THE WOMAN WHO DISAPPEARED

CHAPTER 1

1) Speak about Lenny Samuel.

2) Describe the place where he worked.
3) What happened one day when he was in his office cutting his nails?
4) Describe the woman and say why she went there.
5) What was her name?

CHAPTER 2

1) What were the strange things about this case?

2) What had she arranged to do with her sister Elaine?
3) Could Helen contact her? Did she try?
4) Why was she worried?
5) What information did she give Lenny and what didn’t she want to tell him?

CHAPTER 3

1) Did Len take his gun before going out? Why not?
2) Where did he go? Describe the building.
3) What make was his car? Did he have any trouble with it?
4) How did Len manage to get into Elaine’s flat?

CHAPTER 4

1) What did Len do before he entered the flat?

2) How did he open the door?
3) Describe the apartment.
4) What surprised him?
5) What did he do before leaving? Why?
6) Did he actually leave?
7) Describe the two men.
8) What did they do to Lenny?

CHAPTER 5

1) Where did he wake up and how was he feeling?

2) What did he decide to do?
3) Speak about the phone call he received in his office.
4) Did Lenny change his mind about the case?
5) What did he do the next morning when he got up?
6) Where did he go and why?
7) What information did they give him about Elaine Garfield?
8) Why did Mr Myer get angry?
9) Who was Suzy Graham? Describe her.
10) What happened when Lenny mentioned Elaine Garfield’s name?

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1) What did Suzy want to know?

2) What did Suzy tell Lenny about the last time Elaine went to work?
3) Did Elaine say anything before she left? What did Suzy remember?
4) What did Suzy say about her relationship with Elaine?
5) Where did they go the last time they went out? What happened?
6) What was the argument about?
7) What happened after that night? What did Suzy think about the man?
8) How did Elaine react?
9) What important information did Suzy give Lenny?
10) Why do you think Lenny asked her about her plans that night?
11) What did she answer?

CHAPTER 7

1) Where did Lenny go after he talked to Suzy? Why? Did he find the information he
needed?
2) Why was he interested in “Las Cabanas”?
3) How did the nightclub look in the daytime?
4) Did someone answer when he rang the bell? What was their conversation about?
5) Why did the man finally open the door? Who was he?
6) When could Lenny find Benny Greep? Why?
7) What did the man give Lenny?
8) Did someone open the door to Greep’s flat?
9) Describe the place.
10) Did he finally find Benny Greep? Describe him.
11) How had he died?
12) How did Lenny make sure the victim was Benny Greep?

CHAPTER 8

1) What did Lenny do before he left?

2) What did the policeman tell him not to do?
3) Were the policemen that arrived wearing uniforms?
4) What did the police think that Lenny had done?
5) What question didn’t Lenny want to answer?
6) Where did they take Len? Why? Was this an unusual event for him?

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CHAPTER 9

1) What question was worrying Lenny while he was at the police station? What did he
decide to do about it?
2) What about the time it was?
3) Describe Sergeant Murphy. What was his opinion about private detectives?
4) What did Murphy ask Lenny and what was the answer?
5) What did Sergeant Murphy think Lenny had done?
6) How did Lenny defend himself? What lie did he tell about the case he was working
on?
7) Did they let Lenny go home? What did he try to remember?

CHAPTER 10

1) Did Lenny have a second conversation with Sergeant Murphy? What hadn’t he told
him?
2) What did Murphy do?
3) What did Lenny see while he was driving? How did he check the yellow car was
following him?
4) Who did he think was following him?
5) Where did he go and what happened when he parked his car?
6) Was Helen in his office? What had she left? What did she want?
7) Where did he decide to go? Why?
8) How did he try to get rid of the yellow car? (librarse de)? Did he do it at first?
9) Why did the yellow car have to stop?

CHAPTER 11

1) What surprise did Lenny have when he was driving to Manson Building?
2) Why did Lenny have to brake hard? What happened with the yellow car?
3) What did Lenny tell the driver? (ought to = should)
4) Had Lenny finally got rid of the policemen?
5) What did Lenny see in the porter office?
6) What did the phone number clear Lenny’s doubt? (aclarar su duda)
7) Why was he very interested in Las Cabanas?
8) Where did he go first? What did he see when he went to Las Cabanas later?
9) Describe the club at that time.
10) Where did he sit?

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