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Oxford Bookworms Library Stage 5 1

Comprehension Test

Deadlock

Sara Paretsky

1 Who said this in the story? Martin Bledsoe , Niels Grafalk , Vic , Paige Carr ington , Jeannine

Phillips .

a ‘I just want to know what happened. He was young, strong; it’s hard to imagine him falling

into the water lik e that.’ ...............

b ‘I’d been seeing a lot of your cousin the last few months. I think we were in love.’ ...............

c ‘I was eighteen years old when I stole that money.’ ...............

d ‘He was going to tell the president of Eudora Grain. It would have been the end of Clayton’s

job. We would lose the house, the club.’ ...............

e ‘I’ll kill you before you go overboard – no unpleasant drowning for you.’ ...............

20 marks

2 Complete the following sentences with information from the story.

a Paige Carrington was looking through Boom Boom’s papers when ...

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b When Vic was driving along the highway in her car ...

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c When Vic looked behind her photo she ...

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d Paige Carrington was helping Niels Grafalk because ...

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e Vic set fire to the curtains on Niels Grafalk’s yacht because ...

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3 Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)?

a Vic lived with a friend.

b Boom Boom had been a famous ice hockey player.




c Boom Boom worked for a company that transported oil.

d Vic liked Paige Carrington as soon as she met her.

e Vic was invited to be a passenger on the ship, the Lucella.

f Vic sometimes carried a gun with her.

g Clayton Phillips was cheating money from his company.

h Clayton Phillips was found dead on a coal ship.

i Niels and Claire Grafalk were happily married.

j At the end Niels Grafalk was sent to prison.

20 marks

4 Match a number from A with a letter from B to make complete sentences.

A

1 The day before Boom Boom died ...

2 When Bledsoe was having dinner ...

3 When Vic went back to Boom Boom’s apartment ...

4 When Vic was in hospital ...

5 When Vic met Grafalk at his house ...

B

a ... she found the watchman’s dead body.

b ... he told her about Bledsoe’s crime.

c ... he left a message on Vic’s answering machine.

d ... a lot of people came to visit her.

e ... he broke a glass in his hand.

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5 Imagine you are Niels Grafalk. Explain why you blew up the Lucella .

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Mul tiple-choice Test

Deadlock

Sara Paretsky

Setting

Choose the best answer.

1 Boom Boom worked for _____ at the time of his death.

a [ ] the Eudora Grain Company b [ ] Grafalk Steamship

c [ ] the Pole Star Line d [ ] the Black Hawks

2 Vic and Boom Boom’s fathers _____.

a [ ] were friends b [ ] were enemies c [ ] were brothers d [ ] were Russian

3 Paige Carrington said she was _____ at Boom Boom’s apartment.

a [ ] packing b [ ] looking for love letters c [ ] cleaning d [ ] looking for jewellery

4 Boom Boom went under a _____ as it pulled away.

a [ ] yacht b [ ] bus c [ ] taxi d [ ] ship

5 He had left an urgent message on _____ answering machine.

a [ ] Niels Grafalk’s b [ ] Paige’s c [ ] Vic’s d [ ] Mr Phillips’

6 Captain Bemis said that Boom Boom knew something about _____.

a [ ] Paige Carrington b [ ] the accident to the Lucella

c [ ] the problems at the port d [ ] the Eudora Grain Company

7 Grafalk’s company was the _____ on the Great Lakes.

a [ ] oldest and biggest b [ ] smallest but most successful

c [ ] newest and least successful d [ ] newest and biggest

8 Vic found the watchman dead in Boom Boom’s _____.

a [ ] bedroom b [ ] office c [ ] car d [ ] study

9 Boom Boom was being trained to _____.

a [ ] take over the office in Buffalo b [ ] pilot two ships

c [ ] be the director of the company d [ ] make a return to ice hockey

10 In Boom Boom’s diary, _____ in 1981 and 1982.

a [ ] he wrote about Paige Carrington b [ ] pages were torn out for dates

c [ ] circles were drawn around dates d [ ] he wrote a lot

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Characters


11 Vic Warshawski’s family came from _____.

a [ ] Russia b [ ] Hungary c [ ] Poland d [ ] Lithuania12 Boom Boom was really called _____.

