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.
Why was Framton Nuttle staying in the village?
He wanted to buy a house there.
To visit his sister's friend, the minister.
It was good for his health.
Why did Framton's sister give him some letters?
So he could deliver them to her friends.
To give him information about the village.
To help him meet the right kind of people.
Why was Framton visiting the Sappleton house?
To ask Vera to go out with him.
To meet the Sappleton family.
To find out what happened to Mr Sappleton.
Why did Framton find it hard to believe there was tragedy?
It seemed out of character for a small country town.
Because nobody could find the men's bodies.
There was something in the room that suggested a man still lived there.
Why were the French windows open?
Mr Sappleton always came in that way.
It was very hot for that time of the year.
To stop the men making a mess on the carpet.
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 was afraid of dogs.
He thought he was seeing ghosts.
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?
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.
Making up imaginative stories (in this case telling lies) came easily to her.
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.
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 ?
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.
Vera, who played the cruel trick on poor Frampton, has to make up another story to explain why he ran away.