COMPREHENSION
TEST
One Thousand Dollars
and Other Plays
1 Which play do these sentences come from? All that
Money can Buy, One Thousand Dollars, A Night Out
or Two Loaves of Bread
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
j
O. Henry
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b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
j
‘I’ve just come from my Uncle Septimus’s
lawyers.’ ……………
‘Two stale loaves, please.’ ……………
‘The police were the worst.’ ……………
‘There was a codicil to the will.’ ……………
‘I’ll call a taxi to take you home.’ ……………
‘You’ve ruined my work!’ ……………
‘I’ve dropped a ring.’ ……………
‘Would you like a pretty necklace?’
……………
‘Money can’t buy time.’ ……………
‘I save one dollar out of my eighteen.’
……………
20 marks
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h
i
j
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‘On you go, driver!’ ……………
‘Mother doesn’t like waiting.’ ……………
‘Money will do it every time.’ ……………
‘Sorry, sir. But I can’t.’ ……………
‘Wear this ring tonight.’ ……………
‘It was two hours before anybody moved.’
……………
‘I don’t like theatres very much.’ ……………
‘That was a good day’s work.’ ……………
‘It can’t buy me one minute of time.’
……………
‘I got the taxis for five dollars.’ ……………
20 marks
One Thousand Dollars. Who in the play …? Uncle
septimus, Mr Tolman, Bryson, Lotta, Miss Hayden,
Bobby
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
j
Two Loaves of Bread. Are these sentences true (T) or
false (F)?
a Martha is a little in love.
b Martha puts a painting on the wall of
the shop.
c Martha has paint on her hands.
d Blumberger buys two loaves of bread a day.
e Blumberger is poor.
f Martha puts butter in the bread.
g Blumberger likes the bread with butter.
h Blumberger is a painter.
i Blumberger was working on the new
city hospital.
j Martha is happy at the end of the play.
20 marks
3
... works in an office? ……………
... falls and hurts her foot? ……………
... wants money for the room? ……………
... could only love a man who did important
work? ……………
... is Marian’s sister? ……………
... spends eighteen dollars a week?
……………
... spends seventeen dollars a week?
……………
... gives Marian her coat and hat for the
evening? ……………
... is rich, but wears poor clothes? ……………
... is poor, but wears rich clothes?
……………
20 marks
All that Money can Buy. Who said this? Anthony,
Richard, ellen, Miss Lantry, the taxi driver, Kelly
a
b
c
d
e
f
A Night Out. Who in the play …? White, Chandler,
Mrs Black, Marian, Miss Hayden, Marie, sissie
Total marks
... gets ten dollars in the will? ……………
... doesn’t want a thousand dollar necklace?
……………
... does Bobby tell about the will?
……………
... usually spends money carelessly?
……………
... loves Miss Hayden? ……………
... wrote the will? ……………
... writes a note, but tears it up? ……………
... wrote a codicil to the will? ……………
... reads the will? ……………
... lives in Uncle Septimus’s house? ……………
20 marks
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Setting
14 Lotta Lauriere was a _____.
a c dancer b c lawyer c c taxi driver d c architect
15 _____ worked with Mr Tolman.
a c Mr Gillian b c Miss Hayden c c Mr Sharp d c Bryson
16 Chandler worked in _____.
a c a school b c an office c c a restaurant d c a dressmaker’s
17 Jeff White was Chandler’s _____.
a c friend b c brother c c servant d c father
18 _____ worked with Blumberger.
a c Mrs Green b c Martha c c Kelton d c Mrs Green’s friend
19 Blumberger thought Miss Martha’s picture was
_____.
a c poor b c old c c fine d c bad
20 Miss Martha thought Blumberger had _____
eyes.
a c sad b c blue c c green d c kind
Choose the best answer.
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Richard Rockwell paid sixty dollars for his
_____.
a c shoes b c suits c c coat d c wine
Anthony Rockwell could get ten million dollars
in _____ hours.
a c twelve b c ten c c twenty d c twenty-four
Bobby’s uncle wrote the will _____ before he
died.
a c a month or two b c a year or two c c three years d c three weeks
Bobby wanted to ask _____ how to spend the
money.
a c a friend b c his father c c his uncle d c Mr Tolman
Bobby met _____ in a restaurant.
a c Bryson b c Miss Hayden c c Mr Tolman d c Uncle Septimus
Once every _____ weeks, Towers Chandler
dressed like a man with a million dollars.
a c two b c ten c c five d c eight
Chandler _____ one dollar every week.
a c got paid b c spent c c saved d c paid rent of
Blumberger bought bread _____ a week
a c once b c two or three times c c four times d c five times
Miss Martha thought Blumberger was a _____.
a c teacher b c waiter c c servant d c painter
Miss Martha wanted to help Blumberger
because he looked so _____.
a c happy b c sad c c thin d c excited
20 marks
Dialogue
Who said this?
