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Stage 5
Ghost Stories/ Smee Liceo Altos del Mackay, Coyhaique

DATE:______________________________________________

GRADE: 4th SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

SUBJECT: ENGLISH

STUDENT´S NAME:__________________________________________________________

INSTRUCTIONS:

LISTEN CAREFULLY TO YOUR TEACHER´S INSTRUCTIONS

YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO TALK DURING THE TEST

THINK CAREFULLY YOUR ANSWERS TO AVOID THE USE OF WITE- OUT

TURN YOUR TEST OVER ONCE YOU ARE DONE WITH IT. REMAIN SILENT!

Book: Ghost Stories retold by Rosemary Border

Smee by A.M. Burrage

ITEM TYPE OF ITEM QUANTITY OF SCORE

EXERCISES

I CLOZE 10 10

II OPEN-ENDED QUESTION 2 2

III MULTIPLE CHOICE 8 8

IV TRUE OR FALSE 10 10

V ORDER EVENTS 10 10

TOTAL 40

STUDENT´S SCORE:____________________ REQUIREMENT LEVEL:60%

MARK:_________________________
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I. Fill in the gaps in the instructions for the game Smee using: (1 point each)

challenges, lights, blank, players, same, sheet, finds, hides, written, continue.

Every player is given a 1............................ of paper. The sheets are 2...................... except one which has
Smee 3............................... on it. Nobody else knows who Smee is. When the 4.............................. are off
Smee leaves and 5.......................................... . The other players look for Smee. When one player
6........................................ another, he or she says, ‘Smee!’ The other person replies, ‘Smee!’ and they 7
......................................... searching. The real Smee must not answer when someone
8..................................... . The second player stays with Smee. This continues until all the
9..................................... are in the 10....................................... place.

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II. Complete the following sentences with information from the story SMEE (2 points )

Brenda Ford broke her neck playing hide and seek

because .........................................................................................................................................................
........................................................................................................................................................................
...............

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III. Choose the best answer.

(8 points
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Who said or wrote this?
1 In the game of ‘Smee’ you have to _____ 5 ‘No, I’m sorry. I won’t play hide and
in a dark house. seek.’
a play cards a Violet Sangston
b answer questions b Jackson
c find people c Mrs Gorman
d chase people d Brenda Ford
2 Jackson sits behind a _____ with Mrs 6 ‘… nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen.

Gorman for a long time. That’s silly – there’s one too many!’
a table a Jack Sangston

b curtain b Jackson
c wardrobe c Mrs Gorman

d door d Brenda Ford

3 When Jackson arrives at the Sangstons, 7 The people who are playing ‘Smee’ start

he doesn’t learn the name of _____. to feel that there _____.

a a thin, shy boy a are not enough players

b a small, talkative man b is an extra player

c a tall, handsome girl c are two extra players

d a quiet, older woman d are three extra players

4 Brenda Ford died because she fell _____ 8 The young woman next to Jackson says

when playing hide and seek. her name is _____.

a onto a knife a Violet Sangston

b into the fire b Mrs Fernley

c out of the window c Mrs Gorman

d down the stairs d Brenda For

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IV. Answer True or False.(10 points)

1.________Jackson spent a Christmas Eve in an old house in Surrey, where his cousins the Sangstons
lived.

2.________There were 14 people that night: Violet Sangston, Jack Sangston, their son Reggie, Mrs
Gorman, Captain Ransome, a tall dark-haired girl, and others.

3.________After dinner, they decided to play “Smee.”

4.________Jack warned them to be careful with stairs because a girl had fallen down the back stairs
on the first floor 15 years before and she had broken her neck.

5.________They played 3 times: Smee

6._________ Reggie had touched somebody's hand in the clothes cupboard but after a while he had
turned on his electric torch and realized there was nobody.

7.________ Jackson bumped into human knees behind the curtains and touched a woman's hair.

8.________ Mrs Gorman arrived. After talking to Jackson, she touched a woman's silk dress. Mrs
Gorman confessed she wasn't enjoying the game and that she felt there was an extra player.

9.________Smee came to the curtain, and said he was Smee and that everyone had been waiting for
them.

10. _______Jack accused Jackson of having an affair with Mrs Gorman. Jackson replied Brenda Ford
was with them behind the curtain.

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V. Order the events according to the story we just read from 1 to 10 (10 points).

……………..After dinner, they decided to play “Smee.” Jack warned them to be careful with stairs
because a girl had fallen down the back stairs on the first floor 10 years before and she had broken her
neck.

……………..Jack accused Jackson of having an affair with Mrs Gorman. Jackson replied Brenda Ford
was with them behind the curtain.

…………….Jackson spent a Christmas Eve in an old house in Surrey, where his cousins the Sangstons
lived.

……………...There were 12 people that night: Violet Sangston, Jack Sangston, their son Reggie, Mrs
Gorman, Captain Ransome, a tall dark-haired girl, and others.

………. ……Then, Mrs Gorman arrived. After talking to Jackson, she touched a woman's silk dress.
Mrs Gorman confessed she wasn't enjoying the game and that she felt there was an extra player.

…………….They played 3 times: Smee was on the stairs and they all met there in the end. Jack lit a
match and counted to make sure everyone was there. The first time, he counted 13. He lit another
match and counted 13 again. Reggie switched his electric torch and counted 12.

…………... Jackson bumped into human knees behind the curtains and touched a woman's arm. He
thought she was Smee so he stayed there and asked her name. She answered “Brenda Ford.” He
thought she was the tall dark-haired girl. For some reason, he started feeling nervous.

…………… Jackson was Smee. The game finished and Reggie told Jackson a scary incident in the first
game. Reggie had touched somebody's hand in the clothes cupboard but after a while he had turned
on his electric torch and realized there was nobody.

…………...Smee came to the curtain, and said he was Smee and that everyone had been waiting for
them.

…………..Jack told him to stop lying. Brenda Ford was the name of the dead girl.
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