The Stranger; Norman Whitney

THE STRANGER
Por:
SANTIAGO ISAZA FERNÃNDEZ
Grado:
11º3
Trabajo presentado al área de:
INGLÉS
Institución Educativa
José MarÃ-a Bravo Márquez
MedellÃ-n
Abril 29 de 2008
Points for understanding
Chapter 1
• Why was the stranger looking for a hotel?
• What was the date?
• What was the most beautiful building in Woodend? Did the stranger go to see it?
• What did the villagers ladies thing about the stranger?
• The stranger came back to Woodend a few weeks later. What was he looking for?
• What surprised the villagers on the morning of Monday, 21st December?
Answers
• Because he needs to spend the night.
• He was in October 31st, 1964.
• The most beautiful building in Woodend was Church and he didn`t see it.
• The ladies thought that he was very good looking man.
• He was looking for a house for buying.
• The villagers were surprised on the morning of Monday, 21st December for a sign this said: THE CORNER
SHOP Proprietor: Dave Slatin.
Chapter 2
• Why did the villagers have a meeting?
• Why did Mrs. Harrison think that a village shop was a good idea?
• Why did Mr. Hart think the shop was a bad idea?
• What did Dave Slatin mean by villagers products?
• But what about the money? said Mr. Hart. What was Dave Slatin`s reply?
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• Why did Dave Slatin need an assistant? Who was the new assistant?
Answers
• Because all they wanted to talk about the new shop.
• Because she thought that Woodend was very quiet and this one needs it.
• Because he thought that the shop could cause big problems among the villagers.
• He wanted to mean that all villagers could sell their own products. Products that they made with their
hands.
• They were pleased because they were going to earn much money.
• He replied: You`ll bring your things to me and I`ll sell them for you, I`ll keep some of the profit. You`ll
have the rest.
Chapter 3
• Mr. Harrison said: I never go to Lidney now. Why did she go to Lidney?
• Who sometimes helped Anna at the Corner Shop?
• Lots of visitors came to Woodend. Why were the villagers pleased?
• Where did Dave Slatin live?
• One door in the Corner Shop was always locked. What was written on the notice on this door? Did Anna
ever go into this room?
Answers
• Because at the Corner Shop sold everything good and cheap.
• Her friend Peter.
• Because they were making a lot of money.
• He lived in a flat above the shop.
• Especial Orders only: Keep out. Anna never went there.
Chapter 4
• Who was Greta Gordon? What did she want?
• Anna noticed that Greta Gordon had beautiful hands. What did Anna see on Greta Gordon`s fingers?
• What did Dave Slatin take Greta Gordon?
• Why did Anna want to speak to Peter?
• When Greta Gordon came back to the front of the shop, Anna asked her, What`s wrong? Why did Anna ask
this question?
• Greta Gordon asked Anna to do something. What did she ask Anna and why was Anna disappointment?
• Greta Gordon held Anna`s hands. What did Anna notice about Greta Gordon`s fingers?
Answers
• Greta Gordon was a very beautiful film star. She wanted to talk with Dave.
• Anna saw a diamond's ring.
• Dave took Greta Gordon to the special order's room.
• Because she wanted to tell him about Greta Gordon.
• Because she noticed that Greta Gordon was crying, she had her eyes red and with some tears.
• Greta asked Anna no say nothing abut her visit to the corner shop. Anna was disappointed because she
wanted to tell about this one.
• Anna noticed that Greta Gordon doesn't have her ring anymore.
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Chapter 5
• Anna asked Dave Slatin about Greta Gordon. What was his reply?
• Anna kept her promise. Who had Anna made the promise to? What was the promise?
• Why did Anna and Peter need money?
• Anna and Peter did not go out together on Saturdays. What did each of them do?
• Who was Joanna Leigh and what had happened to her?
• Why was Greta Gordon lucky?
Answers
• His replied was: I don't want to talk about her.
• Anna had promised to Greta Gordon no talk about her.
