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Level 5

Death in the Dojo Sue Leather

Summary Kate becomes convinced that there is a connection
between the London Road murder and the recent
Kate Jensen is a reporter for the Daily Echo in London.
murders of Kawaguchi and Ito. She learns from old
When the famous karate teacher Kawaguchi is
newspaper articles about the London Road murder
murdered in his own dojo, Kate is assigned to the case.
that a man called Peter Benson confessed to killing
This is not an easy task for Kate since Kawaguchi was
Blakeston. She manages to find his brother James,
her own ‘sensei’ or teacher, back in the days when
who tells Kate that he believes his brother Peter, now
she trained in karate. The following day Kawaguchi’s
dead, was responsible.
number two at the dojo, Ito, is also found murdered.
The following morning a letter bomb and note from
Kate’s father, a retired journalist and keen boxer,
someone signing themselves ‘The Avenger’ is sent
remembers that a girl called Kawaguchi was injured in
to the Home Secretary. Kate visits Brendan’s brother
an incident known as the London Road murder thirty
Paddy and learns that Brendan had a girlfriend called
years ago. The girl was being driven home by a school
Janey Lovat. Kate then discovers that a woman called
caretaker called John Blakeston. They picked up a
Brenda Lovat is one of the top karate fighters in the
hitchhiker who shot Blakeston and seriously injured
country and believes that she has at last found the
the girl. The girl was Kawaguchi’s daughter, Naoko.
answer.
She picked out a young man called Brendan Murphy
at an identity parade, and Murphy was hanged for the Kate persuades her father to write an article in the
murder of Blakeston in 1961. Kate’s father, and many Daily Echo saying that he now believes Murphy was
others, believed that Murphy was innocent. guilty. Their plan works, and The Avenger comes
that evening to Kate’s father’s house where Kate
After Kawaguchi’s funeral, Kate returns to her flat
and a friend Sanjay are lying in wait. They capture
and is attacked as she goes in. She calls her neighbour
The Avenger and discover that, as Kate suspected,
for help but is not badly hurt. The next day she flies
it is Brenda Lovat, Brendan Murphy and Janey
to Tokyo to visit Naoko. Naoko tells Kate that John
Lovat’s daughter. Brenda confesses to the murders of
Blakeston was her lover and that her father had tried
Kawaguchi and Ito (who had already told the police
to stop her seeing him. She also admits that she might
what was going on) and is sent to prison. Brendan
have made a mistake in identifying Brendan Murphy
Murphy is finally granted a posthumous pardon.
as the murderer.

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Answer Key
Level 5

Death in the Dojo Sue Leather

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Chapter 10
Chapter 1
1. 1 d, 2 b, 3 c, 4 a
1. a Balzano
b Ito and Kawaguchi Chapter 11
c Jonty
1. a The Pelican
d Ito
b Peter Benson
e Sanjay
c The Six Bells
d The barman at The Six Bells
Chapter 2
e Peter Benson
1. 1 b, 2 d, 3 c, 4 a
Chapter 12
Chapter 3
1. 1 d, 2 b, 3 a, 4 c
1. a F, b T, c F, d T, e T
Chapter 13
Chapter 4
1. At 9.30 the next day, Kate was talking to Rick
1. b, d, e, c, a about a story he was working on. Suddenly
Jonty phoned to say that a letter bomb had been
Chapter 5 discovered at the Home Secretary’s office. Ten
minutes later they received a fax from Reuters News
1. a Kate, Brendan
Agency. It read: ‘At 9.30 this morning we received
b Paddy
a handwritten note from someone calling himself
c Peter Benson, Brendan
“The Avenger”. He said that he was responsible for
d Paddy
the letter bomb. He said that Murphy was innocent
e Jun, Kate, Naoko
and he would avenge his death.’
Chapter 6
Chapter 14
1. 1 c, 2 a, 3 d, 4 b
1. 1 d, 2 b, 3 a, 4 c
Chapter 7
Chapter 15
1. b, e, a, d, c
1. e, d, c, a, b
Chapter 8
Chapter 16
1. a The Avenger, Kate
1. a the baby, Brendan and Janey
b Peter Benson, Kate
b Brendan
c Jun, Naoko, Kate
c Kawaguchi
d Naoko
d Ito, Brenda
Chapter 9
Chapter 17
1. hotel, woken, speak, lover, strict, Brendan
1. thirty-five, pardon, evidence, Manchester,
daughter, next
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