DOMINOES MULTIPLE-CHOICE TEST

Level Two
Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories

SETTING
Choose the best answer.
1 Lady Windermere has her party _____. 9 Lord Murchison sees Lady Alroy for the
a □ at a London hotel first time _____.
b □ at her home in the country a □ at a café in Paris
c □ at her London home b □ at a house in Park Lane
d □ outside in the garden c □ at Lady de Rastail’s house
d □ in a carriage in Bond Street
2 Lord Arthur Savile lives in _____.
a □ Belgrave Square 10 Lady Alroy has secret rooms in _____.
b □ Bentinck House a □ Bond Street
c □ Soho b □ Cumnor Street
d □ West Moon Street c □ Green Street
d □ Park Lane
3 Lady Clem lives in _____. 20 marks
a □ Bayle’s Court
b □ Bond Street
c □ Curzon Street CHARACTERS
d □ St James’s Street Choose the best answer.

4 Lord Arthur goes to _____ to get a bomb from Mr 11 Lady Windermere _____.
Winckelkopf. a □ has blue eyes and gold hair
a □ Bloomsbury b □ has never married
b □ Geneva c □ has three children
c □ his club d □ lives in a balloon
d □ Soho 12 Mr Podgers _____.
5 In the end the Dean of Chichester’s family put the a □ has a scar near his right eye
new clock in the _____. b □ is bald and wears glasses
a □ church c □ is romantic-looking
b □ garage d □ is tall and thin
c □ library 13 Lord Arthur Savile _____.
d □ schoolroom a □ has a scar near his right eye
6 Lord Arthur is walking home from _____ when he b □ is a tall young man
kills Mr Podgers. c □ is bald and wears glasses
a □ his club d □ is short and fat
b □ Lady Windermere’s house 14 Lady Clem _____.
c □ the Ship Hotel a □ has a bad back
d □ West Moon Street b □ is a dear old lady
7 Laura Merton’s father was a colonel in _____. c □ is Lord Arthur’s aunt
a □ Africa d □ likes seeing doctors
b □ Australia 15 Mr Winckelkopf _____.
c □ Canada a □ is a Russian revolutionary
d □ India b □ is Lord Arthur’s friend
8 Hughie Erskine first meets Baron Hausberg _____. c □ lives in Bloomsbury
a □ in Alan Trevor’s club d □ thinks that English policemen are stupid
b □ in Alan Trevor’s studio 16 The Dean of Chichester _____.
c □ in church a □ has a house full of clocks
d □ in the street b □ is a stupid man
c □ is Lord Arthur’s cousin
d □ likes noisy alarm clocks

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17 Hughie Erskine _____.

25 ‘We’ll talk about the wedding when you’ve got ten
a □ has brown hair and grey eyes
thousand pounds in the bank.’
b □ is a good worker
a □ Alan Trevor
c □ is charming and rich
b □ Baron Hausberg
d □ is very clever
c □ Laura Merton
18 Alan Trevor _____. d □ Laura Merton’s father
a □ has wild red hair
26 ‘Why did you give a pound away?’
b □ is a tidy man
a □ Alan Trevor
c □ paints terrible pictures
b □ Baron Hausberg
d □ thinks that beggars should look happy
c □ Laura Merton
19 Lord Murchison _____. d □ Mr Naudin
a □ always tells the truth
27 ‘I’m sure he thinks that I’m really stupid.’
b □ is married
a □ Baron Hausberg
c □ never liked going to parties
b □ Hughie Erskine
d □ studied at Cambridge University
c □ Laura Merton
20 Lady Alroy _____. d □ Laura’s father
a □ hates mysteries
28 ‘The Baron likes his little secrets.’
b □ has a terrible secret
a □ Alan Trevor
c □ is married
b □ Hughie Erskine
d □ is romantic, with large eyes and long hair
c □ Laura Merton
20 marks
d □ Mr Naudin
29 ‘I can’t love a woman if I don’t trust her.’
DIALOGUE
a □ Alan Colville
Who says this?
b □ Lady Alroy’s servant
21 ‘I think everyone should visit a palmist once c □ Lord Murchison
a month.’ d □ Lord Murchison’s great friend
a □ Lady Windermere
30 ‘I am being truthful.’
b □ Princess Sophia
a □ Lady Alroy
c □ Mr Podgers
b □ Lady Alroy’s servant
d □ the Duchess of Paisley
c □ Lord Murchison
22 ‘It is the hand of a fine young man.’ d □ the friendly old woman in Cumnor Street
a □ Lady Windermere 20 marks
b □ Lord Arthur
c □ Mr Podgers
VOCABULARY
d □ the Duchess of Paisley
Choose the best answer.
23 ‘What did you see in my hand? I must know.’
31 a person who pays to live in a house
a □ Lady Windermere
a □ best man
b □ Lord Arthur
b □ guest
c □ Sybil Merton
c □ lodger
d □ the Duchess of Paisley
d □ revolutionary
24 ‘There’s a yellow sweet inside the box.
32 to say that you will certainly do something
That’s all.’
a □ admire
a □ Lady Clem
b □ postpone
b □ Lord Arthur
c □ promise
c □ Mr Pestle
d □ trust
d □ Sybil Merton

