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Stage 3
Justice
1 Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)?
a ___ Jane Cole was an American tourist.
b ___ Five people died when the bomb
exploded.
c ___ The police arrested two Irishmen for
the bombing.
d ___ Alan didn’t know Anna’s address.
e ___ Anna left Bowater Gardens two days
before Jane went there.
f ___ When Anna and Kev went into the
kitchen, Jane pulled the rope off her
hands.
g ___ Alan said he was alone when he visited
the horse called Sandman.
h ___ The police found Jane’s bag and keys
in her flat.
i ___ Jane waited behind the door and
jumped on Kev.
j ___ Two people could hide in a hole in the
underground tunnel.
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2 Who said this in the story? Kev, Alan,
Detective Hall, Jane.
a ‘My leg – get this horse off me!’
...............
b ‘We’re fighting to free Ireland.’
...............
c ‘Were you alone, Mr Cole? When you saw
the horse?’
...............
d ‘ANNA HAS KIDNAPPED HER! You must
believe me!’
...............
e ‘Terrorist murderers! Come up here now!’
...............
    20 marks  house, coffee.
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COMPREHENSION TEST
3 Match a number from A with a letter from
B to make complete sentences.
A
1 ___ The bomb destroyed the Queen’s
coach ...
2 ___ Jane felt angry ...
3 ___ Anna told Alan to say nothing about
her ...
4 ___ Anna was angry with Kev ...
5 ___ When Jane laughed aloud in the
tunnel ...
B
a or they would kill Jane.
b after she got out of it.
c because the bomb exploded too late.
d Anna grabbed her arm.
e because her father had a woman friend
    20 marks 
Put the following events in the story in
the right order. Number them 1–5.
a ___ Anna pulled Jane out and tried to
shoot her.
b ___ She got on the escalator, but Anna saw
her and followed her.
c ___ Jane ran into a tunnel and hid in
a hole.
d ___ Jane threw Anna in front of a train and
escaped from the tunnel.
e ___ Jane bought a ticket for the
underground.
    20 marks 
5 Fill in the gaps using these words: free,
hands, drink, bed, boot, cut, radio, back,
Anna and Kev put Jane in the ............... of a car
and took her to another ............... . They tied
her ............... behind her ............... , and tied her
to the ............... . That night Jane ............... the
rope, and her hands were ............... . She could
hear a ..............., and smell ............... , so she
called for a ............... .
    20 marks 
    Total marks 
 
OXFORD BOOKWORMS COMPREHENSION TEST ANSWERS
Stage 3
Justice

1
a F
b T
c T
d F
e T
f F
g T
h T
i F
j F

2
a Alan
b Kev
c Detective Hall
d Alan
e Jane

3
1 b
2 e
3 a
4 c
5 d

4
a 4
b 2
c 3
d 5
e 1

5
boot, house, hands, back, bed, cut, free, radio,
coffee, drink

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OXFORD BOOKWORMS MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST
Stage 3
Justice

SETTING 9 Alan Cole goes with the policewoman in

_____ to find Jane.
Choose the best answer. a  the golden coach
1 The story happens in _____. b  a police car
a  Oxford c  an ambulance
b  Cambridge d  a small plane
c  Manchester
10 Anna chases Jane into _____ station.
d  London
a  an underground
2 _____ is inside the golden coach. b  a bus
a  The Prime Minister c  a coach
b  The President d  a radio
c  The Queen
    20 marks 
d  The Princess Royal
3 The bomb kills _____ people.
CHARACTERS
a  two
b  five Choose the best answer.
c  fifteen 11 _____ drives the famous golden coach
d  fifty in London.
4 The bomb is in the _____. a  Kev
a  coach b  Inspector Lee
b  crowd c  Anna
c  woman’s camera d  Alan Cole
d  woman’s bag 12 Jane is _____. She also shows tourists
5 Alan Cole loses _____ in the bomb. around London as a part-time job.
a  both legs a  a student
b  a leg b  an actress
c  a foot c  a waitress
d  a toe d  a teacher

6 Alan and Anna go to see _____ the night 13 At the hospital, _____ tells Alan Cole the
before the bomb. bad news about his injured body.
a  Jane a  Jane
b  the police b  Anna
c  the Queen c  the doctor
d  the horses d  Detective Hall

7 Jane goes back to her _____ in Bowater 14 Jane’s mother _____.

Gardens. a  is at the hospital
a  house b  lives in Ireland
b  flat c  is very ill
c  hotel d  died four years ago
d  office 15 _____ knows how to fight and do judo.
8 Kev and Anna are from _____. a  Anna
a  Ireland b  Jane
b  Scotland c  The doctor
c  England d  Detective Hall
d  America

