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The Dusk

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who wrote 'The Dusk'?

a)

Myrtle Barber Carpenter

b)

Saki (Hector Hugh Munro)

c)

Margaret Cameron

d)

Saki (William Blake)

2.

Fill in the blanks:

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

a)

gleaming starlight; glowing moonlight; street lamp light

b)

bright sunlight; blue skies; fluffy clouds

c)

failing daylight; pale moonlight; street lamp light

d)

None of the above

3.

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."

a)

True

b)

False

4.

How much did Gortsby loan the young man?

a)

A shilling

b)

A florin

c)

A sovereign

d)

A penny

e)

A farthing

5.

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

(a)  

6.

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

a)

He immediately related it to the elderly man

b)

He immediately related it to the young man

7.

What happened to the Patagonian Hotel?

a)

It had been trashed

b)

It had been pulled down

c)

It had fallen into the Thames

d)

It was actually a shopping mall

8.

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

a)

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

b)

The man who owned the bench

c)

The man who owned the park

d)

The father of the young man

9.

Why did Gortsby refer to the young man as careless?

a)

Because he forgot where his hotel was

b)

Because he lost his cake of soap

c)

Both of the above

d)

None of the above

10.

What had the elderly man lost?

(a)