OXFORD BOOKWORMS COMPREHENSION TEST

Stage 2
Voodoo Island

1 Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)? 4 Fill in the gaps in the following dialogue.
a ___ Karen was writing a book about What do Kee and the young men say?
voodoo. Kee Good afternoon.
b ___ Conway and Kee were good friends. Men Good afternoon.
c ___ Kee knew a lot about voodoo. Kee What .............................. here?
d ___ Conway wanted a big house with Man We work for Conway Construction.
many rooms. We’ .............................. some shops
e ___ Conway wanted to build very slowly on here, and a big hotel.
the graveyard. Kee What? You .............................. do that
f ___ Kee’s grandmother’s grave was in here. This is a graveyard.
the graveyard. You .................. houses and shops in a
g ___ Kee lived in Port au Prince. graveyard. .............................. a very
h ___ Conway saw a snake in his dream. important place.
i ___ Conway saw Kee in his dream.
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j ___ Kee wanted to help Conway in
the hospital. 5 Write a short summary of the story. (Why
10 marks is Conway in the hospital? What do the
nurses think? Is Conway a bad man? Is
2 Put the following events in the story in Kee a good man? etc.).
the right order. Number them 1–5. ………………………………………..………………
a ___ Kee visited Conway in his office. ………………………………………..………………
b ___ Kee went to the hospital. ………………………………………..………………
c ___ Conway arrived in Haiti. ………………………………………..………………
d ___ Kee took Karen to the graveyard. ………………………………………..………………
e ___ Jacques Remy would help Conway to ………………………………………..………………
try to buy the graveyard. ………………………………………..………………
………………………………………..………………
20 marks
30 marks
3 Match a number from A with a letter from
B to make complete sentences. Total marks
A
1 ___ Karen worked in the big hospital in Port
au Prince ...
2 ___ Soon after Conway started to work ...
3 ___ Karen went to see Kee again ...
4 ___ Then Kee saw two young men ...
5 ___ Conway’s business was very
successful in Haiti, ...

B
a but there was one small problem.
b and she was doing some work for her book.
c because someone in the hospital was
very ill.
d an old man came into the office.
e who were carrying lots of papers.
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Voodoo Island

1
a T
b F
c T
d T
e F
f F
g F
h T
i F
j F

2
a 4
b 5
c 1
d 3
e 2

3
1 b
2 d
3 c
4 e
5 a

4
a are you doing
b ’re building
c can’t
d can’t build
e It’s

5
Possible content for students’ answers:
Conway is in the hospital as he has gone mad
because of his bad dreams. The nurses think his
illness is because of voodoo, which is true.
Conway was only interested in his business and
he didn’t care about anyone else. Kee was only
angry because Conway lied to him and that was
why he used voodoo. Basically he is a good
man.

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OXFORD BOOKWORMS MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST
Stage 2
Voodoo Island

SETTING
9 To many people in Haiti, Baron Samedi
Choose the best answer. is _____.
a  funny
1 The story happens in _____.
b  strange
a  America
c  frightening
b  France
d  friendly
c  England
d  Haiti 10 Kee is _____.
a  young and poor
2 James Conway has a _____ company.
b  old and rich
a  construction
c  young and rich
b  television
d  old and poor
c  computer
d  tourism 20 marks

3 Conway comes to Haiti _____.

a  for a holiday CHARACTERS
b  to build houses
Choose the best answer.
c  to get married
d  to visit a friend 11 When Karen first meets Conway, she thinks
he _____.
4 Karen Jackson is a _____ at Harvard a  is an important man
University. b  looks frightening
a  student c  doesn’t listen to people
b  teacher d  is funny
c  photographer
d  secretary 12 Karen is _____ about voodoo.
a  writing a book
5 Karen _____ voodoo. b  making a film
a  wants to understand c  making a TV programme
b  doesn’t believe in d  making a radio programme
c  isn’t interested in
d  doesn’t like 13 Kee says that he tries to help _____ people.
a  Haitian
6 Kee lives in _____. b  good
a  a big house in Port au Prince c  American
b  a hotel d  poor
c  a small house in a village
d  a hospital 14 Kee was _____ years old when his
grandfather died.
7 When Conway’s aeroplane arrives, a  12
Kee _____. b  22
a  doesn’t see it c  2
b  goes to the airport d  42
c  is happy
d  feels danger 15 Kee tells Conway that he mustn’t _____ the
graveyard.
8 In Haiti, a ‘houngan’ is someone who knows a  build on
about _____. b  take photographs of
a  construction c  talk about
b  voodoo d  visit
c  gardens
d  aeroplanes

