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2.She was looking as beautiful as ever but seemed … .

a)very nervous

b)calm

c)to be a little worried

3.The detective said that the band had got a new … .

a)dancer

b)drummer

c)singer

4.When the girl heard the bad news she looked … .

a)sad and very worried

b)depressed

c)frightened

5.Helen said that she had gone to Myer and Myer and had spoken to … about her sister.

a)the chief manager

b)Mr Myer

c)Suzy

III. Answer the following questions.

1.Why wasn’t Mr Samuel at his office at 5 o’clock?

2.Why did Helen refuse to call the detective Len?

3.What did Helen tell Lenny about Benny Greep?

4.What did the detective notice in Elaine’s flat?

5.Why didn’t Helen answer Lenny’s last question?

IV. Give the summary of the story on behalf of Helen Garfield.

I. Indicate the response by True or False.

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1.The detective was waiting for Helen Garfield to come back.

2.He knew exactly why the girl had asked him to meet at the nightclub.

3.There were two men standing by the front door of the nightclub.

4.Jo was one of the men who had found Samuel in Elaine Garfield’s apartment.

5.The detective wanted to escape as soon as possible.

II. Tick the best answer.

1.Mr Samuel looked at his watch. It was … .

a)ten past twelve

b)five past twelve

c)exactly twelve

2.Lenny asked the porter about Helen and he said that the girl had

left … .

a)nearly a quarter of an hour before

b)about five minutes before

c)a half an hour before

3.Mr Samuel recognized the man walking across the dance floor towards him. He was … .

a)short with red hair

b)tall with moustache

c)stout with brown hair

4.The detective wanted to leave the club but a voice stopped him. He heard, … .

a)“Wait a minute, sir”

b)“Excuse me, sir”

c)“Pardon me, sir”

5.The waiter said that the price of the drinks was… .

a)fifteen dollars

b)ten dollars

c)twelve dollars

III. Answer the following questions.

1.What important question was Mr Samuel going to ask Helen?

2.Why did Helen leave without telling the detective?

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3.Why did the waiter call Lenny?

4.Why was the detective surprised when he got to the door of the nightclub?

5.Why couldn’t Lenny get out?

IV. Give the summary of the story on behalf of Lenny Samuel.

I. Indicate the response by True or False.

1.The detective was in a trap. He couldn’t go out of the door and Jo was right behind him.

2.Jo wasn’t afraid that the other people would see them fighting.

3.Lenny lifted his fist and hit on Jo’s chin as hard as he could.

4.The detective ran to the door at the back of the kitchen, opened it and ran out into the dark street.

5.Mr Samuel came to his Chrysler and was about to drive away.

II. Tick the best answer.

1.Lenny ran towards Jo and before Jo knew what he was doing the detective … .

a)started the fight

b)put his arms around him and started dancing

c)started singing

2.Jo and Lenny were right in the middle of the dance floor. Jo was holding … .

a)a gun

b)a revolver

c)a knife

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3.The detective turned round and saw … coming towards him.

a)two policemen

b)two criminals

c)three cooks

4.There was a loud bang that was followed by the scream of pain from one of the cooks, because the tall man had shot him … by mistake.

a)in the foot

b)in the side

c)in the leg

5.The detective was going to drive but he turned around and saw … with his arm raised.

a)a man

b)the tall man

c)a stout man

III. Answer the following questions.

1.Why did people start to stare at Lenny and Jo?

2.Was the detective involved in the fight?

3.What did the fight end with?

4.How did Lenny manage to escape from the club?

5.What happened to Mr Samuel near his car?

IV. Give the summary of the story on behalf of one of the criminals.

15. The Police Station

I. Indicate the response by True or False.

1.Mr Samuel was lying on something hard and there was a bright light on his eyes.

2.Lenny woke up in the hospital.

3.The detective couldn’t recognize the room where he was.

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4.Lenny was sure that the police knew everything.

5.The police had information that there was a big fight at Las Cabanas.

II. Tick the best answer.

1.The detective was in … .

a)an unknown place

b)the police station

c)Elaine Garfield’s flat

2.A police car found Mr Samuel lying … .

a)in the middle of the road

b)on the pavement

c)at the side of the road

3.The police had a telephone call to say that there was a madman in the club. The madman … .

a)killed one of the clients

b)started a fight

c)was breaking up all the furniture

4.There was only one desk in the room and behind the desk was … .

a)the Chief Inspector

b)Sergeant Murphy

c)a policeman

5.Lenny Samuel said that he was about to get into the car and someone hit him … .

a)over the head

b)on the chin

c)in the chest

III. Answer the following questions.

1.How did Mr. Samuel feel?

2.Who was the madman the policeman was talking about?

3.How was Lenny saved?

4.Why didn’t the detective tell the truth?

5.How did the criminals want to kill Lenny Samuel?

IV. Give the summary of the story on behalf of the policeman at the police station.

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I. Indicate the response by True or False.

1.Mr Samuel didn’t try to sound surprised when he heard about the fight.