a [ ] Robert b [ ] William c [ ] Basil d [ ] Bernard

13 Paige Carrington had dark straight hair and _____ eyes.

a [ ] gold-coloured b [ ] different coloured c [ ] dark brown d [ ] light blue

14 Niels Grafalk knew that Bledsoe had spent _____ in prison.

a [ ] two months b [ ] two years c [ ] ten years d [ ] ten months

15 Clayton Phillips was _____.a [ ] Eudora’s vice-president b [ ] in charge of the port c [ ] director of the Pole Star Line

d [ ] owner of a large shipping company

16 _____ had serious eyes and a calm manner.

a [ ] Niels Grafalk b [ ] Boom Boom c [ ] Captain Bemis d [ ] Martin Bledsoe

17 Paige and Jeannine knew each other because they _____.

a [ ] were neighbours b [ ] were classmates c [ ] worked together d [ ] were sisters

18 Vic discovered that Paige was Grafalk’s _____. a [ ] cousin b [ ] mistress c [ ] wife d [ ] daughter

19 Grafalk knew that _____.

a [ ] Phillips was cheating Eudora Grain b [ ] his wife had a lover

c [ ] Paige preferred Boom Boom to him d [ ] he would eventually go to prison

20 Claire and Niels Grafalk _____ for more than ten years.

a [ ] were artists b [ ] argued c [ ] lived separate lives d [ ] didn’t speak

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Dialogue

Who or what do the underlined words refer to?

21 ‘People are saying he stole some papers from his boss.’

a [ ] Boom Boom b [ ] Sheridan c [ ] Bobby Mallory d [ ] Captain Bemis

22 ‘Why do they dislike each other so much?’

a [ ] Boom Boom and Mattingly b [ ] Grafalk and Bledsoe




c [ ] Vic and Paige d [ ] Claire and Niels Grafalk

23 ‘Can I persuade you to eat dinner with me?’

a [ ] Paige b [ ] Grafalk c [ ] Vic d [ ] Bledsoe

24 ‘I thought I saw Howard the other day in a very odd place.’

a [ ] Boom Boom b [ ] Vic c [ ] Pierre d [ ] Clayton Phillips

25 ‘I want to know why you were spying on my house.’

a [ ] Claire Grafalk b [ ] Jeannine Phillips c [ ] Niels Grafalk d [ ] Vic

26 ‘His pilot flew it out twenty minutes ago.’

a [ ] Sheridan b [ ] Grafalk c [ ] Phillips d [ ] Bledsoe

27 ‘A small-time criminal. No good. Avoided prison.’

a [ ] Pierre b [ ] Howard Mattingly c [ ] Paige Carrington d [ ] Niels Grafalk

28 ‘You’re always around when disasters hit Pole Star.’

a [ ] Paige b [ ] Grafalk c [ ] Vic d [ ] Sheridan

29 ‘We would lose the house, the club.’

a [ ] Martin Bledsoe’s family b [ ] Jeannine and Clayton Phillips

c [ ] Vic’s family d [ ] Niels and Claire Grafalk

30 ‘I still have the plastic bags. But I don’t want to use them.’

