MARK: _________

READING TEST
Frankenstein

NAME: _____________________________________________. DATE: ____________. SCORE: 80 / _________

I. Look at these words in the story. Can you find words with opposite meanings? 6 pts.

1. Create __________________
2. Evil __________________
3. Horrible __________________
4. Miserable __________________
5. Sadness __________________
6. Ugly __________________

II. When the monster followed Victor to Britain, what was he thinking? Fill in the gaps with these
words: 23 pts.

alive broken create destroyed electricity followed forgive happiness

huge human hurt island keep laboratory lightning lonely
machine mast monster moonlight sharp sorry wires

I was so happy when Frankenstein agreed to ___________ a woman ___________ for me! With a wife, I
would never be ___________ again, or want to ___________ anybody. I wanted to be sure that
Frankenstein would ___________ his promise, so I ____________ him to England, and then to a Scottish
____________. He built his ___________ and a tall ____________ above it, which would bring the
__________ from ___________ down to his machine. Then he built a ___________ woman from parts of
___________ bodies, and waited happily to see her come ___________.
But one night he saw my face in the ___________ outside the window. Suddenly he pulled off the
___________ that joined her to the ___________, took a __________ knife and cut through her body. In
one moment, he ___________ my wife, and all my hopes of ____________. I cannot _____________ him
for this. He has ___________ his promise to me, and I shall make him ___________ that he was ever born.

III. Answer the following questions: 16 pts.

1. Why was the second sledge chasing the first one?

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2. Does the captain believe Victor Frankenstein’s story?
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3. Did you like the story, why?
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4. Where was Victor Frankenstein born?
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5. What was the first 2 words the monster learnt?
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6. Will new discoveries like weapons or machines give us a better life or destroy us?
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7. Why did the monster help Felix’s family?
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8. What is the message of the story?
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 IV. Match these halves of sentences from chapters 5 and 6:
7 pts.

1. William was murdered..........

2. At the time, William was wearing a gold chain,..........
3. When Victor saw the monster at the scene of the crime.........
4. Victor tried to catch the murderer,..........
5. The police thought Justine had killed William,.........
6. Because everyone hated him,.........
7. Victor realized he had given the monster life,.........
8. he knew at once who had killed William.
9. but he had not given him love.
10. while he and Ernest were playing in the countryside.
11. So they arrested her and put her on trial.
12. The monster was the unhappiest creature in the world.
13. but the monster could run much faster than any man.
14. which Elizabeth had lent him.

V. True or False? 7 pts.

1. T – F Mrs Frankenstein was Elizabeth’s real mother.

2. T – F Victor studied hard, and was interested in electricity.
3. T – F Victor’s mother hoped that he would marry Justine.
4. T –F Victor and his friend Henry went to university together.
5. T – F Victor planned to use electricity to help people.
6. T –F He wanted everybody to know the secret of his machine.
7. T –F He was very pleased with the creature that he had made.

VI. Choose the best word to complete this passaege: 11 pts.

Victor Frankenstein is a monster / scientist. He takes parts from dead / living people and builds a new
machine / man with them. This huge / small and beautiful / ugly monster needs money / love, but
everybody / nobody cares about him, and so he soon learns to hate / hope. Because he is happy / unhappy,
he turns to / against the man who created him, and destroys / steals everything that Frankenstein loves.

VII. Match the concepts with their corresponding meanings: 10 pts.

1. Sledge _______ a sudden flash of light in the sky during a storm.

2. Faint _______ making you feel afraid or nervous.
3. Lightning _______ to stay on the top of water.
4. Hut _______ suddenly become unconscious for a short time.
5. Frightening _______ ill in the head.
6. Blind _______ a living animal or person.
7. Mast _______ a small, simple building, often made of wood.
8. Creature _______ a vehicle that is used for travelling on snow.
9. Float _______ not able to see.
10. Mad _______ a tall post on a boat that supports its sails.

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