The Sound Machine

The black box with lots of wires inside was about ___.

• three meters long

• three meters high

• three feet long

• three feet high

Which one of the following Klausner did not do as he turned the dials and watched the machine inside the box?

• His mouth was twisting into strange shapes.

• He kept speaking very softly to himself.

• He kept wiping the sweat off his face.

• He moved his fingers quickly and carefully.

When Scott asked Klausner if he was making a radio, he replied that he ___.

• was making a sound machine

• was just playing around

• was making a computer

• was making repairing a broken sound machine

Doctor Scot came to see Klausner because he had sickness in his ___.

• throat

• ear

• tongue

• eye

When the vibrations of a sound exceed ____ per second, human beings can’t hear.

• 5000

• 15000

• 25000

• 50000

Which one of the following about Klausner is not true.

• He is a small man.

• He moves his fingers quickly.

• He wears glasses.

• He is a tall man.

The woman on the other side of the fence ___.

• had gloves on both hands

• was holding an umbrella

• had a flower-basket on her arm

• laughed loudly as she looked at Klausner

“... he jumped and caught hold of the edge of the table.” Why did he do that?

• He heard a terrible scream.

• A sudden and strong typhoon-like wind blew towards him.

• His neighbor threw stones at him.

• He couldn’t control himself from coughing.

‘Cut another one! Please cut another one quickly!’ Who is the speaker here?

• Mrs Saunders

• Klausner

• Scott

• A neighbor

Mrs Saunders had the opinion that Klausner was ___.

• an intelligent man

• a harmless man

• an interesting neighbor

• A very selfish man