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33 to cut something with your teeth PLOT

a □ bite Choose the best answer.
b □ explode 41 Mr Podgers sees _____ in Lord Arthur’s hand.
c □ joke a □ a very long life line
d □ whirr b □ Lady Windermere in a large balloon
34 the water that comes from your eye c □ Lord Arthur’s death
a □ balloon d □ murder
b □ scar 42 Lord Arthur wants to murder someone soon
c □ tear because _____.
d □ veil a □ he doesn’t want to murder anybody
35 the daughter of your father’s brother after he’s married
a □ aunt b □ he has lots of enemies
b □ cousin c □ he likes killing people
c □ niece d □ he’s a revolutionary
d □ uncle 43 Lord Arthur postpones his wedding many times
36 something that kills people when they eat it because _____.
a □ chemist a □ he doesn’t love Sybil
b □ medicine b □ he hasn’t murdered anybody
c □ pill c □ he wants to stay unmarried
d □ poison d □ Mr Podgers tells him to do it

37 unhappy because you don’t get what you want 44 Lady Clem dies _____.
a □ charming a □ after eating poison
b □ disappointed b □ at Lord Arthur’s mother’s house
c □ foreign c □ because she is ill one night
d □ generous d □ in Lord Arthur’s arms

38 to speak very quietly 45 The Dean of Chichester _____ when the clock
a □ explode bomb explodes.
b □ joke a □ does nothing
c □ receive b □ is afraid
d □ whisper c □ is angry
d □ laughs
39 this goes around a picture
a □ frame 46 The newspaper says that Mr Podgers died
b □ model because _____.
c □ percentage a □ he fell into the river by mistake
d □ poster b □ he had no work
c □ he had too much work
40 someone who sees the future in
d □ Lord Arthur killed him
people’s hands
a □ manicurist 47 Hughie Erskine gives the beggar a pound
b □ millionaire because _____.
c □ palmist a □ he doesn’t like beggars
d □ vicar b □ he doesn’t know that the beggar is a
20 marks rich man
c □ he feels sorry for Trevor
d □ the beggar is a good model

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48 The Baron gives Hughie £10,000 because he

wants _____.
a □ a story to tell friends after dinner
b □ the beggar picture to be a secret
c □ to give Hughie a percentage of his pound
d □ to help Hughie to marry
49 Lord Murchison loved Lady Alroy for
her _____.
a □ beautiful face
b □ heart
c □ money
d □ mystery
50 Lady Alroy dies _____.
a □ at the theatre
b □ because she wants to be mysterious
c □ from a bad cold
d □ of a broken heart

20 marks

Total marks

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 DOMINOES MULTIPLE-CHOICE ANSWERS

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Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories

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

Test Key
12 b
13 b
14 b
15 d
16 a
17 a
18 a
19 a
20 d

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

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

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 DOMINOES ACTIVITY KEY

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Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories

LORD ARTHUR SAVILE’S CRIME

GUESS WHAT
BEFORE READING c, e, g
1 (in order) f, d, b
2 (in order) d, a, c ACTIVITY PAGES 18–19

