Goodbye,

Title Mr Hollywood JohnAuthor

Escott

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?’

4 Craig Winters is ...
5 Anna Vickers is ...
B
a ... the daughter of a millionaire.
b ... the real Mr Hollywood.
c ... a rich young woman who killed herself.
d ... the man with short white hair.
e ... a travel writer.
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2 Places in the book. Match a number from A with a
letter from B.
A
1 Nick first meets Meg ...
2 Someone pushes Nick in front of a car ...
3 The man with short white hair tries to
shoot Nick ...
4 The man with short white hair tries to
shoot Craig Winters ...
5 Nick meets another pretty girl ...
B
a ... on the way back to his hotel in Vancouver.
b ... in the tea room of the Empress Hotel.
c ... in a village near Whistler Mountain.
d ... on the ferry.
e ... in Stanley Park.
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3 Put the following sentences in the story in the right
order. Number them 1–5.
a The man’s hand came out of his pocket
– with a gun.
b ‘Oh, no!’ said Meg. ‘Look over there by the
door.’
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
with white hair.
TEST
3 ‘Tell – tell me about this man with white
hair.’
4 ‘The police called me and I flew here at
once.’
5 ‘You can have this table. I don’t want it.’
B
a Craig Winters to Nick Lortz.
b Meg Hutson to Nick Lortz.
c Nick Lortz to the pretty girl.
d Nick Lortz to Meg Hutson.
e Howard Hutson to Meg.
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5 Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)?
a The girl in the café in Whistler told Nick
that her name was Meg.
b The man with white hair thought that Nick
was Mr Hollywood.
c The man with white hair tried to shoot
Nick in Whistler.
d The man with white hair followed Nick
from Whistler to Vancouver.
e Nick saw a photograph of ‘Mystery Girl’ in
a magazine.
f After his visit to Stanley Park, Nick saw a
letter on the window of his car.
g Nick was happy after his talk with the
police.
h The man with white hair followed Nick to
the Empress Hotel on Vancouver Island.
i Craig Winters was in love with Anna
Vickers.
j Nick was happy to have dinner with a
pretty girl on the ferry.
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Setting
Choose the best answer.
1 The season is _____.
a F spring b F summer c F autumn
d F winter
2 Whistler is the name of a village in _____.
a F the USA F b Wales c F Scotland
d F Canada
3 Nick Lortz is writing a book about _____.
a F cafés b F mountains c F parks
d F parties
4 Nick is travelling around _____.
a F by train b F by bus c F in a red car
d F in a blue car
M U LT I P L E - C H O I C E
5 Nick _____.
a F met ‘Jan’ in Toronto b F met ‘Jan’ in
New York c F knows ‘Jan’ well
F doesn’t know ‘Jan’
TEST
6 Nick _____ to parties.
a F loves going b F never goes
c F sometimes goes d F hates going
7 Jan looks _____ at the café in Whistler.
a F happy b F interested c F worried
d F sad
8 Nick knows that ‘Jan’ is going to Vancouver
Island because _____.
a F she tells him b F he sees a letter
c F the waiter tells him d F she has a ticket
9 A man with _____ hair goes after Nick.
a F black b F brown c F no d F white
10 Nick goes to _____ after Whistler.
a F Vancouver b F San Francisco
c F Montréal d F Hollywood
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Characters
Choose the best answer.
11 Nick Lotz is from _____.
a F Los Angeles b F Vancouver
c F San Francisco d F Toronto
12 Nick is _____.
a F a teacher b F a writer c F an artist
d F a journalist
13 Meg Hutson first tells Nick that her name
is _____.
a F Jan b F Janet c F Anne d F Anna
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14 Nick Lortz _____ Meg Hutson at the beginning
of the story.
a F remembers b F does not know
c F doesn’t like d F can’t see
15 The policeman in the police station_____.
a F helps Nick b F arrests Nick c F goes to
sleep d F doesn’t help Nick
16 Meg is in love with _____.
a F Nick b F Craig Winters
c F a waiter d F Johnnie Vickers
17 Mr Vickers is _____.
a F about fifty, short and fat b F about sixty,
tall and thin c F about fifty, tall and thin
d F about sixty, short and fat
18 Meg’s father is _____.
a F very poor b F poor c F quite rich
d F very rich
19 Mr Hollywood is really _____.
a F Howard Hutson b F Johnnie Vickers
c F Craig Winters d F Nick Lortz
20 Johnnie Vickers’ _____ jumped from a bridge.
a F wife b F daughter c F mother
d F sister
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Dialogue
Who said or wrote this?
21 ‘I write books, and I write for travel magazines.’
a F Craig Winters b F Meg Hutson
c F Nick d F Anna Vickers
22 ‘Can I call you “Mr Hollywood”, too?’
a F Meg b F Detective Edmonds
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
the street d F Nick
24 ‘I’m going to kill you, Mr Hollywood.’
a F Mr Hutson b F Meg
c F Craig Winters d F Mr Vickers
25 ‘How many people are there in this town with
guns?’
a F a detective b F a policeman
c F a waiter d F a writer
26 ‘I must do it. Today.’
a F Detective Edmonds b F Johnnie
Vickers c F Nick d F Howard Hutson
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
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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

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