his job because of Molly.

7 Roger did not want his mother to sell the house.

8 Diane loved her mother.

 

Read Chapter 6. Peter Hobbs and Tom Briggs said these things to Inspector Walsh. Who said what?

 

1 'What? How did she die? When did it happen? '

2 'I know she's dead. Someone in the village told me.'

3 'That old woman wrote to my office.'

4 'I want half Mrs Clarkson's garden.'

5 'I wanted to kill that woman.'

6 'Who? Oh! That's a friend. It was a long time ago.

 

Before you read Chapter 7, can you name the murderer? Write P (perhaps), N (no), or Y (yes) by the names.

 

Uncle Albert Roger Clarkson Peter Hobbs

Diane Clarkson Jackie Clarkson Tom Briggs

 

Read Chapter 7. Before they got to the house, Sergeant Foster asked Inspector Walsh some questions. Match the right answer to each question.

 

Sergeant Foster's questions

1 'Why is Albert King selling his house? '

2 'Tom Briggs didn't do it. So why is he important? '

3 'Diane visited her mother every month and took money from her. How do we know that? '

4 'And Roger - why does he want to build houses?

5 'What about Jackie? Does she need money? '

6 'Did the angry young man, Peter Hobbs, do it? '

7 'So who did put those tablets in the hot milk? ' Inspector Walsh's answers

8 'Because Mrs Clarkson told Dr Pratt, and he told me.'

9 'No. He talked a lot about killing, but he didn't do it.'

10 'Because he needs the money for a nurse for his wife.'

11 'No, she doesn't need money. She needs love.'

12 'Come on, Sergeant — you tell me! '

13 'Because he lost his job last month and needs money.'

14 'He's important because he was the Clarksons' gardener many years ago.'

 

ACTIVITIES After Reading

 

1 Match the people with the sentences. Then use the sentences to write about the people. Use pronouns (he, she, him) and linking words (and, but, so).

 

Molly I Jackie I Diane I Roger I Albert

Example: Molly was fifty years old and was very rich.

 

She...

1 Molly was fifty years old.

2 ____________wanted to marry Tom Briggs but Molly said no.

3 ____________was a good singer but could never get work.

4 ____________lived in an expensive house.

5 ____________'s wife was Molly's sister.

6 ____________ _killed Molly with sleeping tablets in hot milk.

7 Molly was very rich.

8 _____________didn't want to sell his house.

9 _____________always got money from her father.

10 _____________lost his job last month.

11 _____________needed the money for his sick wife.

12 _____________didn't like Tom Briggs.

13 _____________was very sorry when her father died.

14 _____________put the empty bottle in Diane's bag.

15____________ _didn't want Jackie to marry Tom Briggs.

16 _____________wanted to build houses in Molly's garden.

 

 

This conversation between Diane and Molly happened after the dinner, in Molly's room. The conversation is in the wrong order. Write it out in the correct order and put in the speakers' names. Diane speaks first (number 5).

 

1 _____________'Thank you. Where are my sleeping tablets? '

2 _____________'Well, I don't want to talk. I'm not going to give

you more money, Diane.'

3 ____________-'Yes, you did. You wanted his money. I heard you

at Christmas when you told Aunt Annie that. I'm going to talk to her about it.'

⁴ _____________'An accident! No, Mother. Why did you hit that

tree? It was daytime and you're a good driver.'

5 _____________'Here's your hot milk, Mother.'

6 _____________'Oh yes, you are! Or do you want me to talk to

the police about Daddy? You wanted to kill him, I know.'

7 _____________'Good drivers can have accidents too, you know.

Listen, Diane, it was an accident. How many times must I tell you? I was angry with Daddy, but I didn't want to kill him.'

8 _____________'Here's the bottle, on your table. No, don't open

your book. I want to talk to you about money.'

9 _____________'I didn't want to kill him, Diane! It was an

accident! '

10 _____________'Please don't do that! Annie is very ill! '

 

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