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OXFORD BOOKWORMS MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST
Stage 3
Justice

16 _____ tells Jane that Anna and her 24 ‘Your leg was broken in forty places, and
boyfriend have left Bowater Gardens. you lost a lot of blood. You’re lucky to be
a  The neighbour alive.’
b  The postman a  Kev
c  The gardener b  Anna
d  Inspector Lee c  the doctor
d  the American woman
17 _____ is Alan’s new lady friend.
a  The neighbour 25 ‘You haven’t met her, Jane, but I’ve told her
b  Anna about you. She’s nice, you’ll like her.’
c  The nurse a  Kev
d  The policewoman b  Alan Cole
c  Detective Hall
18 Kev and Anna are _____.
d  the doctor
a  journalists
b  tourists 26 ‘Just sit still and be sensible, little girl. Then
c  terrorists perhaps you’ll live a few hours longer.’
d  detectives a  Kev
b  Alan Cole
19 Kev and Anna _____ Jane.
c  Detective Hall
a  phone
d  Inspector Lee
b  kidnap
c  kill 27 ‘But we’ll keep her alive for some weeks, to
d  look after make sure that Cole stays quiet. Pick up the
phone, Kev.’
20 _____ comes to see Alan twice at the
a  Jane
hospital and asks him questions.
b  Alan Cole
a  Kev
c  Inspector Hall
b  Anna
d  Anna
c  Inspector Lee
d  Detective Hall 28 ‘Were you alone, Mr Cole? When you saw
the horse?’
    20 marks 
a  Jane
b  Anna
DIALOGUE c  Detective Hall
d  the doctor
Who said or wrote this?
21 ‘Fantastic! Your father’s driving the Queen! 29 ‘Hey! You! Terrorist murderers! Come up
Quick, Harry, use the video camera!’ here now! I’m thirsty! Get up here and give
a  Jane me a drink!’
b  Anna a  Jane
c  Alan Cole b  Anna
d  the American woman c  Kev
d  Alan Cole
22 ‘It’s my leg! My leg – get this horse off me!’
a  Jane 30 ‘Anna hated everyone, not just me. But she
b  Alan Cole doesn’t matter now, Jane. You’re alive!
c  the American woman That’s all that matters to me.’
d  the American man a  Kev
b  Alan Cole
23 ‘It’s bad news, isn’t it? Is he dead?’ c  Detective Hall
a  Jane d  Inspector Lee
b  Kev
c  Anna     20 marks 
d  Detective Hall

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OXFORD BOOKWORMS MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST
Stage 3
Justice

VOCABULARY 38 a children’s toy that looks like a person

a  soldier
Choose the best answer. b  guard
31 to take hold of something very quickly and c  doll
violently d  teddy
a  drop
39 to breathe out slowly when you feel sad
b  grab
or tired
c  kick
a  sigh
d  lose
b  smile
32 when you feel pleased about something you c  laugh
have done d  kiss
a  angry
40 the part of a station where you get on and
b  uncomfortable
off trains
c  proud
a  path
d  embarrassed
b  pavement
33 very thick, strong string; you can use it for c  platform
tying things d  place
a  knife
    20 marks 
b  wood
c  stick
d  rope PLOT

34 to look very hard at something for a long Choose the best answer.
time 41 Jane and the American tourists are near
a  stand _____ when the bomb explodes.
b  stare a  Buckingham Palace
c  start b  the Parliament
d  steal c  St Paul’s Cathedral
35 the place at the back of a car where you can d  South Kensington Station
keep luggage 42 Alan Cole is the only coachman who _____.
a  boot a  doesn’t die
b  cupboard b  shoots at the terrorists
c  wardrobe c  helps the Queen
d  drawer d  saves the horses
36 a long hole underground; a train can go 43 _____ put the bomb in the coach.
through this a  Alan
a  river b  Jane
b  road c  Kev
c  bridge d  Anna
d  tunnel
44 Kev and Anna tie up Jane in her flat. Kev
37 when you have not done anything wrong then holds a _____ to Jane’s head.
a  guilty a  bomb
b  innocent b  knife
c  wild c  gun
d  cruel d  transmitter

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OXFORD BOOKWORMS MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST
Stage 3
Justice

