Comprehension Test
The Dead of Jericho
Colin Dexter
1 Who said this in the story ...? Inspector Morse, Anne Scott, Edward Murdoch, Charles Richards, Celia Richards. a ‘I was silly enough to marry when I was nineteen ...’ ............... b ‘What you’re doing is blackmail. But I believe what you said in your letter and so I’m going to pay you one quarter of what you asked for.’ ............... c ‘My dear husband didn’t want his normal secretary ... to know about the police coming here, so he asked me to be his secretary for today.’ ............... d ‘I’m disappointed in you Lewis. If you’re ever going to be a good detective, you’ll have to realise that it’s these tiny details that solve cases in the end.’ ............... e …ver más…

a [ ] been pregnant when she died b [ ] definitely been murdered c [ ] killed herself by accident d [ ] been very ill at the time of her death 20 marks

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Choose the best answer. 11 Anne Scott was _____ Morse. a [ ] more than ten years younger than b [ ] about the same age as c [ ] ten years older than d [ ] two years younger than 12 Morse liked to listen to _____ in his free time. a [ ] Beethoven b [ ] Oasis c [ ] Mozart d [ ] the Beatles 13 _____ was about fifty and losing his hair. a [ ] Charles Richards b [ ] Morse c [ ] Lewis d [ ] Inspector Bell 14 Celia was sure that Charles _____. a [ ] wanted to leave her b [ ] was a very good publisher c [ ] had had many affairs d [ ] wasn’t very good with money 15 _____ asked questions slowly and gently. a [ ] Morse b [ ] Lewis c [ ] Constable Walters d [ ] Inspector Bell 16 _____ read Anne Scott’s suicide note to George Jackson. a [ ] Mrs Lewis b [ ] Mrs Richards c [ ] Mrs Briggs d [ ] Mrs Purvis 17 Lewis and Morse had been working together for _____. a [ ] three months b [ ] six years c [ ] three years d [ ] six months 18 Conrad Richards lived at _____ Oxford Avenue. a [ ] 162 b [ ] 261 c [ ] 126 d [ ] 216 19 _____ wrote the blackmail letter to get money for drugs. a [ ] Conrad and Charles b [ ] Edward c