The Dead of Jericho Colin Dexter

1 Who said this in the story ...? Inspector Morse, Anne

Scott, Edward Murdoch, Charles Richards, Celia
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Richards.
a ‘I was silly enough to marry when I was
nineteen ...’ ...............
b ‘What you’re doing is blackmail. But I believe
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what you said in your letter and so I’m going to

pay you one quarter of what you asked
for.’ ...............
c ‘My dear husband didn’t want his normal
secretary ... to know about the police coming
here, so he asked me to be his secretary for
today.’ ...............
d ‘I’m disappointed in you Lewis. If you’re ever
going to be a good detective, you’ll have to
realise that it’s these tiny details that solve cases
in the end.’ ...............
e ‘We wrote the letter together and sent it. But the
next day Michael was taken into hospital, 4 Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)?
and I felt frightened of what we’d done.’ a Morse went to see Anne Scott a few days
............... after he had met her at the party.
b Morse was interested in literature.
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d Celia and Charles Richards were happily
2 Put the following events from the story in the right married.
order. Number them 1–5. e Anne Scott used to work for Charles
a Morse discovered that Conrad Richards was Richards’ company.
pretending to be his brother, Charles. f Charles Richards had a good alibi for the
b Anne Scott killed herself. night of George Jackson’s murder.
c Morse took over the case from Inspector g George Jackson did some repair jobs at
Bell. Anne’s house.
d Morse met Anne Scott at a party. h George Jackson couldn’t write.
e George Jackson was murdered. i Michael Murdoch was Anne Scott’s son.
j Before she died Anne Scott wrote a note to
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Morse.
3 Complete the following sentences with information
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from the story.
a When Morse met Anne Scott at the party ... 5 Why did Anne Scott kill herself?
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b The front door was open and no one seemed to ...........................................................................................
be at home when ... ...........................................................................................
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c Although the blackmail letter had spelling ...........................................................................................
mistakes ... ...........................................................................................
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d Morse was arrested by a policeman when ... ...........................................................................................
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e Edward went to Anne Scott’s house every week 20 marks
because ...
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Setting
Choose the best answer.
1 Morse met Anne Scott for the first time at _____.
a □ Anne’s house b □ a party c □ a police
station d □ Mrs Murdoch’s party
2 He believed that the murderer and victim knew
each other well in _____ of cases.
a □ 30% b □ 50% c □ 10% d □ 60%
3 He decided not to visit Anne for six months
because _____.
a □ she loved someone else b □ she was
married c □ he didn’t trust her d □ he was
recently divorced
4 The houses in Jericho, Oxford, were built _____.
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a □ in a modern style b □ for university
students c □ for workers over 100 years ago
d □ for university professors
5 When Morse arrived at Anne’s house, _____.
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a □ the door was unlocked b □ she was
teaching German c □ the bedroom window
was open d □ he found a key in the door
6 Bell couldn’t understand how Anne had _____.
a □ kicked the chair so far from her b □ been
attracted to Morse c □ earned enough to live
d □ lived in such a small house
7 George Jackson said that he _____.
a □ had never met Anne b □ had done work in
Anne’s house c □ used to be in love with Anne
d □ liked working for different people
8 Walters was worried that ‘E.M.’ might be _____.
a □ Electricity Man b □ Edward Murdoch
c □ a neighbour d □ Morse
9 _____ promised to give Charles Richards an
alibi.
a □ Jennifer Hills b □ A friend c □ Conrad
Richards d □ A colleague
10 The police doctor said that Anne had _____.
a □ been pregnant when she died
b □ definitely been murdered c □ killed herself
by accident d □ been very ill at the time of her
death
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Characters
Choose the best answer.
11 Anne Scott was _____ Morse.
a □ more than ten years younger than
b □ about the same age as c □ ten years older
than d □ two years younger than
