DOMINOES MULTIPLE-CHOICE TEST

Level Two
Eight Great American Tales

SETTING
9 Old Mrs Mayo, Helen Barry’s mother, had
Choose the best answer.
a _____.
1 The police stop Kid Brady _____. a □ drug store
a □ in his house b □ candy store
b □ at the police station c □ clothes store
c □ in Mrs Hethcote’s house d □ stationery store
d □ in the street
10 Ramonti studied music in _____.
2 Sarah first met Walter _____. a □ Paris
a □ in her Manhattan flat b □ Naples
b □ at Sunnybrook Farm c □ New York
c □ at Schulenberg’s restaurant d □ Arizona
d □ in a factory 20 marks
3 Joe Larabee and Delia Carruthers find work in a
_____. CHARACTERS
a □ factory Choose the best answer.
b □ restaurant
11 Kid Brady now works as a _____.
c □ laundry
a □ criminal
d □ drug store
b □ plumber
4 Sue and Joanna live together in _____. c □ farmer
a □ California d □ policeman
b □ Maine
12 Walter Franklin is a _____’s son.
c □ Greenwich Village
a □ waiter
d □ Naples
b □ plumber
5 Ikey Schoenstein works in a _____. c □ farmer
a □ drug store d □ policeman
b □ restaurant
13 Sarah works for a _____.
c □ laundry
a □ writer
d □ stationery store
b □ newspaper
6 Mrs Riddle has a _____. c □ farmer
a □ factory d □ restaurant
b □ restaurant
14 Sue and Joanna are _____.
c □ laundry
a □ shopkeepers
d □ boarding house
b □ criminals
7 Miss Conway meets Mr Donovan in _____. c □ artists
a □ the street d □ doctors
b □ a boarding house
15 Mr Berman is _____.
c □ the park
a □ an artist
d □ a candy store
b □ a detective
8 Dr Waugh-Hoo first meets the Mayor of Fisher Hill c □ a shopkeeper
in _____. d □ a farmer
a □ his office
16 Delia Carruthers is _____ student.
b □ the street
a □ an art
c □ his bedroom
b □ a music
d □ jail
c □ an English
d □ a dance

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17 Joe Larabee is _____ student.

25 ‘When you love your art, nothing is too hard.’
a □ an art
a □ Joe Larabee
b □ a music
b □ Mr Magister
c □ an English
c □ General Pinkney
d □ a dance
d □ Delia Carruthers
18 _____ wears glasses.
26 ‘I put the potion in his coffee.’
a □ Chunk McGowan
a □ Mrs Riddle
b □ Rosie Riddle
b □ Rosie Riddle
c □ Mr Riddle
c □ Chunk McGowan
d □ Ikey Schoenstein
d □ Ikey Schoenstein
19 Jeff Peters works as a _____.
27 ‘I feel so lonely in New York.’
a □ travelling salesman
a □ Andy Donovan
b □ waiter
b □ Count Mazzini
c □ detective
c □ Miss Conway
d □ farmer
d □ Mike Sullivan
20 Ramonti plays _____.
28 Can you give me something for it?’
a □ football
a □ the Mayor of Fisher Hill
b □ cards
b □ Dr Waugh-Hoo
c □ the violin
c □ Dr Hoskins
d □ the guitar
d □ Andy Parker
20 marks
29 ‘Take the handcuffs off now.’
a □ the Mayor of Fisher Hill
DIALOGUE
b □ Dr Waugh-Hoo
Who says this?
c □ Dr Hoskins
21 ‘We can be happy with just a little.’ d □ Andy Parker
a □ Kid Brady
30 ‘I’m the one that always loved you the best.’
b □ Molly McKeever
a □ John Delaney
c □ Policeman Kohen
b □ Helen Barry
d □ Inspector Ransom
c □ Ramonti
22 ‘I’m going to marry you first thing next spring.’ d □ Mrs Mayo
a □ Mr Schulenberg 20 marks
b □ Sarah
c □ Walter Franklin
VOCABULARY
d □ the waiter from Schulenberg’s
Choose the best answer.
23 ‘But there isn’t a letter W in “dandelion”!’
31 you put things in this paper box to send them
a □ Mr Schulenberg
a □ jail
b □ Sarah
b □ pipe
c □ Walter Franklin
c □ wardrobe
d □ the waiter from Schulenberg’s
d □ parcel
24 ‘That last leaf is telling me that it was very wrong
32 to put different colours on paper
of me to want to die.’
a □ type
a □ Joanna
b □ paint
b □ Mr Berman
c □ draw
c □ Sue
d □ introduce
d □ the doctor