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Stage 2
Voodoo Island

16 Conway thinks Kee is _____. 23 ‘How can these people be so stupid?’

a  clever a  Conway’s secretary
b  rich b  Karen
c  interesting c  Kee
d  mad d  Conway
17 Conway tells _____ that he doesn’t want to 24 ‘What piece of land do you want?’
see Kee again. a  Jacques Remy
a  his secretary b  Kee
b  Karen c  Baron Samedi
c  his wife d  Karen
d  his friends
25 ‘People were good and kind. But everything
18 After meeting Kee, Conway dreams about is different now.’
the _____ from the graveyard. a  Karen
a  dogs b  Jacques Remy
b  spirits c  Conway
c  birds d  Kee
d  stones
26 ‘You can always find good people if you look
19 The second time Karen visits Kee, she for them.’
wants his help with _____. a  Conway
a  her garden b  Baron Samedi
b  a building c  Karen
c  a sick man d  Jacques Remy
d  a lorry
27 ‘I don’t know who he is. He’s an old man.’
20 In hospital, Conway screams every time he a  Karen
hears _____. b  Conway’s secretary
a  a car c  Jacques Remy
b  a bell d  Kee
c  an aeroplane
28 ‘Spirit of the wind, spirit of the rain, help me,
d  a dog
help me.’
20 marks a  Conway
b  Kee
DIALOGUE c  Conway’s secretary
d  Karen
Who said this?
29 ‘He’s mad, and we don’t know why.’
21 ‘The land is very cheap here.’ a  Jacques Remy
a  Karen b  Conway’s secretary
b  Conway’s secretary c  Karen
c  Kee d  Kee
d  Conway
30 ‘I am Kee’s grandfather!’
22 ‘Someone bad is coming.’ a  Jacques Remy
a  Kee b  Baron Samedi
b  Conway c  Pierre
c  Baron Samedi d  Conway
d  Karen
20 marks

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Voodoo Island

VOCABULARY 39 a place next to your house where you can

grow flowers and trees
Choose the best answer. a  steps
31 drawing of a place that shows roads, b  park
houses, rivers etc. c  beach
a  page d  garden
b  picture
40 a group of people who work together to
c  map
make money
d  paper
a  class
32 not sleeping b  church
a  awake c  company
b  sitting d  university
c  around
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d  lying
33 windows are made of this
PLOT
a  wood
b  glass Choose the best answer.
c  concrete 41 Conway talks to Jacques Remy because he
d  metal wants to buy _____.
34 this tells people what they must and must a  some land
not do b  a car
a  secret c  some trees
b  book d  a house
c  magic 42 Karen starts working at a _____ in Port au
d  law Prince.
35 to shout very loudly, when you are a  university
frightened b  shop
a  laugh c  hospital
b  scream d  hotel
c  talk 43 People say that _____ is a very good and
d  call strong houngan.
36 a long thin animal without legs a  Baron Samedi
a  stick b  Conway
b  cat c  Karen
c  dog d  Kee
d  snake 44 Kee shows Karen his _____ grave.
37 this tells you where a person lives a  brother’s
a  street b  grandfather’s
b  name c  mother’s
c  address d  father’s
d  line 45 Kee doesn’t like the new world because
38 to see pictures in your mind when you people think about _____ too much.
are sleeping a  families
a  dream b  friends
b  speak c  money
c  watch d  homes
d  think

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46 Conway tells Kee that he wants to live in a

place with _____.
a  a lot of rooms
b  a swimming pool
c  a big television
d  a lot of children
47 Kee is angry because Conway starts
building _____.
a  in Port au Prince
b  on a graveyard
c  near a hospital
d  on his garden
48 Kee draws a circle round _____ in
his garden.
a  a tree
b  a doll
c  a fire
d  a stone
49 Conway has terrible dreams and sees the
face of _____.
a  Kee
b  Karen
c  Baron Samedi
d  Jacques Remy
50 In the end, Conway _____.
a  goes back to America
b  dies
c  marries Karen
d  is mad
20 marks

Total marks

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OXFORD BOOKWORMS MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST ANSWERS
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Voodoo Island

SETTING PLOT
1 d 41 a
2 a 42 c
3 b 43 d
4 b 44 b
5 a 45 c
6 c 46 a
7 d 47 b
8 b 48 c
9 c 49 c
10 d 50 d

CHARACTERS
11 c
12 a
13 b
14 a
15 a
16 d
17 a
18 b
19 c
20 b

DIALOGUE
21 d
22 a
23 d
24 a
25 d
26 c
27 b
28 b
29 c
30 b

VOCABULARY
31 c
32 a
33 b
34 d
35 b
36 d
37 c
38 a
39 d
40 c

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OXFORD BOOKWORMS BOOK ACTIVITY ANSWERS
Stage 2
Voodoo Island

BEFORE READING 2 Kee said, ‘You mustn’t build on the graveyard.