45 Anna _____ Alan in hospital.

a  visits
b  phones
c  writes to
d  shoots
46 Alan mustn’t tell the police about _____.
a  Anna
b  his wife
c  his leg
d  his job
47 Kev and Anna are fighting to free _____.
a  Scotland
b  Ireland
c  horses
d  prisoners
48 Jane fights with Kev and throws _____ in
his face.
a  hot coffee
b  hot food
c  a broken glass
d  a burning cigarette
49 Anna chases Jane into the _____ at
the station.
a  shop
b  ticket office
c  lift
d  tunnel
50 Jane kills _____.
a  Kev
b  Anna
c  Kev and Anna
d  nobody
    20 marks 

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OXFORD BOOKWORMS MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST ANSWERS
Stage 3
Justice

SETTING PLOT
1 d 41 b
2 c 42 a
3 b 43 d
4 a 44 c
5 b 45 b
6 d 46 a
7 b 47 b
8 a 48 a
9 c 49 d
10 a 50 c

CHARACTERS
11 d
12 a
13 c
14 d
15 b
16 a
17 b
18 c
19 b
20 d

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

VOCABULARY
31 b
32 c
33 d
34 b
35 a
36 d
37 b
38 c
39 a
40 c

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OXFORD BOOKWORMS BOOK ACTIVITY ANSWERS
Stage 3
Justice

BEFORE READING
ACTIVITY 1
1 Outside Parliament in London.
2 He was driving the Queen’s coach.
3 Cannot answer yet.
4 No.
5 Forty.
6 He lost his leg.
7 Cannot answer yet.
8 Cannot answer yet.
9 He hasn’t realized that he knows something
about the terrorists.
ACTIVITY 2
Open answers. Encourage students to
speculate and to make guesses, but do
not tell them the answers. They will find
out as they read that number 3 is what
happens. Encourage students to discuss
the different kinds of justice implied by
some of the endings, and to explain the
reasons for their own preference.
thought that the bomb had been put in the
coach there.
2 He had gone there to look at a horse with a
bad leg.
3 Only a few weeks.
4 At first she felt angry, then miserable, then
sorry for her father because he was unhappy.
5 Because Anna hadn’t been to visit him, and he
wanted to see her.
6 Because she wanted to meet Anna and to find
out what she was like.
7 The neighbour told her that Anna and her
boyfriend had moved out two days ago.
8 She thought the woman was a thief.
9 Because a man came out of the kitchen, holding
a gun.
BEFORE READING CHAPTER 3
Encourage students to speculate and to
make guesses, but do not tell them the
answer. They will find out as they read
that the answer is number 3.
CHAPTERS 3 AND 4: EXERCISE 1

WHILE READING 1 Jane soon realized who Anna and Kev were.
2 Kev wanted to kill Jane and get out of the
UNANSWERED QUESTIONS FROM country that night, but Anna wanted to talk
ACTIVITY 1 IN BEFORE READING to Alan first.
3 She was showing some tourists round London. 3 When Alan picked up the phone, he heard first
7 The other three coachmen, a policeman, and a Anna’s voice, then Jane’s voice, and then a
tourist. scream from Jane.
8 Ireland. 4 Alan realized that Anna had put the bomb in the
coach, but he was afraid to say anything
CHAPTER 1 because of Jane.
1 F At the moment when the bomb exploded,
CHAPTERS 3 AND 4: EXERCISE 2
Jane was saying something to a woman with
red-brown hair. 1+7 ‘If you scream, I’ll put a bullet through your
2 F Jane was hurt while helping to save her head.’
father, Kev to Jane, after he untied the cloth
but not badly. round her mouth.
3T 2+5 ‘If you say a single word about me to the
4T police, you’ll find her body in the river
5 F Alan probably won’t ride, swim, or climb Thames.’
again. Anna to Alan, during the phone call.
6 T 3+8 ‘If I don’t get away from them soon, I’m
going to die.’
CHAPTER 2 Jane to herself, after the phone call.
1 Because they worked at the factory in south 4+6 ‘If I speak, they’ll kill her.’
London where the Queen’s coach had gone Alan to himself, after the phone call.
to have new wheels fitted, and the police
BEFORE READING CHAPTER 5

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OXFORD BOOKWORMS BOOK ACTIVITY ANSWERS
Stage 3
Justice

Encourage students to speculate and to

make guesses, but do not tell them the
answer. They will find out as they read
that it is Alan, talking to the police.

