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1 Places in the book. Match a number from A with a 7 The man who had wanted to buy Rosemont
letter from B. died ...

COMPREHENSION
A 8 Richard Elgood died ...
1 Patrick Aldermann lived ... B
2 Daphne Aldermann and Ellie Pascoe first a ...
in a fall from a ladder.
got to know each other ...

TEST
b ...
of a heart attack.
3 Mick Feaver and Jonty Marsh saw Daphne c ...
after eating poisoned fruit.
Aldermann with Richard Elgood ... d ...
when hit by a stone which fell from the roof
4 Richard Elgood liked to relax ... of a church.
5 Penny Highsmith lived ... e ... from drowning.
B f ... of influenza.
a ... in the Market Café in the town centre. g ... in a car crash.
b ... in a cottage by the sea.
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c ... in a big house called Rosemont.
d ... in a flat in London.
4 Who said this in the story? Match a number from A
e ... in a multi-storey car park. with a letter from B.

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1 ‘When the flowers fade, we have to cut them
2 Who were the people who died? Match a number off so that new flowers can grow.’
from A with a letter from B. 2 ‘I was just having a nice gossip, not acting as
A a police informer.’
1 The Reverend Oliver Somerton was ... 3 ‘I came to tell you it’s over between us.’
2 Mrs McNeil was ... 4 ‘Is it true you’re not allowed to drink on
3 Chris Burke was ... duty?’
4 Timothy Eagles was ... 5 ‘I was afraid I might be too old for you.’
5 Florence Aldermann was ... B
B a Ellie Pascoe to Peter Pascoe.
a ... the owner of Rosemont when Patrick was a b Dalziel to Penny Highsmith.
boy. c Florence Aldermann to Patrick.
b ... the father of Daphne Aldermann. d Mandy Burke to Peter Pascoe.
c ... the woman whose money Patrick stole when e Daphne Aldermann to Richard Elgood.
he worked for Bailey and Capstick.
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d ... chief accountant at Elgood Ceramics.
e ... assistant to the chief accountant at Elgood
5 Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)?
Ceramics.
a Patrick Aldermann is not a very good
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b Patrick is not very interested in roses.
3 How did they die? Match a number from A with a c Patrick is never very sure about the future.
letter from B. (Two of them died in the same way: use d The police arrest Patrick for the murder of
one letter twice). Richard Elgood.
A
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1 Florence Aldermann died ...
2 The Rev. Somerton died ...
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3 Mrs McNeil died ...
4 Chris Burke died ...
5 Brian Bulmer died ...
6 Timothy Eagles died ...

