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1 Who are they? Match a number from A with a letter 4 Who said this in the story? Match a number from A
from B. with a letter from B.

COMPREHENSION
A A
1 Nick Hortz is ... 1 ‘Do you remember me? We met at a party
2 Meg Hutson is ... in Toronto.’
3 Mr Vickers is ... 2 ‘Hello, Mystery Girl, remember me?’

TEST
4 Craig Winters is ... 3 ‘Tell – tell me about this man with white
5 Anna Vickers is ... hair.’
B
4 ‘The police called me and I flew here at
a ... the daughter of a millionaire. once.’
b ... the real Mr Hollywood. 5 ‘You can have this table. I don’t want it.’
c ... a rich young woman who killed herself. B
d ... the man with short white hair. a Craig Winters to Nick Lortz.
e ... a travel writer. b Meg Hutson to Nick Lortz.
c Nick Lortz to the pretty girl.
20 marks d Nick Lortz to Meg Hutson.
e Howard Hutson to Meg.
2 Places in the book. Match a number from A with a
letter from B. 20 marks
A
1 Nick first meets Meg ... 5 Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)?
2 Someone pushes Nick in front of a car ... a The girl in the café in Whistler told Nick
3 The man with short white hair tries to that her name was Meg.
shoot Nick ... b The man with white hair thought that Nick
4 The man with short white hair tries to was Mr Hollywood.
shoot Craig Winters ... c The man with white hair tried to shoot
5 Nick meets another pretty girl ... Nick in Whistler.
d The man with white hair followed Nick
B
from Whistler to Vancouver.
a ... on the way back to his hotel in Vancouver. e Nick saw a photograph of ‘Mystery Girl’ in
b ... in the tea room of the Empress Hotel. a magazine.
c ... in a village near Whistler Mountain. f After his visit to Stanley Park, Nick saw a
d ... on the ferry. letter on the window of his car.
e ... in Stanley Park. g Nick was happy after his talk with the
police.
20 marks
h The man with white hair followed Nick to
the Empress Hotel on Vancouver Island.
3 Put the following sentences in the story in the right
i Craig Winters was in love with Anna
order. Number them 1–5.
Vickers.
a The man’s hand came out of his pocket
j Nick was happy to have dinner with a
– with a gun.
pretty girl on the ferry.
b ‘Oh, no!’ said Meg. ‘Look over there by the
door.’ 20 marks
c The shot went over his head.
d The teatable went over, and Nick was down
on the floor in a second.
e At the door of the tea room stood the man Total marks
with white hair.

20 marks

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Setting 14 Nick Lortz _____ Meg Hutson at the beginning

of the story.
Choose the best answer.
a F remembers b F does not know
1 The season is _____. c F doesn’t like d F can’t see
a F spring b F summer c F autumn 15 The policeman in the police station_____.
d F winter a F helps Nick b F arrests Nick c F goes to
2 Whistler is the name of a village in _____. sleep d F doesn’t help Nick
a F the USA F b Wales c F Scotland 16 Meg is in love with _____.
d F Canada a F Nick b F Craig Winters
3 Nick Lortz is writing a book about _____. c F a waiter d F Johnnie Vickers
a F cafés b F mountains c F parks 17 Mr Vickers is _____.
d F parties a F about fifty, short and fat b F about sixty,
4 Nick is travelling around _____. tall and thin c F about fifty, tall and thin
a F by train b F by bus c F in a red car d F about sixty, short and fat
d F in a blue car 18 Meg’s father is _____.
M U LT I P L E - C H O I C E

5 Nick _____. a F very poor b F poor c F quite rich

a F met ‘Jan’ in Toronto b F met ‘Jan’ in d F very rich
New York c F knows ‘Jan’ well 19 Mr Hollywood is really _____.
F doesn’t know ‘Jan’
a F Howard Hutson b F Johnnie Vickers
TEST