21 ‘There are some things that money can’t do.’
a c Anthony Rockwell b c Richard Rockwell
c c Miss Lantry d c Aunt Ellen
22 ‘We must hurry. Mother doesn’t like waiting.’
a c Miss Lantry b c Aunt Ellen c c Kelly d c Anthony Rockwell
23 ‘Money is nothing when you have true love.’
a c Anthony Rockwell b c Miss Lantry c c Aunt Ellen d c Kelly
24 ‘After spending the thousand dollars, you must
tell me, in writing, how you spent it. Will you
do that?’
a c Miss Hayden b c Bryson c c Bobby d c Mr Tolman
25 ‘Dear old uncle left you some more money. A
thousand dollars. Tolman asked me to bring it
to you. Here it is.’
a c Mr Sharp b c Bryson c c Miss Hayden d c Bobby
26 ‘Mr Gillian, there was a codicil to your uncle’s
will.’
a c Mr Tolman b c Bobby c c Mr Sharp d c Miss Hayden
20 marks
Characters
Choose the best answer.
11 Ellen Rockwell was Anthony’s _____.
a c mother b c daughter c c sister d c wife
12 Miss Lantry was staying in the country at her
_____.
a c mother’s b c sister’s c c brother’s d c aunt’s
13 Miss Hayden was the daughter of _____.
a c Mr Tolman b c Bobby c c one of Uncle
Septimus’s friends d c Uncle Septimus
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One Thousand Dollars and Other Plays
O. Henry
Plot
27 ‘Lovely evening perhaps, but you haven’t paid
me for your room this month. When am I going
to get the money?’
a c Jeff White b c Mrs Black c c Marian d c Sissie
28 ‘My foot! I’ve hurt my foot.’
a c Chandler b c Sissie c c Marian d c Mrs Black
29 ‘What’s wrong with dreaming? Sometimes
dreams come true.’
a c Martha b c Mrs Green c c Mrs Green’s friend d c Blumberger
30 ‘You stupid, stupid woman! Do you know what
you’ve done?’
a c Blumberger b c Kelton c c Mrs Green d c Mrs Green’s friend
41 Richard Rockwell dropped a _____ that
belonged to his mother.
a c necklace b c ring c c book d c shoe
42 The taxi had to stop for two hours on the way
to _____.
a c Richard’s house b c the theatre c c the shops d c Miss Lantry’s house
43 The _____ wanted Kelly to pay them fifty
dollars.
a c police b c taxi drivers c c drivers d c servants
44 Bobby’s uncle left most of his money to _____.
a c the church b c his son c c the hospital d c his friends
45 Bobby told Tolman that he spent the money on
_____.
a c a necklace for Lotta b c a horse c c two bottles of champagne d c Miss Hayden
46 Chandler met Marian _____.
a c in the restaurant b c in church c c in the street d c at his house
47 Chandler told Marian that he _____.
a c was an office worker b c worked in the
dressmaker’s c c was a waiter d c didn’t
work
48 Marian took Marie’s old _____.
a c newspaper b c car c c dress d c hat and coat
49 Blumberger worked for three months on plans
for a new _____.
a c hospital b c shop c c restaurant d c church
50 Blumberger’s plans were _____.
a c not finished b c ruined c c very good d c not good
20 marks
Vocabulary
Choose the best answer.
31 a test in which people try to do better than each
other
a c bet b c competition c c race d c will
32 coloured liquid used for writing, and sometimes
for making pictures or plans
a c codicil b c paint c c ink d c line
33 a long thin mark put on paper with a pen or
pencil
a c painting b c line c c rub out d c bar
34 to hope for something good in the future
a c dream b c crazy c c codicil d c will
35 a kind of narrow table in a shop where you go
to pay for something you buy
a c bar b c competition c c counter d c ruin
36 to spoil or damage something so that it is no
longer any good
a c ruin b c stale c c paint d c rub out
37 a competition to see which horse can run the
fastest
a c bet b c fresh c c race d c ruin
38 a piece of paper that says who will have your
money, house and other things when you die
a c bet b c codicil c c race d c will
39 a place where you can buy and drink alcohol
a c counter b c fresh c c bar d c loaf
40 someone whose job is to plan new buildings
a c lawyer b c architect c c sir d c servant
20 marks
Total marks
20 marks
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