Altos del Mackay

Twelfth Grade
Teacher: Dina Casanova P.

READING COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS

BRAT FARRAR by Josephine Tey (Chapters 6-16)
Note for the student: The selection of questions below need to be fully
answered and understood. Test questions are going to be selected from it plus
questions on chapter 1. TEST DATE: Oct. 3rd
I) Read the book from chapter 6 to chapter 9 and write complete
answers for the following questions. Provide as much information as
possible.
1.- Who drove to Guessgate station to bring Patrick back home? What were
Bees worries about Patricks arrival? Was Brat carrying some luggage?
2.- What did the man at the station think about Brat?
3.- What did Eleanor say about Clare school?
4.- Does Brat know that Clare is a school now?
5.- Who does Brat meet then? What is she wearing? How does she react?
6.- Who is Fourposter? Describe the situation involving him and Jane when Brat
arrived to Latchetts.
7.- What was Brats first test?
8.- What did Brat realise about Simon from the servants words? What does she
advice him? (p.32)
9.- What is Simons reaction when he sees Brat?
10.-What does Brat wonder about Simon?
11.- Why is the local newspaper (Westover Times) so interested in Patricks
return?
12.- How does Simon feel when Brat recognizes the wooden horse?
13.- What are Brats thoughts about Simon? (p.37, 38)
14.- What did Brat like about the stables?
15.- Who is Timber?
16.- Who is Sheila Parlow? What is she trying? What does she say about Simon?
17.- What did Timber do that almost crushes Brats leg?
18.- Why is Timber especially dangerous?
II) Read from chapters 10 to 12. Complete the ideas according to what
you understand.
1.- Mr Gates buys ______________________for his daughter.
2.- Brat knows Simon is angry about Peggy because his ______________ changes.
3.- After Simon gets angry, Brat becomes ___________________ about Simons
involvement in Patricks death.
4.- Everyone had thought that Patrick had killed himself
because___________________________
__________________________.
5.- On the day Brat as Patrick turns twenty-one he receives___________________.
6.- Brat decides to raise the Simons and Eleanors monthly ________________.
7.- ________________was the last person to see Patrick alive.
8.- Timbers most dangerous trick is to knock riders off by
_______________________________.

9.- The Bures show serves as a social_______________________________in the

area.
10.- Timber is frightened when a
________________________________________________.
11.- Before the race, ____________forgets to sign his horse in.
12.- Simon changes the fitting on ____________________________while Brat is
gone.(another of Simons tricks)
13.- Brat wins the race by pretending that his horse is ____________________.
III) Choose the correct alternative according to chapters 13 to 15.
1.

Roger gives ___ the silver cup he won.

(A) Eleanor (B) Simon
(C) his child (D) his wife

2.- At the dance Eleanor begins to ________________Brat.

(A) collect insects with (B) become tired of (C) fall in love with
3.- Simon felt _________________telling Brat about the murder.
(A)sorry (B) scared
(C) safe
4.- Brat cannot tell anyone about the crime because_____________________
(A) He was a part of the crime (B) Simon will get all the money (C) his
secret will be found out
5.- Brat decides that the best thing to do is ___.
(A) tell the police that Simon killed Patrick (B) find out how Simon killed Patrick
(C) try to kill Simon as Patrick
6.- Brat figures out how Simon got away with the murder while _____________.
(A) climbing (B) riding
(C) walking
7.- Brat knows that if he makes sure Simon is punished, ___ will also be hurt.
(A) Bee
(B) Justine (C) Timber
8.- Mr. Peck knew from the beginning that Brat was not the real Patrick because
___.
(A) he could see it in Brats eyes
(B) he didnt act like Patrick would have
acted
(C) he had a feeling he had never met him before
9.- Brat wants to know from the Priest ___.
(A) if he thought Simon killed Patrick
(B) if he should turn Simon in
to the police or not
(C) where he should go to find the evidence
10.- Despite their unfriendliness, Simon thinks that he and Brat have ___
together.
(A) a family
(B) a competition (C) an alliance
11.- Brat want to use the rope___________
(A) as a ladder
(B) to do tricks

(C) to catch Simon

12.- Simon arrives at the quarry ___ Brat

(A) with
(B) before

(C) after

13.- When Brat and Simon are fighting at the quarry, _________.
(A) Brat is stabbed
(B) Simon is stabbed
(C)Neither Brat or
Simon are stabbed

IV) Read chapter 16 (The Past and the Future) and answer TRUE or FALSE.
Correct the false ones.
On this chapter we know that.
1._______ Simon is in the hospital. Bee is looking after him and Brat is dead.
2._______ Patricks body has been found.
3._______ George Peck still thinks that Patrick committed suicide.
4._______ Bee has told Eleanor that Brat is not Patrick.
5._______ Eleanor is very angry with Brat.
6._______ Charles Ashby arrives in Westover and recognizes Brat. Brat is
Walters son, Bees cousin.
7._______Simon killed his brother and threw his body into a quarry. He wrote a
suicide note using Patricks stylograph pen.
8.______ Brats mother was a nurse and cook called Mary Woodward. She died
during the war.
9.______ Brats father, Walter abandoned him when he was a baby.
10.______Eleanor plans to marry Brat.
11.______ Bee proposes Brat to come with her to Ireland after he gets better.
V) Vocabulary. What is the English equivalent of these words?
1.- establo:______________________________
2.- criar caballos:______________________________
3.- ensillar:______________________________
4.- galopar:______________________________
5.- cabalgar:______________________________
6.- silla de montar:______________________________
7.- herraduras:______________________________
8. herrero:_____________________________
9.- carrera:______________________________
10.- potrillo:______________________________
11.- criadero de caballos:______________________________