The Dusk

Who wrote 'The Dusk'?

• Myrtle Barber Carpenter

• Saki (Hector Hugh Munro)

• Margaret Cameron

• Saki (William Blake)

Fill in the blanks:

"The atmosphere was a mixture of _____________, _____________ and _____________."

• gleaming starlight; glowing moonlight; street lamp light

• bright sunlight; blue skies; fluffy clouds

• failing daylight; pale moonlight; street lamp light

• None of the above

State whether the following extract is True of False:

"Norman Gortsby sat on a bench in Hyde Park, facing a fenced area of grass, planted with bushes."

• True

• False

How much did Gortsby loan the young man?

• A shilling

• A florin

• A sovereign

• A penny

• A farthing

Name the place that the young man was supposed to stay in.

What connection had Gortsby made upon seeing the bar of soap next to the bench?

• He immediately related it to the elderly man

• He immediately related it to the young man

What happened to the Patagonian Hotel?

• It had been trashed

• It had been pulled down

• It had fallen into the Thames

• It was actually a shopping mall

Who was the elderly gentleman at the end of the story?

• The man who had been sitting at the bench before the young man

• The man who owned the bench

• The man who owned the park

• The father of the young man

Why did Gortsby refer to the young man as careless?

• Because he forgot where his hotel was

• Because he lost his cake of soap

• Both of the above

• None of the above

What had the elderly man lost?