A Strange Story

The five year-old girl’s father returned

• Bringing many presents, and overflowing with apologies.

• With a new wife and demanded the house and property.

• Only after his granddaughter had died of an illness.

• After many years to bring medicine to his granddaughter.

The setting of this story is

• Amsterdam - Netherlands

• Austin - Texas

• Sidney – Australia

• Vienna - Austria 

One night John Smothers’ daughter ________ and got seriously sick.

• fell down from her cradle

• cut one of her fingers with a knife

• had a severe colic after supper

• hit her forehead on a stone

John Smothers never came back home after he

• had decided to go shopping downtown

• had been hired for a job at a new company

• had hurried downtown to get some medicine

• had divorced because his wife betrayed him

John Smothers’ daughter grew up and married John Smith. By coincidence, they had a daughter who got sick when she was five years old. Then John went downtown to get some medicine as his father-in-law had done long time ago.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Suddenly, the night that John Smith’s daughter was sick, the door opened and an old man got into the house. It was the grandfather who had disappeared. The first person who recognized him was:

• Pansy, the little five-year old girl

• the old grandfather’s wife

• the old grandfather’s daughter

• John Smith, his son-in-law

The old grandfather said he had been very late because

• He had been kidnapped on the street

• He had been waiting for a street-car

• He had got lost at downtown streets

• He had decided not to return home

The old man drew a bottle of medicine from his pocket and gave the little five year-old girl a spoonful. Then, the little girl

• got well immediately.

• was taken to the hospital

• got worse and almost died

• felt a little better than before

The little girl's grandmother_______ after three months her husband had disappeared

• got also seriously sick

• got married and went away

• went to look for her husband

• went to live with her neighbor

The Smother's family agreed that Jhon had died after his disappearance.

• TRUE

• FALSE