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Setting
Choose the best answer.
1 Florence Aldermann was _____ when she died.
a F working in her garden b F with Patrick
c F singing d F at work
2 Her niece, Penny, _____ after Florence’s heart
attack.
a F hadn’t been interested in Florence b F
had caused problems c F had taken good care
of Florence d F had taken over Rosemont
3 Patrick always made Florence feel _____.
a F disappointed b F angry c F sorry for
him d F happy
4 Florence thought Patrick could become _____.
a F a companion b F an excellent gardener
c F a businessman d F a surgeon
5 Patrick _____ while his great-aunt was dying.
a F called for help b F rang the police
c F did nothing d F watched TV
6 Elgood told the police Patrick was _____.
a F killing people in his company b F stealing
from the company c F too ambitious
d F making his colleagues suspicious
7 Daphne and Ellie first met _____.
a F at a demonstration b F at the police
station c F at a café d F outside Daphne’s
daughter’s school
8 Elgood was trying to _____.
a F sell his company b F promote Patrick
c F sack Eric Quayle d F stay Chairman of
the Board
9 The police said they were visiting Daphne to _____.
a F arrest her for bad driving b F see her
husband’s roses c F discuss her scratched
car d F question her husband
10 Elgood regretted _____.
a F giving Patrick a better job b F telling
the police of his suspicions c F creating his
own company d F buying so many silk shirts
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Characters
Choose the best answer.
11 Patrick was _____ when he was eleven years old.
a F expressive and lively b F tall for his age
c F popular d F small for his age
12 Richard Elgood _____.
a F was a little eccentric b F dressed badly
c F behaved normally d F couldn’t get on
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13 Daphne felt that _____.
a F she didn’t know her husband b F her
husband was having an affair c F she
understood her husband d F she should get a
divorce
14 Her father was killed when _____.
a F he had a heart attack b F a stone fell
on him c F he fell off a ladder d F he got an
electric shock
15 Ellie worked as a part-time _____.
a F teacher b F police informer
c F waitress d F police officer
16 Police Cadet Singh felt some people disliked him
because _____.
a F he was foolish b F he was too clever
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c F of his colour d F he was old
17 Mandy Burke appeared to be _____ when
Pascoe met her.
a F ill b F drunk c F tired d F depressed
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18 Dalziel and Penny _____.
a F met in London b F met in Rome
c F didn’t like each other
d F knew that Patrick was a murderer
19 After Penny gave Rosemont to Patrick, he _____.
a F tried to sell the house b F didn’t see her
again c F changed his name to Aldermann
d F wanted her money
20 _____ found the missing will at Penny’s flat.
a F Dalziel b F A private detective
c F Pascoe d F Daphne
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Dialogue
Who or what do the underlined words refer to?
21 ‘Cut it just here, Patrick.’
a F a dead flower b F a finger c F a piece
of paper d F grass
22 ‘A new one every week, if you believe the
gossip.’
a F a BMW car b F a girlfriend c F a silk
shirt d F a gold ring
23 ‘Are you Rose’s mother or father?’
a F Dalziel b F Pascoe c F Daphne
d F Ellie
24 ‘I think you can all manage without me for a
couple of days.’
a F Patrick b F Elgood c F Dalziel
d F Singh
25 ‘More interested in the roses than in his family?’
a F Wield b F Pascoe c F Patrick
d F Eddie Aldermann
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26 ‘I must say I find it hard to imagine you as a
police informer!’
a F Singh b F Penny c F Daphne
d F Ellie
27 ‘Weren’t you in the police? You’ve put on weight!’
a F Pascoe b F Dalziel c F Sergeant Wield
d F Penny
28 ‘It’s pretty here, but it’s so impermanent.’
a F Rosemont b F Penny’s flat c F Elgood’s
cottage d F Little Leven
29 ‘It’s going to be the first weekend in July.’
a F the party at Elgood’s cottage b F the
burglary at Rosemont c F Patrick’s holiday
d F Rose’s first birthday party
30 ‘It’s taken me six years, but now here it is.’
M U LT I P L E - C H O I C E
a F the ‘Daphne Aldermann’ rose b F the
‘Blue Moon’ rose c F Elgood’s favourite toilet
design d F Dalziel’s visit to Penny
TEST
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Vocabulary
Choose the best answer.
31 a person whose job it is to check a company’s
financial records
a F sergeant b F chairman c F reverend
d F accountant
32 one of the delicate, coloured parts of a flower
a F leaf b F root c F petal d F thorn
33 a legal document stating who should inherit
somebody’s money
a F will b F certificate c F affair d F wig
34 confused, unable to understand something
a F ashamed b F puzzled c F alarmed
d F qualified
35 a criminal who damages people’s property for fun
a F lad b F youth c F vandal d F darling
36 to look with curiosity
a F eye around b F head around c F foot
around d F nose around
37 a slang word for any unnamed things
a F treats b F bush c F ceramics d F stuff
38 to die from being under water for too long
a F poison b F suffocate c F drown
d F hang
39 silly, foolish
a F lucky b F daft c F dead d F eager
40 a container for liquid, e.g. petrol or water
a F tank b F pot c F bush d F bowl
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Plot
Choose the best answer.
41 Shaheed Singh discovered that Daphne _____.
a F scratched her car herself b F met a man
at a café c F had numerous cars d F got
into a BMW driven by a man
42 Dalziel worked out that _____ had been having
an affair.
a F Daphne and Elgood b F Elgood and Ellie
c F Pascoe and Daphne d F Penny and Elgood
43 Patrick had to leave Bailey and Capstick because
he’d _____.
a F murdered an old lady b F been stealing
an old lady’s money c F been stealing roses
d F pretended to have flu
44 Penny had wanted to sell Rosemont but _____.
a F nobody wanted it b F the price was too
high c F the buyer died d F her son asked
her not to
45 Mick Feaver told Shaheed that Jonty’s brother
was planning to _____.
a F burgle Elgood’s house b F destroy
Rosemont’s garden c F steal Patrick’s
money d F burgle Rosemont
46 Florence’s lawyer thought that she _____.
a F had destroyed her will b F had been
forced to make a new will c F intended to
leave everything to Penny d F intended to
leave everything to charities
47 Pascoe discovered that Patrick was _____ the
day Daphne’s father died.
a F gardening at Rosemont b F on holiday
c F tending Mr Capstick’s roses d F working
at his office
48 Elgood said that Burke had fallen after _____.
a F the ladder broke b F finding his wife with
Elgood c F he was pushed d F he saw
Patrick
49 Massen told the police that Eddie had been _____.
a F Patrick’s father b F Penny’s father
c F Ellie’s uncle d F Patrick’s son
50 Patrick murdered Elgood _____.
a F and became the company’s new director
b F but couldn’t find the will c F because he’d
slept with his wife d F and removed the
original will
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