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33 not wanting help from other people PLOT

a □ fake Choose the best answer.
b □ foreign 41 Before he met Molly Mckeever, Brady worked as
c □ proud a _____.
d □ sad a □ criminal
34 a person who organizes work for a musician b □ plumber
a □ best man c □ waiter
b □ politician d □ detective
c □ sheriff 42 Brady doesn’t want Molly to know that the furs
d □ manager which he got her _____.
35 to get something from someone after they die a □ are Russian
a □ arrest b □ weren’t expensive
b □ inherit c □ are from Alaska
c □ nod d □ are Mrs Hethcote’s furs
d □ pass 43 Walter finds Sarah after he sees _____.
36 using your voice to make someone sleep a □ a menu in a restaurant
a □ cigar b □ her name in the phone book
b □ candy c □ her typewriter in a window
c □ potion d □ her name on her flat door
d □ hypnosis 44 Mr Berman gets pneumonia when _____.
37 someone that you work with a □ he paints a leaf on a wall in bad weather
a □ partner b □ he falls from a ladder
b □ landlord c □ Sue draws him
c □ landlady d □ he drinks a lot
d □ general 45 Delia tells Joe that she’s giving music lessons to
38 an important paper which says that you can do _____.
something a □ General Pinkney
a □ stationery b □ Tinkle
b □ magazine c □ Clementina
c □ label d □ Mr Rosenstock
d □ licence 46 Joe tells Delia that he’s selling pictures to _____.
39 the day when two people marry a □ Mr Magister
a □ mourning b □ a fat man from Arizona
b □ wedding c □ Tinkle
c □ fiancé d □ Mr Rosenstock
d □ honeymoon 47 Delia hurts her hand _____.
40 watery food made with meat or vegetables a □ on an iron
a □ pipe b □ when hot cheese falls on it
b □ mark c □ when hot oil falls on it
c □ crown d □ on an engine
d □ soup 48 Ikey Schoenstein gives Chunk McGowan _____.
20 marks a □ cough medicine
b □ stomach medicine
c □ a love potion
d □ a sleeping potion

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49 The photo of Count Mazzini is really

of _____.
a □ Mike Sullivan
b □ Andy Donovan
c □ Miss Conway’s father
d □ a photographer
50 Mr Biddle is really _____.
a □ the sheriff
b □ Andy Tucker
c □ Jeff Peters
d □ Dr Hoskins
20 marks

Total marks

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SETTING VOCABULARY
1d 31 d
2b 32 b
3c 33 c
4c 34 d
5a 35 b
6d 36 d
7b 37 a
8c 38 d
9d 39 b
10 a 40 d

CHARACTERS PLOT
11 b 41 a
12 c 42 b
13 d 43 a
14 c 44 a
15 a 45 c
16 b 46 b
17 a 47 a
18 d 48 d
19 a 49 a
20 c 50 b

