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It was a foggy November night in the year 1775. Four tired horses were
pulling a coach up Shooter’s Hill. Their destination was Dover. The
passengers were walking beside the coach, on the muddy street, to make it
easier for the horses to pull the coach.
All of a sudden, they heard a horse galloping. The coachman took out his
gun and shouted,
“Stop! Or I will shoot!”
“I want a passenger!” replied the stranger.
“What passenger?”
“Mr Javis Lorry, the banker.”
Mr Lorry, one of the passengers beside the coach shouted, “What is it Jerry?”
He then turned at the coachman and told him that it was alright, as he knew
the man.
“I have got a message for you,” Jerry told Mr Lorry. He then gave him a piece
of paper, it read:
Wait
at Dover
for
Mam’selle
In a dark room, lit only by two candles, Mr Lorry met Mams’elle. Her name was
Lucie. She was a seventeen year old, pretty young lady. Her hair was golden and her
eyes blue. She had thought that her father was dead. But Mr Lorry had met her to tell
her they had found him. He had been in a prison in Paris, but was now free.
Adapted from ‘A Tale of two cities’
Choose the answer that best fits
1. This story happened in
a) Autumn
b) Winter
c) Summer
2. The coachman took out his gun because he thought the stranger was
a) a soldier
b) a thief
c) Mr Lorry’s friend
3. The messenger’s name was
a) Lucie
b) Javis
c) Jerry
4. The room was dark because
a) the curtains were closed
b) it was lit by only 2 candles
c) it was a foggy night
Say if the following are True or False
5. They were travelling downhill when the stranger stopped them. ______
6. It hadn’t rained for days. ______
7. Lucie wasn’t an orphan. ______
Using full sentences, answer the following questions
8. Why weren’t the passengers on the coach?
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9. Whom did the stranger want?
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10. What was written on the paper, Mr Lorry was given?
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11. Who was ‘Mam’selle’? (Write down her name and a brief description of her
appearance)
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12. Match the words from the passage to their meaning
destination
answered
passengers
the place were someone is going
muddy
running at full speed
galloping
people travelling on a coach, car, aeroplane or ship
replied
full of mud