ACTIVITY PAGES 6–7 READING CHECK

1
READING CHECK b Mr Pestle e Lady Clem h Sybil
1 c Lord Arthur f Lord Arthur i Sybil
bT d Mr Pestle g Lord Arthur
cT 2a2 b4 c3 d8 e1 f6 g5 h9 i7
d F (Podgers looks like a family doctor.)
e F (Podgers reads the Duchess of Paisley’s hand.) WORD WORK
fT b sad e chemist h yacht
gT c wedding f postpone i telegram
h F (Podgers only says one or two unimportant d bite g medicine
things.)

WORD WORK GUESS WHAT

1 a3 b3
b balloon
c manicurist ACTIVITY PAGES 24–25
d thumb
e glove READING CHECK
f bald Mr Merton isn’t very happy … Lord Arthur decides to
g heart kill his uncle … The Dean loves clocks … bomb in a
2 clock … He visits a Russian revolutionary … an
b guest e Lord address in Soho … kill any English policemen … a
c romantic f future beautiful French clock with a revolutionary woman
d Duchess g line standing on it … the Dean is having lunch on Friday.
h vicar
WORD WORK
GUESS WHAT b clock, explode, uncle, Dean e monster
a2 b3 c Count, foreign, revolutionaries f club
d politics g promises, gunpowder, trust
ACTIVITY PAGES 12–13
GUESS WHAT
READING CHECK b, d, e
b1 c6 d7 e2 f8 g4 h9 i5

WORD WORK
1 cousin, servant, scar, library, park, reward, poison,
poster, whisper, list
2
b list f scar i whisper
c poster g servant j poison
d library h cousin k reward
e park

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ACTIVITY PAGES 30–31 Encourage students to guess but do not tell
them the answers now. They will find out as they
READING CHECK read that the answers are:
1 a Yes b Yes c No d Yes e No
b1 c3 d8 e4 f7 g3 h3 i2 j6 k5
2
ACTIVITY PAGES 42–43
b palmist
c 103A West Moon Street
READING CHECK
d short fat man with a large bald head and gold
b clothes d colonel, money f stupid
glasses
c Laura e millionaire g wedding
e by the River Thames
f at 7 o’clock in the morning
WORD WORK
g a guest from the Ship Hotel
b joking f gentleman i model c Baron g envelope j
h he killed himself because he was working too hard
best man d millionaire h cheque k kissed
e generous
WORD WORK
a Liberty c alarm clock e tears
GUESS WHAT
b niece d aunt f umbrella
Open answers
GUESS WHAT
Open Answers THE SPHINX WITHOUT A SECRET

BEFORE READING PAGE 44

THE MODEL MILLIONAIRE
1 mysterious, romantic, charming, lonely, sad
2d
BEFORE READING PAGE 32
1 The Old Beggar: beggar, sad, poor, old, mean,
hard-hearted Hughie Erskine: millionaire, happy, ACTIVITY PAGES 48–49
rich, young, generous, charming
2 a, c READING CHECK
1
b F (He loved going to parties.)
ACTIVITY PAGES 36–37
cT
d F (He was always truthful.)
READING CHECK
e F (He looks worried and has lines on his face.)
a F (Hughie has no money.)
f F (He’s single.)
bT
gT
cT
2
d F (Laura’s father likes him.)
b They were friends at Oxford University.
eT
c They go to a restaurant far from the centre of town
f F (Alan’s painting a picture of an old beggar.)
to talk.
gT
d He shows a photograph of a woman with long hair.
h F (Hughie gives the man a pound.)
e After dinner Lord Murchison talks about Lady
iT
Alroy.
f He saw her, sitting in a little yellow carriage.
WORD WORK
g He met her again at Lady de Rastail’s house for
b sword e painting h percentage
dinner.
c colonel f beggar i frame
h She wasn’t happy when he said ‘I saw you in Bond
d wine g model
Street.’
i She wanted to meet him again the next day.