• Because they wanted to get married.
• On Saturday Peter played football and Anna often went to the cinema.
• Joanna Leigh was a star of beautiful woman, and she had broken her arm.
• Because she will now be the star of Beautiful Woman.
Chapter 6
• Anna often thought about Greta Gordon`s visit to the Corner Shop. What did she ask herself?
• Anna was living two lives. What does this sentence mean?
• Anna wanted to go with Dave Slatin, but she was worried about Peter.
• Where had Dave asked her to go?
• Why was Anna worried about Peter?
• What was Dave`s reply to Anna`s worry about Peter?
• Why did Peter not know about Anna`s day with Dave?
• Dave thanked Anna and kissed her. Was Anna pleased or not?
Answers
• She asked herself Why had Greta Gordon come to the corner shop?
• This sentence means that Anna lived one live in the day and another at night, she loved peter, but she likes
Dave too.
• a) He asked her to go anywhere maybe to Lidney.
b) Because she thought that maybe peter wouldn`t like it.
c) He replied that peter was always busy on Saturday.
• Because he was playing cricked.
• She was very pleased, for her that kiss was wonderful.
Chapter 7
• Anna liked Dave, and Peter was her fiancé. What were the differences between the two men in:
• Age?
• Money?
• Taking Anna out?
• Why had Mr. Hart invited some people to his house?
• One evening the bell rang after Anna locked the shop
• Who was outside?
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• What did he have in his hand?
• What did he want?
• Why did Anna wait until half past five?
• Anna left the shop. Where did she go and what did she do?
• Anna stopped the young man and said: You`ve forgotten something
• What did the young man forgotten?
• Why was Anna frightened when she saw the young man`s face?
• What did the young man do?
• What three questions did Anna ask herself about the young man`s visit?
Answers
• a) Peter was younger than Dave
b) Dave had more money than Peter.
c) Dave took out Anna and Peter didn`t do it.
• Because he wanted that some of them watched the soccer match.
• a) A young man.
b) A small case.
c) He wanted to talk with Dave.
• Because she wanted to know what was happening.
• She turned around the shop and she wanted until half past five.
• a) He had forgotten his case.
b) Because he had his face white.
c) He asked her that left alone him
• −Why had the young man come to the Corner Shop?
−What was his special order?
−Why he had left his small case with Dave Slatin?
Chapter 8
• Mr. Hart and his friends were watching TV. What was Anna doing?
• What was the name of the player who scored three goals?
• What happened to Brian Thomas, the goalkeeper?
• Anna left the room during the TV interview. She was frightened. Why was she frightened?
Answers
• She was helping in the kitchen making tea.
• Mike Bailey.
• Brian Thomas injured his neck.
• Because she was met to Mike Bailey the day before in the Corner Shop.
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Chapter 9
• Dave Slatin invited Anna to go away with him for the weekend. Where to?
• Before Anna agreed to go with Dave Slatin, she wanted to known about something.
• What question did Anna ask Dave Slatin?
• What was his reply?
• Anna wanted to ask Dave Slatin More questions. What did he say?
Answers
• He invited to Anna to London.
• a) Why do people come to see you?
b) They need help. And I give no, I sell help to them. That`s all!
• One question! I`ve answered your question.
Chapter 10
• Where was Peter on Saturday?
• Anna wanted to speak to Peter.
• What did she want to tell him?
• Why was she not able to speak to him?
Answers
• He was in Woodend
• a) She wanted to tell him about Greta Gordon and Mike Bailey.
b) Because she left alone.
Chapter 11
• Anna was unhappy, but she wanted to the shop every day. Why?
• A man came into the shop carrying a briefcase.
• What letters were printed on the briefcase?
• Who did the man want to see?
• The man told Anna his name.
• What did the man say his name was?
• How did Anna find out that he was lying?
• What the man`s name?
• You can go home now, Dave Slatin told Anna. What did Anna do?
• I`ll go and get it for you Anna said to the man
• What was Anna going to get?
