Chapters Tests:

1 Why did the villagers have a meeting?
2 Why did Mrs Harrison think that a village shop was a good idea?
3 Why did Mr Hart think the shop was a bad idea?
4 What did Dave Slatin mean by 'village products'? Why were the villagers pleased with the idea of selling village products'?
5 'But what about the money?' said Mr Hart. What was Dave Slatin's reply?
6 Why did Dave Slatin need an assistant? Who was the new assistant?

1 Mrs Harrison said: 'I never go to Lidney now.' Why did she not go to Lidney?
2 Who sometimes helped Anna at the Corner Shop?
3 Lots of visitors came to Woodend. Why were the villagers pleased?
4 Where did Dave Slatin live?
5 One door in the Corner Shop was always locked. What was written on the notice on this door? Did Anna ever go into this room?

1 Who was Greta Gordon? What did she want?
2 Anna noticed that Greta Gordon had beautiful hands. What did Anna see on Greta Gordon's fingers?
3 Where did Dave Slatin take Greta Gordon?
4 Why did Anna want to speak to Peter?
5 When Greta Gordon came back to the front of the shop, Anna asked her, 'What's wrong?' Why did Anna ask this question?
6 Greta Gordon asked Anna to do something. What did she ask Anna and why was Anna disappointed?
7 Greta Gordon held Anna's hands. What did Anna notice about Greta Gordon's fingers?

1 Anna asked Dave Slatin about Greta Gordon. What was his reply?
2 Anna kept her promise. Who had Anna made the promise to? What was the promise?
3 Why did Anna and Peter need money?
4 Anna and Peter did not go out together on Saturdays. What did each of them do?
5 Who was Joanna Leigh and what had happened to her?
6 Why was Greta Gordon lucky?

1 Anna often thought about Greta Gordon's visit to the Comer Shop. What did she ask herself?
2 Anna was living two lives. What does this sentence mean?
3 Anna wanted to go with Dave, but she was worried about Peter.
    (a) Where had Dave asked her to go?
    (b) Why was Anna worried about Peter?
    (c) What was Dave's reply to Anna's worry about Peter?
4 Why did Peter not know about Anna's day with Dave?
5 Dave thanked Anna and kissed her. Was Anna pleased or not?

1 Anna liked Dave, and Peter was her fiance. What were the differences between the two men in:
    (a) age?
    (b) money?
    (c) taking Anna out?
2 Why had Mr Hart invited some people to his house?
3 One evening the bell rang after Anna locked the shop.
    (a) Who was outside?
    (b) What did he have in his hand?
    (c) What did he want?

4 Why did Anna wait until half past five?
5 Anna left the shop. Where did she go and what did she do?
6 Anna stopped the young man and said: 'You've forgotten something.'
    (a) What had the young man forgotten?
    (b) Why was Anna frightened when she saw the young man's face?
    (c) What did the young man do?
7 What three questions did Anna ask herself about the young man's visit?

1 Mr Hart and his friends were watching TV. What was Anna doing?
2 What was the name of the player who scored three goals?
3 What happened to Brian Thomas, the goalkeeper?
4 Anna left the room during the TV interview. She was frightened. Why was she frightened?

1 Dave Slatin invited Anna to go away with him for the weekend. Where to?
2 Before Anna agreed to go with Dave Slatin, she wanted to know about something:
    (a) What question did Anna ask Dave Slatin?
    (b) What was his reply?
3 Anna wanted to ask Dave Slatin more questions. What did he say?

1 Where was Peter on Saturday?
2 Anna wanted to speak to Peter.
    (a) What did she want to tell him?     (b) Why was she not able to speak to him?

1 Anna was unhappy, but she went to the shop every day. Why? 2 A man came into the shop carrying a briefcase.
    (a) What letters were printed on the briefcase?
    (b) Who did the man want to see?
3 The man told Anna his name.
    (a) What did the man say his name was?
    (b) How did Anna find out that he was lying?
    (c) What was the man's name?
4 'You can go home now,' Dave Slatin told Anna. What did Anna do?

5 'I'll go and get it for you,' Anna said to the man.
    (a) What was Anna going to get?
    (b) What did the man do?

1 After Mr Riseman visited the shop, Anna was waiting for something. What was she waiting for?
2 All the three Special Customers left something. What did each one leave?
3 Anna still wanted to find out what the other three letters on Riseman's briefcase stood for.
    (a) What were these three letters?
    (b) What did Anna decide to do?
4 Anna found the answer to her problem at Paddington Station.
    (a) Where did she see the answer?
    (b) What was the answer?

Anna tried to speak to Mr Riseman on the telephone.
    (a) Where was Mr Riseman?
    (b) Where was he going in an hour's time?
    (c) How was he going to travel?
6 Later that afternoon, Anna read about a plane crash in her newspaper.
    (a) Who had been killed in the plane crash?
    (b) Why was MrRiseman lucky?

1 Who was the new Chairman of I.C.S.?
2 Why did Anna not sleep that night?
3 Why was Anna able to go into the Special Orders room?
4 In one of the boxes, Anna found some old clothes. What did she find under the clothes?
5 In the Special Orders room, Anna found a beautiful doll, a model aeroplane and a football book with pictures in it. What was wrong with these three things?

1 Why had the door to the Special Orders room been left unlocked?

2 Who had given Dave Slatin the money and the diamonds?

3 'This is Joanna Leigh,' said Dave Slatin, holding the beautiful doll.
(a) Who was Joanna Leigh?
(b) What had happened to her?

4 Dave Slatin pointed to the photograph in the football book.
    (a) Who was the footballer in the photograph?
    (b) What had happened to the photograph?
    (c) What had happened to the footballer?

5 Anna knew the answer, but she was too afraid to speak.
    (a) What was Dave Slatin holding in his hand?
    (b) What question did he ask Anna?
    (c) What was the answer to his question?

6 Dave Slatin offered Anna money and diamonds.
    (a) What did he ask Anna to give him?
    (b) What was her reply?

1 Why was Peter not able to speak to Anna?
2 The flames reached Dave Slatin. What did the villagers see he was doing?
3 What happened to Anna?