(1) When the stranger got into town, he wanted the most to ___.
(A) find a coach and some horses
(B) relax and take off his winter clothes
(C) shake all the snow off of his clothes
(D) find a place to get warm and sleep
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(2) Mrs. Hall was happy to have the stranger as a guest because ___.
(A) she thought the man looked interesting to talk to
(B) she didn’t get many guests at that time of the year
(C) she thought the man would tell her what her fortune was
(D) she was lonely because it was cold and snowy outside
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(3) When he first arrived, Mrs. Hall probably thought her new guest was
a little strange because ___.
(A) he wouldn’t let her take his coat and hat to dry
(B) he stared at her too long when she was talking to him
(C) he had a long bushy beard that covered his face
(D) he was wearing a long coat and a hat when he was outside
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(4) At the time that Mrs. Hall took the stranger’s coat, she was shocked
because ___.
(A) the man held a napkin over his face while he was talking
(B) the man’s head was wrapped with a cloth bandage
(C) the man had a shinny, pink nose
(D) the man raised his head and looked at her in the face
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(5) After Mrs. Hall saw the stranger’s face the first evening, ___.
(A) she probably became more afraid of him
(B) she most likely didn’t want to see him anymore
(C) she probably thought he had had an injury
(D) she most likely wanted to see it again
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(6) When Mrs. Hall was trying to get the stranger to talk about his face,
___.
(A) she talked about a man who died while carrying heavy things
(B) she talked about when she was injured by a scythe on the farm
(C) she talked about how her husband almost died when his carriage turned
over
(D) she talked about how long it took her nephew to recover from an accident
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(7) When Mrs. Hall was about to directly ask the stranger about his head,
___.
(A) he changed the subject by asking her for some matches
(B) he told her to get out of the room right away
(C) he told her he didn’t like talking about what happened to him
(D) he changed the subject by asking her for a pipe to smoke
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CHAPTER 2 |
(8) As Mrs. Hall was leading Mr. Henfrey into the parlor to fix the clock,
___.
(A) the stranger noticed that that the clock was not working as it should
(B) she saw that the stranger mouth was just an open hole
(C) Mr. Henfrey was shocked to see how bad the clock looked
(D) the stranger didn’t want to get up to meet Mr. Henfrey
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(9) When Mrs. Hall was about to leave the room, the stranger explained
his situation a little ___.
(A) by telling her that he needed his books for his hobby
(B) by telling her that he needed silence all of the time
(C) by telling her that he was a scientist
(D) by telling her he was in great pain all of the time
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(10) When Mr. Henfrey started to talk about the weather with the stranger,
___.
(A) the stranger helped him finish he job and go
(B) the stranger said he didn’t like the weather
(C) the stranger knew Mr. Henfrey want to be his friend
(D) the stranger knew he was just wasting time
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(11) Because the stranger was bandages up so much, ___.
(A) Mr. Henfrey thought he might be wanted by the police
(B) Mr. Henfrey felt sorry for the stranger in his condition
(C) Mr. Henfrey wanted to spend more time talking to him
(D) Mr. Henfrey went to tell the authorities about the strange man
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(12) When the stranger’s boxes arrive, ___.
(A) he went to pick them up at the carriage center
(B) he went to the Iping village to pick them up
(C) he went with Mr. Hall into town to pick them up
(D) he went to carry them into the inn with Mr. Hall
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(13) After the stranger was bitten by a dog ___.
(A) Hall tried to see him without his gloves and hat
(B) Hall decided thought the stranger was an evil man
(C) Hall helped the stranger
(D) Hall went to check on him
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(14) While Mr. Hall was watching and listening to people talking about
the dog biting incident, ___.
(A) he wouldn’t let himself think he had seen anything unusual inside
the stranger’s room
(B) he was thinking about the strange things he had seen when he tried
to help the stranger
(C) he tried not to let anyone know that he had seen the strange things
in the stranger’s room
(D) he couldn’t forget about unusual thing he had seen while helping the stranger after the dog bite
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(15) When the stranger complained about Mrs. Hall coming into the room
without knocking, ___.
(A) she said she couldn’t knock on the door
(B) he said he needed the door to always be closed
(C) she said he could lock the door
(D) he said she should ask him before knocking on the door
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(16) Because Mrs. Hall complained about the paper in the ground, ___.
(A) the stranger told her to give the paper to Bill
(B) the stranger asked her to pick it up
(C) the stranger told her he would pick it up later
(D) the stranger said he would pay for her trouble
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(17) After his dog bit the stranger in the leg, Mr. Fearenside believed
that ___.
(A) the stranger was a very evil man
(B) the stranger was a ghost
(C) the stranger was not good with dogs
(D) the stranger was partly black
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CHAPTER 4 |
(18) The town’s people of Iping didn’t like the stranger because ___.
(A) he was not a friendly person
(B) he had ugly bandages on his head
(C) he never talked to anyone
(D) he was always breaking bottles
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(19) Boys in the town made jokes about the stranger by ___.
(A) making their clothing look like his when he passed them
(B) walking with their collars up and bandages on their heads
(C) pulling their hats down over their face
(D) trying to walk like he walked when he passed them
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(20) Mrs. Hall didn’t know the stranger’s name because ___.
(A) when he told her, she didn’t hear it right
(B) she never got a name from the stranger
(C) she forgot what the stranger’s name was
(D) the stranger refused to tell her his name
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(21) When the town doctor went to see the stranger, ___.
(A) he couldn’t see the stranger’s invisible arm
(B) he pulled on the stranger’s invisible nose
(C) he thought the stranger was playing a joke
(D) he became angry with the stranger
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(22) A robbery happened in Iping on Whit Monday, which is ___.
(A) an important celebration of the spring season
(B) seven days after Easter
(C) the day after an important Christian holiday
(D) an important celebration for Iping
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(23) Mrs. Bunting was first sure there saw a robber in her house when ___.
(A) she heard the sound of footsteps in the next room
(B) she heard someone sneeze loudly downstairs
(C) she heard the sound of coins being handled
(D) she saw a light in the room where they keep their money
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