• What did the man do?
Answers
• Because she was waiting for another special customer.
• a) It had the letters A.R.I.C.S.
b) He wanted to see Mr. Slatin.
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• a) He said Arthur Roberts.
b) He knew that he was lying because Dave said: Good morning Mr. Riseman.
c) The man's name was Mr. Riseman.
• Anna waited, she didn't leave the shop.
• a) Anna was going to get the briefcase.
b) The man held her wrists.
Chapter 12
• After Mr. Riseman visited the shop, Anna was waiting for something. What was she waiting for?
• All the three Special Customers left something. What did each one leave?
• Anna still wanted to find out what the other three letters on Riseman`s briefcase stood for.
• What were these three letters?
• What did Anna decide to do?
• Anna found the answers to her problem at Paddington Station.
• Where did she the answer?
• What was the answer?
• Anna tried to speak to Mr. Riseman on the telephone.
• Where was Mr. Riseman?
• Where was he going in an hour`s time?
• How was he going to travel?
• Later the afternoon, Anna read about a plane crash in her newspaper.
• Who had been killed in the plane crash?
• Why was Mr. Riseman lucky?
Answers
• Anna was waiting for some news about Mr. Riseman.
• Greta Gordon had left the diamonds ring, Mike Bailey Had left his case and Mr. Riseman had left his
briefcase.
• a) The three letters were: I.C.S.
b) She decided to go to London and find Arthur Riseman.
• a) She saw the answer on a huge advertisement.
b) The answer was: International computer services.
• a) He was in a meeting.
b) He was flying to Switzerland.
c) He was going to travel by plane.
• a) Mr. Alfred Gluck the chairman.
• Because he was the vice chairman, so he will be the new Chairman, and in other way he was alive because
he didn't get on the plane.
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Chapter 13
• Who was the new Chairman of I.C.S.?
• Why did Anna not sleep that night?
• Why was Anna able to go into the Special Orders room?
• In one of the boxes, Anna found some old clothes. What did she find under the clothes?
• In the Special Orders room, Anna found a beautiful doll, a model aeroplane and a football book with
pictures in it. What was wrong with these three things?
Answers
• Mr. Riseman was the new Chairman of I.C.S.
• Because she was thinking about Dave Slatin and the Special Orders.
• Because Dave Slatin got in his car and drove off, she was alone and the room wasn`t locked.
• She did find lots of British, French and American money.
• The doll had a broken arm. In the football book, some pictures of footballers were all torn. The model
aeroplane and the little cars were broken.
Chapter 14
• Why had the door to the Special Orders room been left unlocked?
• Who had given Dave Slatin the money and the diamonds?
• This is Joanna Leigh, said Dave Slatin, holding the beautiful doll.
• Who was Joanna Leigh?
• What happened to her?
• Dave Slatin pointed to the photograph in the football book.
• Who was the footballer in the photograph?
• What did happen to the photograph?
• What did happen to the footballer?
• Anna knew the answer, but she was too afraid to speak.
• What was Dave Slatin holding in his hand?
• What question did he ask Anna?
• What was the answer to his question?
• Dave Slatin offered Anna money and diamonds.
• What did he ask Anna to give him?
• What was his reply?
Answers
• Because Dave Slatin wanted Anna did go there.
• His Special Customers.
• a) She was an actress.
b) She broken his arm.
• a) The footballer in the photograph was Brian Thomas.
b) It was torn.
c) He broken his neck.
• a) He held Anna`s arm.
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b) Marry me, Anna. Don`t marry Peter, marry me.
c) She said: No, no.
• a) He told that Anna what going to given him children.
b) She was telling Let me go. Let me go.
Chapter 15
• Why was Peter not able to speak to Anna?
• The flames reached Dave Slatin. What did the villagers see he was doing?
• What happened to Anna?
Answers
• Because Anna want too ill in bed.
• When the flames reached, Dave Slatin was laughing.
• Anna was dead.
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