It’s a very important place.’
Activity 1 3 When Kee left, Conway remembered the face in
Encourage students to use the glossary for Karen’s book, and he felt frightened.
help. 4 Conway sent Kee away because he thought Kee
1 dangerous was mad.
2 spirit, voodoo
Chapter 7
3 hurt
4 afraid Conway wants to live in a big house with lots of
rooms. He wants lots of people to clean the
rooms and bring him food. He wants to have
Activity 2
a lot of money in the bank, and he doesn’t
1 Kee want to work.
2 Conway
3 Kee
4 Conway Before Reading Chapters 8 and 9
Encourage speculation. Do not give students
the answers now. They will find out as
WHILE READING
they read that the ‘yes’ answers are 1, 3,
Chapters 1 and 2 4 and 5.
1 James Conway Chapter 8
2 Karen Jackson
1 Construction workers, to Kee
3 Baron Samedi
2 Kee, to the spirits of the wind and the rain
4 Kee
3 Marie, to Conway (in Conway’s dream)
4 Baron Samedi, to Conway (in Conway’s
Chapter 3 dream)
1+7 After nine months in Haiti, Conway was 5 Conway, to himself (in his dream)
happy because he was making a lot of
money. Chapter 9
2+5 The first houses in the new town were
1 It was quiet again.
finished, and now he needed some more
2 To ask for his help about a sick man in the
land.
hospital.
3+8 He wanted to build on the hill to the west of
3 Conway, because he was mad.
the town, but there was an old graveyard
4 He screamed.
on it.
5 He was like that because of voodoo.
4+6 He knew this was a problem, so he called
6 Because Conway had all the things that he
his business friend Jacques Remy.
wanted.

Chapters 4 and 5
1 F Kee was unhappy about all the building
work.
2 F Karen came to ask Kee about voodoo.
3
4 F Karen knew the name ‘Baron Samedi’.
5 T

Chapters 6 and 7
1 Kee went to see Conway because he was angry.

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Stage 2
Voodoo Island
AFTER READING
Activity 1
 Kee is a poor man who comes from
Haiti. He is a houngan, and he knows all
about spirits. He doesn’t understand
business, but he understands about
people. Kee is a kind man, and he
always listens to other people.
 Conway is a rich man who comes from
America. He is a businessman, and he
knows all about money. He doesn’t
understand voodoo, and he doesn’t
understand about people. Conway is not a
kind man, and he never listens to other
people.
Activity 2
The correct order is: 4, 5, 7, 3, 8, 1, 6, 2
Suggested linking:
One day Conway did not arrive at work. His
secretary Marie rang him at home, but
nobody answered the telephone. Then she
drove to Conway’s house. She heard screaming
from inside the house, so she called the police
and an ambulance. The policemen broke
open the door and the ambulance took
Conway to hospital.
Activity 3
The picture goes on page 28.
1 At the graveyard.
2 Because Conway’s men have started building
there.
3 Because they think he is a stupid old man.
Lines from the text would make suitable
captions, for example:
 ‘What’s happening?’ said Kee. ‘Why are
you building here in the graveyard?’
 When Kee saw what was happening,
he became terribly angry.
Or students might like to invent something,
for example:
 ‘The spirit of Baron Samedi will be
very angry about this,’ Kee thought.
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Activity 4
Possible answers:
Karen: Was Mr Conway unwell at work
yesterday?
Marie: No, doctor, he was fine. But in the
afternoon a strange old man came to see
him and Mr Conway was very angry about
it.
Karen: Why was Mr Conway angry? What
happened?
Marie: I don’t really know. But when the old man
left, Mr Conway shouted at me on the
telephone and said that the old man was
mad.
Karen: Mad? What did they talk about? Do you
know?
Marie: Mr Conway said that the old man was
talking about voodoo and about giving him
a lot of money.
Karen: Voodoo! Why voodoo? What happened
next?
Marie: Mr Conway spoke to Pierre and Henri
on the telephone and told them to start
building the shops on the old graveyard.
Karen: The old graveyard? Was the old man’s
name Kee?
Marie: Yes, it was. But why is he important?
Karen: Because he’s a houngan. I think I
understand now.
Marie: Understand what? And what’s the matter
with Mr Conway?
Karen: Mr Conway is sick because Kee has
used voodoo against him. And I’m afraid we
can’t help him.
Marie: Voodoo? You don’t believe in all that, do
you, doctor? No, I know what’s wrong with
him – he works too hard and drinks too
much, that’s all.
Activity 5
Encourage students to suggest other
epilogues. Possible sentence
combinations are:
 If Conway gets better, he will go back
to work . . . and he will try to build on
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Voodoo Island

the graveyard again / but he will have

bad dreams all his life / but he will be a
nicer person.
 If Conway doesn’t get better, he will
never leave hospital . . . but another
person will build on the graveyard / and
the spirits in the graveyard will be
happy / and he will die as a mad old
man.

Activity 6
Open answers.

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