DIALOGUE
21 b
22 c
23 b
24 a
25 d
26 c
27 c
28 a
29 b
30 a

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BEFORE READING WORD WORK

1
a 2 a criminal
b 6 a salesman
c 4 a sheriff
d 1 a policeman
e 5 a farmer
f 8 an artist
g 3 a shopkeeper
h 7 a waiter
2 Encourage the students to guess but do not
tell them the answers now. They will find out as
they read that:
they all come into the stories in this book in different
ways; as main characters we find a criminal (Fine GUESS WHAT
furs for a lady), a farmer (Springtime on the menu), Encourage the students to guess but do not tell
an artist (The Last leaf, and What we do for love), a them the answers now. They will find out as they
criminal/a travelling salesman (Thinking yourself read that the answers are:
rich); as secondary characters we find a policeman
Sarah: beautiful, lonely, poor, sad
(Fine furs for a lady), a waiter (Springtime on the
Walter: friendly, kind, nice
menu), a sheriff (Thinking yourself rich) a
shopkeeper (Lost and found)
3 ACTIVITY PAGES 12–13
a True. Many people moved from other countries to
New York in the 1900s. READING CHECK
b True. This happened in 1903. a F (She’s working at home for Schulenberg’s
c True. This happened in 1903. Restaurant.)
d False. Marconi sent sounds by radio across the b F (Mr Schulenberg gives her food for typing out the
Atlantic in 1901, but not everyone listened to the menus.)
radio until 20 years later. cT
e True. The first few subway lines opened in 1904. d F (Walter and Sarah want to get married in the
f False. Most people bought clothes from clothes spring.)
shops in the 1900s. eT
g True. Broadway musicals were popular in the fT
1900s. g F (Walter didn’t write to Sarah because he wanted
h False. Baseball was Americans’ favourite sport. to surprise her with a visit.)
The World Series began in 1903. h F (Mr Schulenberg gave Walter her new address.)
i True. Women got the vote in America only in 1920. iT

WORD WORK
ACTIVITY PAGES 6–7
b crown
c dandelion
READING CHECK
d farm
b3 c2 d5 e2 f1 g4 h3
e ice cream
f landlady
g mark
h soup
i typewriter
j waiter

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eighteen dollars on the table and tells her that he
GUESS WHAT has sold a painting. They both say that they are
Encourage the students to guess but do not tell happy to be making money (6e) from their art. The
them the answers now. They will find out as they following Saturday Delia comes home with a bad
read that the answers are: hand and tells Joe a strange story about Clementina
(7b) and a cheese sandwich. Joe doesn’t think that
b, d, and f
the story is true and starts to ask questions. In the
end Delia tells him that she couldn’t find any music
ACTIVITY PAGES 18–19 students (8i) and is working in a laundry, and Joe
tells her that he is working (9d) in the same laundry
READING CHECK too and that he couldn’t sell any paintings. Neither of
b Joanna, Mr Berman them told each other the truth because they didn’t
c Joanna want to worry the other one
d Sue
e Joanna WORD WORK
f Mr Berman b iron g laundry
g Sue c oil h oil
h Joanna d General i cloth
i Mr Berman e sitting room j engine
j Mr Berman f cloth

WORD WORK GUESS WHAT

1
Encourage the students to guess but do not tell
b Pneumonia
them the answers now. They will find out as they
c magazine
read that the answers are:
d plant
e leaf b Chunk McGowan d Rosie
f ladder a Ikey Schoenstein c Mr Riddle
2
b chance ACTIVITY PAGES 30–31
c blinds
d draw READING CHECK
1
GUESS WHAT b 5 Ikey and Chunk are both in love with Rosie.
Encourage the students to guess but do not tell c 6 Chunk and Rosie want to run away and get
them the answers now. They will find out as they married.
read that the answers are: d 7 Chunk McGowan wants some medicine to make
Rosie like him better.
a1, b3, c2
e 10 Ikey doesn’t do what Chunk asks him to.
f 4 Ikey makes a sleeping potion to send Rosie to
ACTIVITY PAGES 24–25 sleep.
g 8 Ikey writes to Mr Riddle to tell him about Chunk’s
READING CHECK plans.
Joe and Delia meet in New York (1g) and get h 3 Mr Riddle plans to shoot Chunk.
married. He’s an artist and she’s studying music. i 1 Chunk McGowan puts the potion in Mr Riddle’s
Sadly they soon don’t have any money (2c) to pay coffee.
for their classes. j 9 Ikey is surprised to hear that Chunk and Rosie
One day Delia comes home happily and tells Joe are married.
that she has a job (3f) giving music classes. She tells
him about her student, (4a) a girl called Clementina.
Joe feels bad about her giving classes (5h) but they
need the money. The following Saturday Delia brings
home fifteen dollars. Joe surprises her by putting 2
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b Ikey Encourage the students to guess but do not tell
c Ikey them the answers now. They will find out as they
d Mr Riddle read that the answers are:
e Mr Riddle b, d, g and h
f Chunk

