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GRADE IX A
TEST PAPER
I. Lord Arthur Savile’s crime.

1. Where does Lord Arthur meet Mr. Podgers?

2. Who is Mr. Podgers?

3. What did the cheiromantist read in Lord Arthur’s hand?

4. Who did Lord Arthur first decide to kill? In what way?

5. How many people does Lord Arthur try to murder before finally succeeding? Who are they?

6. Why is Lord Arthur so keen to commit a crime?

7. Talk about the ending of this story.

II. The Canterville Ghost

8. How many children has Mr. Otis got? Name them.

9. What was the weather like when the Otis came to the Canterville Chase?

10. Who met the family at the door?

11. How old is the Ghost in the story?

12. What does Washington do about the blood stain?

13. How do the Otis feel about the ghost? Describe their feelings.

14. Who is the ghost and how did he/she die?

15. What happened when the ghost tried to frighten the twins?

16. What did Mrs. Otis give to the ghost? Why?

17. Why was the blood stain every day a different colour?

18. Who was the only person in the Otis family sympathetic towards the ghost?

19. What did the ghost do to Reverend Augustus Dampier?

20. Where is the only place where the Canterville Ghost can sleep?

21. What animal did the Canterville Ghost try to change into?

22. Who did Virginia marry?

23. What did the ghost give to Virginia before his final rest?

24. Describe your favourite character in this story?

25. Who wrote the Canterville Ghost?

III. Past tenses

26. Past continuous -interrogative-negative form.

27. Past perfect simple-interrogative form

28. Past simple-negative form

29. Past perfect continuous-uses

30. Past perfect simple-10 time markers