2.Sergeant Murphy knew why the detective had been at Las Cabanas.

3.Sergeant Murphy said that he would let Samuel go if he told about Las Cabanas and Benny Greep’s murder.

4.The Los Angeles police were going to get information about Elaine Garfield.

5.Lenny left the police station feeling very happy because he was released.

II. Tick the best answer.

1.“I left the night club … .”

a)at twelve sharp

b)just before twelve

c)at about twelve

2.The owner of the nightclub said that Lenny Samuel had attacked and injured … at the club.

a)two of the people

b)three cooks

c)a client

3.Lenny Samuel was informed that he could go to prison … .

a)for 6 months

b)for 3 months

c)for 9 months

4.Sergeant Murphy asked Lenny about … .

a)Helen Garfield’s address in New York

b)the name of his client

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c)Elaine Garfield’s address in Los Angeles

5.Mr. Samuel told the sergeant that … had asked the detective to find out information about Las Cabanas.

a)Elaine Garfield

b)Helen Garfield

c)Suzy

III. Answer the following questions.

1.What did Sergeant Murphy know about Samuel’s involvement in the

fight?

2.What didn’t seem funny to Lenny?

3.Why were the police interested in Las Cabanas?

4.What did Sergeant Murphy suggest Lenny?

5.What didn’t Lenny tell Sergeant Murphy?

IV. Give the summary of the story on behalf of Sergeant Murphy.

I. Indicate the response by True or False.

1.Mr. Samuel came into his office. It looked just the same.

2.He walked to the table and saw a letter on the table.

3.The detective wanted to check some things Helen Garfield had told him at Las Cabanas.

4.Lenny pretended to be Sergeant Murphy.

5.Mr. Myer knew that Elaine Garfield had a sister.

II. Tick the best answer.

1.Mr. Samuel dialed the number of… .

a)Las Cabanas

b)Myer and Myer

c)the police

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2.Lenny wanted to speak to … .

a)Suzy

b)the Top manager

c)Mr. Myer

3.The detective wanted to get any information connected with … .

a)the girl who was being looked for by the police

b)one of the workers who had broken the law

c)the girl who had got into trouble

4.The boss answered that … .

a)Helen had come to see him the Tuesday before

b)Helen hadn’t come to see him the Tuesday before

c)Helen had come to see him the Thursday before

5.The New York police informed that … .

a)the mentioned person had changed her place of living

b)they had found one girl by the name Helen Garfield

c)there was no such person as Helen Garfield

III. Answer the following questions.

1.Did Samuel clarify the information having spoken to the boss of the company?

2.Who noticed some similarity in the girls’ names?

3.Who was the first to have phoned the detective?

4.Did Lenny get a special order from the police?

5.Why was Mr Samuel worried?

IV. Give the summary of the story on behalf of Mr Myer.

I. Indicate the response by True or False.

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1.The telephone was ringing but Mr Samuel was afraid to answer it.

2.Helen Garfield didn’t insist on Lenny’s coming at once.

3.Mr Samuel found out that Elaine Garfield and Helen Garfield are the same person.

4.The detective managed to persuade Miss Garfield to tell him the whole story.

5.The girl admitted at once that she had pretended to be Helen and began telling the truth.

II. Tick the best answer.

1.The girl wanted Mr Samuel to meet her at … .

a)the “Seventh Mann ”

b)Las Cabanas

c)the “Green Rider”

2.Mr Samuel said that he couldn’t meet her because … .

a)he was going to leave the office

b)he was busy

c)he was expecting visitors

3.Helen Garfield was sitting at a table … .

a)near the window

b)in the corner

c)in the middle of the hall

4.Samuel talked to the girl and … .

a)became very angry with her

b)accused her of telling lies

c)reminded her of being late

5.Elaine had to tell the truth because she didn’t want… .

a)to be taken to the police

b)to meet with the two criminals

c)to get into trouble

III. Answer the following questions.

1.Why was Mr Samuel very excited?

2.What did he decide to do having received the telephone calls?

3.What did Lenny say to Helen Garfield in the cafe?

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4.Was Mr. Samuel in danger?

5.Was he able to help the girl?

IV. Give the summary of the story on behalf of Miss Garfield.

I. Indicate the response by True or False.

1.Mr Samuel wanted Elaine to tell him about Benny Greep.

2.Elaine used to go to Las Cabanas very often and the young man and the girl talked to each other a lot.

3.Elaine admitted that she had seen a red-haired man and a tall man regularly in the club.

4.Benny Greep didn’t know any information about criminals in Las Ca-

banas.

5.The girl didn’t want to tell the detective anything about the jewels.

II. Tick the best answer.

1.Suzy Graham and Elaine Garfield used to … .

a)go out dancing together

b)go to the disco

c)go to the sports centre

2.Spending a lot of time in Las Cabanas Elaine … .

a)didn’t notice anything unusual

b)noticed everything happening in the nightclub

c)watched the band playing

3.One night one of the men was sitting close to the girl and she could see into the bag. The bag was full of … .

a)old banknotes

b)diamonds and jewellery

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