Reading Comprehension Test--The Black Cat and Other Stories (3/3)
Penguin Readers


The Mask of the Red Deaths
(1) The Red Death was ___.

　　 (A) a disease that took about 60 minutes to kill you
　　 (B) a disease that killed you in about 90 minutes
　　 (C) a disease that killed you immediately
　　 (D) a disease that took about 30 minutes to kill you
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(2) If you met someone with the Red Death ___.

　　 (A) you could see it immediately
　　 (B) you would automatically contract it
　　 (C) you knew they would be sick for a long time
　　 (D) you almost always could help them in time
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(3) Prince Prospero tried to escape the Red death by ___.

　　 (A) not allowing any of his friends to see him
　　 (B) taking his friends with him into the country
　　 (C) checking his happy friends before he talk with them
　　 (D) hiding alone inside is favourite house
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(4) The prince made sure that no one could come or go from his house by ___.

　　 (A) making a lake in front of the only door
　　 (B) tossing the only key to the door in a lake
　　 (C) throwing the key to one of the doors away
　　 (D) shutting the door to his house and hiding the key
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(5) The prince could stay in the house ___.

　　 (A) at the most Two years
　　 (B) at least Six months
　　 (C) at least One year
　　 (D) forever
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(6) The prince had a party for ___ friends.

　　 (A) 1000
　　 (B) 100
　　 (C) 10,000
　　 (D) 100,000
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(7) The prince had the party in the part of his house ___.

　　 (A) that was most important to the guests
　　 (B) that was used to house his most common guests
　　 (C) that most people get to use when come to the important house
　　 (D) that mostly was used by the most famous guests
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(8) If someone stood in one of the seven rooms the prince had his party, ___.

　　 (A) he would be able to see a person at the furthest of the seven rooms
　　 (B) he could walk straight through all of the rooms
　　 (C) he would not be able to see someone at the entrance two rooms over
　　 (D) he could see the entrance of all of the room at the same time
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(9) The rooms where the prince had his party ___.

　　 (A) were lit by the natural lighting of the sun
　　 (B) were lit by lights of all the same colour
　　 (C) were lit by the brightness of the furniture
　　 (D) were lit by a light outside all of the windows
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(10) In the room on the furthest west side, the lighting ___.

　　 (A) made people look like wild animals
　　 (B) made most people not want to go in
　　 (C) made people only put one foot inside
　　 (D) made the faces of people look bloody
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(11) When the clock in the black room rang, ___.

　　 (A) all the people began to dance
　　 (B) nobody listened to the musical sound
　　 (C) it captured everyone’s attention
　　 (D) all the people put their hands on their heads
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(12) After each hour, ___.

　　 (A) the musicians promised they wouldn’t stop when the clock rang next
　　 (B) the musicians said they wouldn’t play the clock’s music the next time
　　 (C) the musicians told everyone to stop listening to their music and clock
　　 (D) the musicians said they would have to promise not to play the clock music
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(13) The costumes everyone wore to the party ___.

　　 (A) were picked out by the prince
　　 (B) were all very horrible
　　 (C) were like a dream of an angry man
　　 (D) were chosen by each person
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(14) When a tall masked man began to walk among the people at the party, ___.

　　 (A) people thought it was the prince’s funny joke
　　 (B) most became aggravated and afraid
　　 (C) he was found to be scary but funny
　　 (D) he became angry and frightened the people
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(15) The tall man’s mask ___.

　　 (A) made people think he was dying
　　 (B) made people think of the plague that hit the area
　　 (C) made people think they were going to die soon
　　 (D) made people think he was the prince’s enemy
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(16) When the masked man began to walk toward the prince, ___.

　　 (A) nobody wanted him to stop
　　 (B) everyone wanted to stop him
　　 (C) no guest would leave the walls
　　 (D) no one wanted to get way from him
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(17) The prince chased the masked man because ___.

　　 (A) he wanted the guests to kill him
　　 (B) he didn’t want him to kill the guests
　　 (C) he wanted to stab him with a knife
　　 (D) he didn’t want him to see the black room
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(18) The prince died because ___.

　　 (A) he had been stabbed with a knife
　　 (B) he stabbed himself with a knife
　　 (C) he was scared to death
　　 (D) he had contracted the plague
(18)
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(19) When the dancers caught the masked man, ___.

　　 (A) he had disappeared
　　 (B) he fell to the floor
　　 (C) nobody could find his clothing
　　 (D) nobody could stop him
(19)
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(20) Once everyone knew what had happened, ___.

　　 (A) they all began to kill each other with the bloody knife as the time passed by
　　 (B) everyone started to run from person who brought the Red Death
　　 (C) everyone attempted to escape the black room without being infected
　　 (D) they all had the same experience as the common people in the land
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(21) The main idea of “The Red Mask of Death” is ___.

　　 (A) common people are safer than nobility
　　 (B) life is like a costume party
　　 (C) even powerful people cannot escape death
　　 (D) rich people are more powerful than poor people
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(22) What is the common theme in all of the short stories in “The Black Cat and Other Stories?”

　　 (A) They all involve a crazy main character
　　 (B) They all involve wealthy people
　　 (C) They all involve a man/woman relationship
　　 (D) They all involve sickness
(22)
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