The Case of the Sharp Eyed Jeweller

Q 1 The Narrator of the story is

• Miss Susskind

• Mr. Regnier

• William Morris

• The American

Q 2 The narrator's hobby is

• to watch the behaviour of birds

• to observe other people's behaviour

• to read criminal stories

• to do his job meticulously at Regnier's

Q 3. William Morris was an employee in

• The Regnier's

• Undertaker's shop

• The New York Police

• Ina detective agency

Q 4. The ________ standing outside the _________ shop, looking at the ______________.

• American, undertaker's, jewellery

• lady, jewellery, jewellery pieces

• lady, undertaker's, urns

• American, Regnier's, display

Q 5. The main customer's at Reignier's were

• multi - millionaires

• a and c

• oil kings

• common man

Q 6. Mr. Regnier had set a very high price of the flower ring because

• it was well over 300 years old

• it had been in possession of a royal family

• it was in high demand

• he did not really wish to sell it

Q 7. William Morris thought that the lady was in mourning.

Why did he think so ? Pick out a statement which is NOT TRUE.

• a.She was staring at the urns

• b.She was wearing a bright yellow coat

• c.She was staring at the gravestones pitures in the display window

• d. her interest in a and c

Q 8. The narrator deduced that the man who came in the shop was an American as

• a.he was tall but shabby

• b.his tie was bright and colorful

• c. He was chewing a dreadful chewing gum and had a Yankee accident

• d. both b and c

Q 9. The American didn't have much knowledge about rings. Pick out a sentence which SUPPORTS the above statement

• a.he liked the flower ring very much

• b.he knew a lot about precious stones

• c. he judged each ring by its price

• d.he knew the value of the flower ring.

Q 10. William Morris asked __________ to stand behind him (Tick two options)

• a.Miss Susskind

• b.The American

• c. jewellery assistant

• d.Mr. Regnier