ACTIVITY PAGES 46–47

WORD WORK
READING CHECK
a 5 b 8 c 2 d 10 e1 f4 g7 h9 i6 j3

WORD WORK
b label g salesman
c nephew h partner
d arrest i nod
e licence j hypnosis
f spring
GUESS WHAT
GUESS WHAT
Encourage the students to guess but do not tell
them the answers now. They will find out as they Encourage the students to guess but do not tell
read that the answers are: them the answers now. They will find out as they
read that the answers are:
c and f
a 3 husband
b 2 old love
ACTIVITY PAGES 38–39
c 3 husband/2 old love
d 4 money
READING CHECK
1
b is more interested in her ACTIVITY PAGES 54–55
c it’s a good colour for her
d he has just died READING CHECK
e she thinks that Andy won’t love her when she tells 1
him the true story b8 c7 d4 e2 f6 g1 h 3
f her photos are of his friend 2
g she wants to be more interesting to Andy a 2nd picture – Helen Barry (when she is older)
b 1st picture – Ramonti
WORD WORK c 2nd picture – the other guest
1 d 2nd picture – the other guest
b cigar e park e 1st picture – Ramonti
c gondola f store f 2nd picture – John Delaney
d locket g wedding, mourning g 1st picture – Frank Barry (now Ramonti)
2
boardinghouse/count/introduce/fake/fiancé/proud/pol WORD WORK
itician/ guest a3 b1 c2 d1 e3 f1 g3
3
b boarding house f fiancé
c politician g guest
d introduce h proud
e count

GUESS WHAT

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Project A pages 56–57

HISTORY QUIZ
1
1a 2b 3a 4b 5c 6a
2 Open answers.
3 Open answers.

Project B pages 58–60

FILM SCENES
1 These stories all have New York street scenes:
Fine furs for a lady, Ikey Schoenstein’s love-potion,
The count and the wedding guest, Lost and found.
2 It is from Fine furs for a lady. It matches page 3. It
describes lines 9–26.
3
about 50 metres h
and he has serious eyes i
arm in arm e
at the side of the road d
in front of him j
standing on a corner k
with worried eyes m
and she’s really happy f
angrily l
When they walk past g
going up and down the street b
young and old c
the left-hand side of a
4 Open answers.
5 Open answers.

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i Joe said that his buyer from Arizona and Delia’s
1 General Pinkney were both works of art.
b So Brady started working as a plumber, which
made Molly happy. 5
c Brady gave Molly a strange parcel, which had furs b since
in it, one day. c already
d Brady, who was feeling very happy, asked Molly d yet
to go for a walk in the street. e already
e Ransom, who saw that people in the street were f for
excited by something, started asking questions.
f One man, who was standing on a street corner, 6
said that Molly was wearing expensive Russian furs. b We’ve had
g A plumber’s pay, which is $75 a month, isn’t c we’ve talked
enough to buy $900 furs. d He’s taken
h Mrs Hethcote, who lived on West Seventh Street, e I’ve worn
said that her furs were gone. f I’ve been
i Kohen, who sold furs when he was younger, knew g Andy’s heard
that Molly’s furs weren’t expensive. h Andy’s asked
i He’s bought
2 j we haven’t decided
b were walking … said
c was looking … didn’t see 7
d knocked … was remembering b I’m going to tell
e had … was working c I’m going to say
f was … was reading d He’s going to believe
g was listening … heard e He’s going to ask
h was running … opened f I’m going to use
i was reading … saw g He’s going to pay
h I’m going to write
3 i I’m going to arrest
b Would you like j I’m going to put
c Shall I k We’re going to leave
d Let’s l It isn’t going to be
e Shall we m We’re going to take
f Shall I
g Would you like 8
b I
4 c I
b Joe said that he couldn’t let Delia do all the work. d P
c Joe said that he really didn’t like Delia giving e P
lessons. f I
d Joe said that perhaps he would sell a picture to a g P
rich old man. h I
e Delia said that Clementina never listened to her, i I
and always wore white. j I
f Joe said that a buyer from Arizona wanted a k I
picture of a train station by the end of that week. l P
g Delia said that she and Joe had thirty-three m I
dollars, so they could have a really good dinner that
night.
h Delia said that her hand didn’t hurt that evening.

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b 3
c 1
d 2
e 6
f 5
g 9
h 7
i 8

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