a [ ] Vic b [ ] Claire c [ ] Paige d [ ] Jeannine

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Vocabulary


31 to lose your balance and fall

a [ ] shrug b [ ] grip c [ ] grab d [ ] slip

32 the place where ships are tied up in a port

a [ ] warehouse b [ ] wharf c [ ] crane d [ ] hold

33 to break suddenly into very small pieces

a [ ] crumple b [ ] crack c [ ] slam d [ ] shatter

34 a complete failure to reach an agreement

a [ ] deadlock b [ ] hawk c [ ] picklock d [ ] stage

35 a bill for goods received

a [ ] trophy b [ ] invoice c [ ] insurance d [ ] pulley

36 well-dressed




a [ ] pale b [ ] casual c [ ] smart d [ ] tidy

37 a sailing boat often used for racing

a [ ] tug b [ ] canoe c [ ] trawler d [ ] yacht

38 a person who hides on a ship to have a free journey

a [ ] hideaway b [ ] stowaway c [ ] freeway d [ ] highway

39 the small, hard seed of food plants

a [ ] grain b [ ] wheat c [ ] groan d [ ] corn

40 the place for luggage at the back of a car (American)

a [ ] track b [ ] truck c [ ] trick d [ ] trunk

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Plot


41 _____ after she had dinner with Bledsoe.

a [ ] Vic felt ill b [ ] Vic drove into a truck

c [ ] Vic’s car was stolen d [ ] Vic’s brakes didn’t work

42 Jeannine Phillips told Vic that _____ that night.

a [ ] her husband was late home b [ ] she had been at the cinema

c [ ] her husband stayed at home d [ ] they had been to a restaurant

43 Vic thought someone from _____ had tried to kill her.

a [ ] the Black Hawks b [ ] the Lucella c [ ] her old school d [ ] a local newspaper

44 Vic saw a red-haired man with a pair of _____ before the explosion.

a [ ] glasses b [ ] red shoes c [ ] sunglasses d [ ] binoculars

45 She found the missing papers behind _____.

a [ ] Boom Boom’s picture of her b [ ] a wardrobe c [ ] a door d [ ] a mirror

46 Clayton Phillips’ body was found in the hold of the _____.

a [ ] Bertha Krupnik b [ ] Lucella c [ ] Gertrude Ruttan d [ ] yacht

47 Jeannine Phillips confirmed that her husband _____.

a [ ] worked very long hours b [ ] disliked their old home

c [ ] sent invoices at higher prices d [ ] was difficult to live with

48 After the Poe Lock was damaged, _____ couldn’t get to the upper lakes.

a [ ] ships b [ ] bigger ships c [ ] people d [ ] yachts

49 Vic cut her arm on Grafalk’s yacht to _____.




a [ ] leave evidence for the police b [ ] distract Grafalk

c [ ] make Grafalk feel guilty d [ ] give Grafalk a surprise

50 Grafalk _____ Vic while she was in the water.

a [ ] tried to shoot b [ ] laughed at c [ ] couldn’t see d [ ] didn’t shoot

20 marks

Total marks




Deadlock

1 a Vic

b Paige Carrington

c Martin Bledsoe

d Jeannine Phillips

e Niels Grafalk

2 a ... Vic arrived at the / his / Boom Boom’s flat. / ... Vic entered the room./ ... Vic appeared.

b ... the brakes failed / stopped working. /... the steering stopped working. / ... she had a crash.

c ... found two invoices / some important papers / some important documents.

d ... she was his mistress / girlfriend. ... he paid for everything.

e ... he was trying to kill her / she was trying to save herself.

3 a F

b T

c F

d F

e F

f T

g T

h T

i F

j F

4 1 c

2 e

3 a

4 d

5 b

5 Students’ individual answers.




Deadlock

Setting

1 a

2 c

3 b

4 d

5 c

6 b

7 a

8 d

9 a

10 c

Characters

11 c

12 d

13 a

14 b

15 a

16 c

17 d

18 b

19 a

20 c

Dialogue

21 a

22 b

23 d

24 a

25 c

26 d

27 b

28 c

29 b




30 a

Vocabulary

31 d

32 b

33 d

34 a

35 b

36 c

37 d

38 b

39 a

40 d

Plot

41 d

42 a

43 b

44 d

45 a

46 c

47 c

48 b

49 a

50 d

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