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12 Morse liked to listen to _____ in his free time.
a □ Beethoven b □ Oasis c □ Mozart
d □ the Beatles
13 _____ was about fifty and losing his hair.
a □ Charles Richards b □ Morse c □ Lewis
d □ Inspector Bell
14 Celia was sure that Charles _____.
a □ wanted to leave her b □ was a very good
publisher c □ had had many affairs
d □ wasn’t very good with money
15 _____ asked questions slowly and gently.
a □ Morse b □ Lewis c □ Constable Walters
d □ Inspector Bell
16 _____ read Anne Scott’s suicide note to George
Jackson.
a □ Mrs Lewis b □ Mrs Richards
c □ Mrs Briggs d □ Mrs Purvis
17 Lewis and Morse had been working together for
_____.
a □ three months b □ six years
c □ three years d □ six months
18 Conrad Richards lived at _____ Oxford Avenue.
a □ 162 b □ 261 c □ 126 d □ 216
19 _____ wrote the blackmail letter to get money
for drugs.
a □ Conrad and Charles b □ Edward
c □ Jackson d □ Edward and Michael
20 Lewis found _____ in Jackson’s new fishing rod.
a □ Anne’s letter to Morse b □ another
blackmail letter c □ Anne’s letter to Charles
d □ Charles’ reply to Anne
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Dialogue
Who said or wrote this?
21 ‘Cleverest detective I’ve ever met.’
a □ Jackson b □ Inspector Bell c □ Sergeant
Lewis d □ Constable Walters
22 ‘You should have asked me how I got into the
house.’
a □ Jackson b □ Celia c □ Morse
d □ Walters
23 ‘I’ll kill you with my bare hands!’
a □ Edward b □ Charles c □ Michael
d □ Jackson
24 ‘I’m free this afternoon. Shouldn’t you be at work?’
a □ Edward b □ Jenny c □ Celia d □ Charles
25 ‘You still haven’t told me the truth!’
a □ Anne b □ Celia c □ Lewis d □ Morse
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26 ‘Don’t you see? The JerICHo Testing
LaboRATory.’
a □ Walters b □ Lewis c □ Bell d □ Morse
27 ‘The doctor says he’s lost the sight in one eye
completely.’
a □ Mrs Murdoch b □ Celia c □ Edward
d □ Michael
28 ‘”Dear Charles.” That was how she started the
letter!’
a □ Jackson b □ Conrad c □ Mrs Purvis
d □ Edward
29 ‘When did you discover the truth?’
a □ Morse b □ Charles c □ Lewis
d □ Conrad
30 ‘I hoped you would contact me – but you
didn’t.’
a □ Anne b □ Jenny c □ Morse d □ Edward
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Vocabulary
Choose the best answer.
31 to hit or move something with your foot
a □ kick b □ clap c □ touch d □ knock
32 money paid as punishment
a □ bet b □ fine c □ bridge d □ fate
33 expecting a baby
a □ pregnant b □ confident c □ childish
d □ impatient
34 getting a more important job
a □ promotion b □ management
c □ improvement d □ forwarding
35 to kill with a rope around the neck
a □ bear b □ hang c □ call d □ fold
36 a sexual relationship between two people who
are married, but not to each other
a □ account b □ case c □ affair d □ siren
37 small repair work in the house or garden
a □ even jobs b □ tiny jobs c □ all jobs
d □ odd jobs
38 written information given to the police
a □ alibi b □ phrase c □ statement
d □ sentence
39 marks made by fingers which can be used as
proof
a □ fingerproofs b □ fingermarks
c □ fingerprints d □ handprints
40 to not tell the truth
a □ convince b □ recover c □ admit d □ lie
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Plot
Choose the best answer.
41 Morse found _____ in Anne’s fireplace.
a □ burnt pieces of a letter b □ the murder
weapon c □ burnt clothes d □ another key
42 George Jackson picked up the money that
Richards left _____.
a □ in a hole in a tree b □ behind a phone box
c □ at Anne’s house d □ in Anne’s shed
43 Charles Richards denied _____, the afternoon
that Anne died.
a □ arguing with his wife b □ parking his car
near Canal Reach c □ driving to Oxford
d □ meeting an old friend
44 Charles was lying because _____ hadn’t been
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left at Anne’s house.
a □ a dark-blue raincoat b □ a brown leather
jacket c □ a light-blue raincoat d □ a black
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jacket
45 _____ said he couldn’t remember where he was
when Jackson was murdered.
a □ Edward b □ Charles c □ Michael
d □ Conrad
46 Morse said that the writer of the blackmail
letter _____.
a □ had very good handwriting b □ was asking
for too much money c □ was pretending to be
uneducated d □ couldn’t communicate well
47 He thought that Anne might have killed herself
because _____.
a □ she didn’t want to be on her own
b □ she thought she had slept with her own son
c □ she didn’t like small children
d □ Morse hadn’t contacted her
48 _____ had confused Morse and Lewis by
switching identities.
a □ Edward and Michael b □ Jackson and
Conrad c □ Charles and Conrad d □ Celia
and Jennifer
49 Anne killed herself because _____.
a □ she was depressed about her job b □ she
was in love with Conrad c □ her situation was
unbearable d □ her husband had died in a car
crash
50 The real _____ was responsible for causing
Jackson’s accidental death.
a □ Celia b □ Conrad c □ Edward
d □ Charles
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