6 Nick _____ to parties. c F Craig Winters d F Nick Lortz

a F loves going b F never goes 20 Johnnie Vickers’ _____ jumped from a bridge.
c F sometimes goes d F hates going a F wife b F daughter c F mother
7 Jan looks _____ at the café in Whistler. d F sister
a F happy b F interested c F worried
d F sad 20 marks
8 Nick knows that ‘Jan’ is going to Vancouver
Island because _____.
a F she tells him b F he sees a letter Dialogue
c F the waiter tells him d F she has a ticket
Who said or wrote this?
9 A man with _____ hair goes after Nick.
21 ‘I write books, and I write for travel magazines.’
a F black b F brown c F no d F white
a F Craig Winters b F Meg Hutson
10 Nick goes to _____ after Whistler.
c F Nick d F Anna Vickers
a F Vancouver b F San Francisco
22 ‘Can I call you “Mr Hollywood”, too?’
c F Montréal d F Hollywood
a F Meg b F Detective Edmonds
20 marks c F Howard Hutson d F a waiter
23 ‘I didn’t fall – somebody pushed me!’
a F Meg b F a policeman c F a woman in
Characters the street d F Nick
24 ‘I’m going to kill you, Mr Hollywood.’
Choose the best answer.
a F Mr Hutson b F Meg
11 Nick Lotz is from _____. c F Craig Winters d F Mr Vickers
a F Los Angeles b F Vancouver 25 ‘How many people are there in this town with
c F San Francisco d F Toronto guns?’
12 Nick is _____. a F a detective b F a policeman
a F a teacher b F a writer c F an artist c F a waiter d F a writer
d F a journalist 26 ‘I must do it. Today.’
13 Meg Hutson first tells Nick that her name a F Detective Edmonds b F Johnnie
is _____. Vickers c F Nick d F Howard Hutson
a F Jan b F Janet c F Anne d F Anna 27 ‘I wanted him to follow you, and not me.’
a F Anna b F Meg c F Nick d F Johnnie

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28 ‘It is true, Meg.’ 42 Nick sees Jan’s real name in a _____.

a F Meg’s father b F Craig Winters a F magazine b F newspaper c F book
c F Nick d F Meg’s brother d F letter
29 ‘The doctors are going to put him away in a 43 _____ tells Nick the name of the man with
hospital.’ white hair.
a F Meg b F Nick c F Detective a F A policeman b F The waiter at the
Edmonds d F Craig Winters café c F The woman at the hotel
30 ‘I’m sorry I got you into all this.’ d F A detective
a F Meg b F a waiter c F a policeman 44 When Nick sees Meg again, she is with her
d F Nick _____.
a F brother b F boyfriend c F father
20 marks d F manager
45 Meg wanted the man with white hair to go after
_____.
Vocabulary a F Nick b F her c F her father

M U LT I P L E - C H O I C E
Choose the best answer. d F Craig Winters
31 to visit other countries, cities, etc. 46 Johnnie Vickers _____.
a F drive b F meet c F travel d F pull a F kills Craig Winters b F kills Nick
32 to touch someone with your mouth c F hurts Nick d F hurts Craig Winters

TEST
a F kiss b F smile c F shoot d F kill 47 ‘Craig Winters’ told Anna Vickers that his name
33 a lot of people was _____.
a F busy b F crowd c F pair a F Craig Windser b F Carl Winters
d F hundred c F Charles Windsor d F Carl Windser
34 to move something away from you with your 48 Meg gave Craig Winters _____ thousand
hands dollars.
a F pull b F shout c F scream d F push a F twenty-five b F fifty c F seventy-
35 something you cannot understand five d F a hundred
a F story b F maybe c F guy 49 Johnnie Vickers’ daughter died because _____.
d F mystery a F Nick left her b F she didn’t have any
36 to show where something is with your finger money c F Carl Windser left her
a F point b F push c F pull d F turn d F she didn’t like Mr Hollywood
37 a film at a cinema 50 In the end _____.
a F programme b F movie a F Nick falls in love with Meg b F Nick
c F magazine d F ferry decides not to talk to another pretty girl
38 a metal thing that people use to kill other people c F Nick is very hungry d F Nick falls in love
a F gun b F guy c F noise d F shoot with the girl on the ferry
39 to try to give the correct answer if you don’t
20 marks
know it
a F feel b F guess c F hit d F remember
40 to go after someone or something Total marks
a F fall b F fly c F follow d F find

20 marks

Plot
Choose the best answer.
41 Nick first meets Jan _____.
a F at a café b F in a cinema c F at the
seaside d F at a party

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