WORD WORK
GUESS WHAT
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b invitation e admire h university
c dream f truth i café
Project A pages 56–57
d carriage g handsome
1 These sentences do not help the summary:
GUESS WHAT I think I’ve heard of him before. / I don’t really believe
b, c in palmists, but this story is about one of them. / My
uncle is a businessman. / It took me a long time to
read it. / The ending surprised me, at least.
ACTIVITY PAGES 54–55 2 Story title: The Model Millionaire Author: Oscar
Wilde
READING CHECK Main characters: Hughie Erskine, Baron Hausberg
a8 b2 c4d 1e5 f9 g3 h7 i6 Other characters: Laura Merton and Alan Trevor
Setting: Alan Trevor’s studio, Hughie’s club
WORD WORK How does the story begin? when Hughie gives a
b steps e sofa h lodger pound to an old beggar in Alan’s studio.
c sphinx f handkerchief i rent Plot: how Hughie can get the money he needs to
d sitting room g veil marry Laura
Kind of story: humorous
GUESS WHAT Ending: surprise ‘twist’ at the end
Open answers 3 … short story by Oscar Wilde … Hughie Erskine …
man, and Baron Hausberg … Hughie’s girlfriend
Laura Merton, and his painter friend, Alan Trevor …
in Alan Trevor’s studio and in Hughie’s club …
Hughie gives a pound to an old beggar in Alan’s
studio. The plot is about how Hughie … to marry
Laura.
4 Story title: The Sphinx without a Secret Author:
Oscar Wilde
Main characters: Lady Alroy and Lord Murchison
Other characters: the storyteller, the woman in
Cumnor Street
Setting: in London and also in Paris
How does the story begin? When Lord Murchison
sees the storyteller sitting outside a Paris café and
shows him a photo
Plot: how Lord Murchison finds out about Lady
Alroy’s mystery
Kind of story: mystery story
Ending: a ‘twist’ at the end
5 Open answers

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Project B pages 58–60
1 a2 b3 c5 d1 e4
2 1f 2c 3e 4a
3
a One theme is: It’s good to help people who are
poorer than you.
How we see this in the story: Hughie helps the
‘beggar’, the Baron helps Hughie.
Another theme is: You cannot know the inside of a
person from looking at the outside.
How we see this in the story: Baron Hausberg looks
like a beggar but he is really a millionaire.
b One theme is: Empty people want to live
interesting lives like someone in a book.
How we see this in the story: Lady Alroy’s life is
boring so she wants to make a mystery in her life.
Another theme is: Strangers are often more
interesting than people that you know really well.
How we see this in the story: Lord Murchison is
interested in Lady Alroy because she has a mystery
in her life.
4 Open answers.

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1 5
b lived b who
c studied c which
d won d which
e went e which/that
f did f which/that
g finished g which
h moved h who
i came i which
j visited j who/that
k gave k who/that
l sailed l who
m married 6
n had b arrived, was painting
o worked c was sitting, looked
p wrote d were talking, came
q died e put, was moving
2 f was telling, was
b has he? g was finishing, asked
c is he? h were speaking, learnt
d hasn’t he? i was eating, called
e doesn’t he? j was smiling, gave
f are they? 7
g aren’t they? b I’ve worked
h does he? c I’ve tried
3 d I’ve sold
b isn’t it? e have you worked
c is she? f I haven’t
d hasn’t she? g I’ve known
e has she? h Have you met
f can she? i I have
4 j Have you and your wife seen
b Mr Podgers said that it was the hand of a fine k we haven’t
young man. l we’ve visited m we’ve eaten
c Lord Arthur said to Mr Podgers that he would pay n we have
him a hundred pounds. o The Baron has been
d Lord Arthur said that the poison was for his large 8
old Norwegian dog. b7
e Lady Clem said that she was ill all the time. c9
f Sybil said that there was a yellow sweet inside the d1
box. e3
h Lord Arthur said that he wanted a bomb. f4
i Lord Arthur said that the police wouldn’t get the g6
address from him. h2
j Mr Winckelkopf said to Lord Arthur that he could i5
get him a clock bomb with no trouble. j 10
k Sybil said that her wedding dress wasn’t ready.

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