Choose the best answer for each question. At the end of the quiz, your score will appear here. Note: this quiz is based on the original story. Some of the questions and answers may not be applicable to our simplified story.
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Why was Framton Nuttle staying in the village?
It was good for his health.
To visit his sister's friend, the minister.
He wanted to buy a house there.
Why did Framton's sister give him some letters?
So he could deliver them to her friends.
To help him meet the right kind of people.
To give him information about the village.
Why was Framton visiting the Sappleton house?
To find out what happened to Mr Sappleton.
To ask Vera to go out with him.
To meet the Sappleton family.
Why did Framton find it hard to believe there was tragedy?
Because nobody could find the men's bodies.
It seemed out of character for a small country town.
There was something in the room that suggested a man still lived there.
Why were the French windows open?
To stop the men making a mess on the carpet.
It was very hot for that time of the year.
Mr Sappleton always came in that way.
Why was Framton uncomfortable when Mrs Sappleton kept talking about hunting?
He din't think it was right to kill animals.
He liked Vera and felt sorry for her.
He thought Mrs Sappleton was mentally ill.
Why did Mrs Sappleton almost yawn just before she saw her husband coming?
They were late and she was tired of waiting.
Framton was not very interesting to talk to.
It was getting late and she had to get up and make tea.
Why did Framton pick up his stick and run?
He thought he was seeing ghosts.
He was afraid of dogs.
He had to be home by tea time.
In the last line, it says that "Romance at short notice" was Vera's specialty. What do you think this means?
Vera had many boyfriends, which made her father angry. She scared Framton away because she didn't want him to think that Framton was one of the boyfriends.
Making up imaginative stories (in this case telling lies) came easily to her.
After the joke, Vera decided that she really liked Framton. She made up the dogs story so that he didn't look bad by running away.
In English literature, the term Situational Irony is used to describe an unexpected event which is the opposite to what was expected to happen. Which of the following is an example of Situational Irony ?
Vera, who played the cruel trick on poor Frampton, has to make up another story to explain why he ran away.
Framton, who came to the countryside to help a nervous condition, has a trick played on him which will probably make it worse.
When Framton sees the three hunters coming home, he thinks they are ghosts and runs away.