CHAPTER 5 AFTER READING

1 Why . . .? Because they believed that the two
ACTIVITY 1
men they had arrested were the terrorists.
Also, they thought that Jane was perhaps a K I S S
jealous daughter, who was making up stories
B O M B S
to stop her father seeing his girlfriend.
J U D O
2 Where . . .? In her flat.
3 How . . .? She managed to cut the rope round T R U S T
her wrists by moving it up and down on the L E T T E R
end of the old bed. 2 ) . ' 3
4 What . . .? She grabbed it from his hand and C R U E L
threw it into his face. F L A T
5 Who . . .? Jane.
K I C K
BEFORE READING CHAPTER 6 K I L L
Encourage students to speculate and to R O P E
make guesses, but do not tell them the HO R S E
answers. They will find out as they read H A T E
that number 3 is true. ' 2 ! "
CHAPTER 6 1 The sentence is: ‘I must get closer.’
Suggested answers: 2 Anna said this to Jane, in the crowd outside
1 The police discovered where Anna was when she Parliament.
called Alan from a phone box in South 3 Taking photographs.
Kensington station. 4 Trying to press the button of a transmitter
2 Halfway down the escalator, Jane looked back hidden in the camera.
and saw that Anna had seen her and was 5 The bomb went off.
following her.
ACTIVITY 2
3 Jane hid in a hole in the tunnel wall, but Anna
found her there and pulled her out. Open answers. Encourage students to
4 When the train came towards Jane, she discuss their answers. The most sensible
jumped towards the hole, and although answers are probably 1c, 2b, 3a, 4b, but
Anna tried to shoot her, she missed, and students might come up with good
so Jane was able to pull Anna out and arguments for supporting different
throw her in front of the train. courses of action.
5 All that mattered to Alan was that Jane was ACTIVITY 3
alive.
6 Anna: Your stupid transmitter, Kev! It didn’t
work!
3 Kev: Forget the transmitter. We’ve got a new
problem. Cole isn’t dead! The other three are,
but not Cole.
8 Anna: Oh no! Why did it have to be him?
Where is he?
1 Kev: In hospital. The radio said he’s lost a leg.
But he’ll start to wonder about you soon,
won’t he?

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OXFORD BOOKWORMS BOOK ACTIVITY ANSWERS
Stage 3
Justice

4 Anna: No, he won’t, Kev. He’s in love with me. terrorists who had bombed the Queen’s
7 Kev: In love? Don’t be stupid, Anna! The coach were waiting for me with guns. The
man’s lost a leg. He’ll put two and two woman was Dad’s girlfriend, Anna, who had
together, and he’ll talk. put the bomb in the coach while Dad was
10 Anna: So how do we stop him? Ah! His looking at a sick horse. They said that
daughter Jane! they would kill me if Dad said anything
5 Kev: Good, we kidnap her and tell Cole to about Anna to the police. In the end I
keep his mouth shut. Do you know where escaped, and both the terrorists are dead
she lives? now. The man was killed by his own gun
2 Anna: Yes, a student flat in north London. while I was
9 Kev: Right, let’s get moving, Anna! fighting him and trying to escape and the woman
was hit by a train on the underground when I
ACTIVITY 4
pushed her on the rails. Must get back to
The right order for the story is 4, 7, 6, 3, 1, 5, 2. Dad now. I’ll tell you more later. Love, Jane.
4 ‘We’ve just heard that a bomb has exploded
outside Parliament and has destroyed the ACTIVITY 6
Queen’s coach. Get every man down there at Open answers.
once!’
7 ‘I’m at the hospital now. Alan Cole is the only
ACTIVITY 7
coachman who is still alive, but I can’t speak
to him yet. His leg was very badly broken Open answers.
and the doctors have had to cut it off.’
6 ‘The guard at the Mews thinks that Cole had
his new lady (woman, girl) friend with him
that night, but he isn’t sure. Cole has said
nothing about this woman. Let’s talk to him
again.’
3 ‘Detective Hall has just been to see Cole
again. Cole has repeated that he was alone
in the Mews that night. And he isn’t seeing
this woman any more.’
1 ‘Cole’s changed his story. He now says that his
girl friend is one of the terrorists and that
she’s kidnapped his daughter. Send some
men to search the woman’s house and the
daughter’s flat. Got a pen? Here are the
addresses . . .’
5 ‘Inspector Lee? We’re in Jane Cole’s flat now,
and we’ve just found her handbag with her
flat keys in it. It’s a bit strange (surprising) for
her to go out without them, isn’t it, sir?’
2 ‘We’re in South Kensington station. Just seen a
woman with red-brown hair going down the
escalator. She’s in a great hurry. We’re going
after her . . .’

ACTIVITY 5
Students can complete this text in a number
of ways. Some possible answers:
A lot has happened since you phoned, Philip.
When I went back to my flat, the two

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