A LITTLE TROUBLE IN AMSTERDAM – Richard Mac Andrew TEENS 3

Student: ______________________________

A) People in the story. Match.

1. Mary Lawson.
2. Andy Lawson,
3. Ellen Lawson.
4. Peter van Noordwyk.
5. Jake.
6. Os.
7. Inspector Kompier.

a. Andy and Mary’s mother.______

b. a Dutch police officer. ______
c. fourteen-year-old boy, Mary’s twin brother. ______
d. a robber. ______
e. a robber. ______
f. fourteen-year-old girl, Andy’s twin sister. ______
g. a Dutch businessman. ______

Chapter 1: The empty house.

A) Answer.

1. Why is Andy in a hurry? What time were they supposed to get to their hotel?
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2. What did Mary want to do? Did Andy agree? Could he believe what Mary had done?
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3. What were they doing that evening?

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4. What did the room look like? What did Mary want to see inside?
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5, What happened when they were trying to go out? What did Andy do?
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6. How is Amsterdam described in the book?

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7. What did the men do? (DESCRIBE)

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8. What were the men’s names? Was their English good?

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9. What did the men do? (DESCRIBE)

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Chapter 2: Mum, we’ve got something to tell you.

A) True or false? Correct the false ones (as complete as possible)

1. The room at Mary and Andy’s hotel is small.

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2. Their mum was at the room.

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3. Andy had short red hair and blue eyes.

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4. Their father came in the room.

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5. Ellen Lawson was carrying a big coat.

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6. Mary sounded worried.

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7. Ellen had gotten talking to David.

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8. Peter van Noodwyk was tall, he had black hair.

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9. He talked to Mary and Andy about their holidays over dinner.

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10. Peter invited them to go out on his boat. They accepted.

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11. Mary and Andy’s father was in California on business and their mother was working in Amsterdam.

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12: Next morning they heard some news about a robbery that had occurred the day before. (EXPLAIN)

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Chapter 3: Going to the police.

A) Write a summary of chapter 3. Pay attention to tenses and punctuation.

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Chapter 4: Looking for the painting.

A) Complete the sentences.

1. It was _______________ in the afternoon. Ellen Lawson was at _______________.

2. Ellen _______________ Mary and Andy were at _______________.

3. Mary and Andy _______________ Lijnbaansgracht.

4. They were _______________ in the house. They were going to go in through the _______________.

5. There were ______________________________. (Description of furniture)

6. Mary saw the picture of a dog. She was about to put the photo back in the cupboard, when _______________.

7. Mary was pulling the bookcase and it _______________ like a _______________. In the cupboard was the “thing” they
were _______________. That “thing” was the _______________ they were looking for.

8. They heard a _______________ from downstairs. Mary put the cloth back over the _______________.

9. They heard Os’ voice. He said that someone had _______________ there. Jake _______________into the
_______________ and saw the _______________.

10, Mary and Andy tried to escape but Os _______________ into the room.

Chapter 5: The room at the top of the house.

A. Answer.

1) What did Mary and Andy tell Os when he asked what were they doing there?

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2) Who did Jake and Os need to ask what to do with the twins?
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3) What did Andy think he could be able to do? Could he do that in the end? Why?

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4) Did Jake answer Andy when he asked him where he was from?

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5) Where did Jake and Os take them? (DESCRIBE) Could they get out of there?

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6) What did Andy and Mary think they could do? (DESCRIBE) Was it a good idea? Why?

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7) Did they get their phones back before leaving the place? Who were they going to talk to?

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Chapter 6: Kompier doesn’t want to know.

A) Write a summary of chapter 6. Pay attention to tenses and punctuation.

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Chapter 7: Meeting Peter van Noordwyk again.

A) True or false? Correct the false ones (as complete as possible)

1) Mary and Andy arrived at Peter’s office at 5 o’clock,

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2) Van Noordwyk’s offices were at floors 8 to 10.

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3) The twins knew in which floor their mother was.

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4) While the twins were waiting the doors of the lift opened and out of it came Jake and Os.
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5) Os and Jake pushed the twins into the lift and took them upstairs.
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6) Behind the office’s desk was… a police officer.

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7) Andy didn’t tell Van Noordwyk that they had already been to the police.
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8) Peter had a conversation with the twin’s mother and he knew the police hadn’t found anything in the house on the
Lijnbaansgracht.
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9) The painting was still at the house.

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10) If the police believed Andy and Mary, Peter wouldn’t have any problem.
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11) Their mother was at the building’s library.

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12) They were all going to go to a restaurant to talk.

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Chapter 8: Catching the robbers.

A) Write a summary of chapter 8. Pay attention to tenses and punctuation.

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