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Comprehension Test

King’s Ransom
Ed McBain
1 Who said this in the story? Sy, Pete Cameron, Kathy, Carella, Doug, Diane, Jeff, Charles
Reynolds, Eddie.
a ‘You’re getting so hard, Doug.’ ...............
b ‘Somebody has the boy, and we want to know who that somebody is.’ ...............
c ‘I’ve been worrying so much about this job.’ ...............
d ‘I’ll make something good of my life there, Kathy, you’ll see.’ ...............
e ‘What’s your name? Your real name?’ ...............
f ‘I’m not going to pay the ransom.’ ...............
g ‘Wait! I want my gun!’ ...............
h ‘You’re out and I’m in!’ ...............
i ‘Do you want me to go down on my knees?’ ...............
j ‘That five hundred grand has got to be ours!’ ...............
20 marks
2 Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)?
a

King didn’t want to make cheap shoes.

b

There were seven break-ins at radio stores.

c

Liz helped Eddie to kidnap Jeff.

d

At first Sy thought Jeff was Bobby.

e

Meyer was happy when Adrian Score arrived.

f

Eddie stopped Kathy and Jeff from escaping.

g

Jeff’s father begged King to save Jeff.

h

When Sy cut Kathy’s sweater, Jeff ran away.

i

King cut Sy with Sy’s knife.

j

Sy went to prison for the kidnapping.
20 marks

3 Fill in the gaps using these words: gun, sweater, noise, car, door, escaping, woke, table,
cigarettes, ashtray.

When Eddie went to the ............... to get ..............., Kathy ............... Jeff. She put his ............... on
him and led him to the ............... . Suddenly Jeff ran back for his ............... . As he picked it up
from the ..............., an ............... fell to the ground. Sy heard the ............... and stopped them from
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............... .
20 marks

4 Put the following events in the story in the right order. Number them 1–5.
a

Kathy suddenly shouted the address of the farmhouse into the microphone.

b

Sy fired at King, then took out his knife.

c

Eddie gave instructions to King by radio.

d

King held Sy tightly by the throat.

e

Carella and King jumped out of the car.
20 marks

5 Match a number from A with a letter from B to make complete sentences.
A
1

Charles Reynolds brought up Jeff alone ...

2

Bobby looked for Jeff in the trees ...

3

When Jeff told Sy his name ...

4

Sy and Eddie changed the number plates ...

5

Diane left her husband ...

B
a ... but he couldn’t find him.
b ... so the police wouldn’t find their car.
c ... because his wife had died.
d ... because he wouldn’t pay the ransom.
e ... Sy thought he was lying.
10 marks

6 Where did Pete Cameron have to go to finish the deal for King?
....................................................................................

10 marks Total marks

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Multiple-choice Test

King’s Ransom
Ed McBain

Setting
Choose the best answer.
1 Doug King lives in a nice house _____.
a [ ] in a poor part of town
c [ ] near the sea

b [ ] in the centre of town

d [ ] in the best part of the city

2 If Doug King’s business deal is not successful _____.
a [ ] he’ll find another job

b [ ] he’ll be out on the street

c [ ] his wife will get a job

d [ ] he’ll join the police

3 Sy Bernard and Eddie Folsom are _____.
a [ ] working for the police
c [ ] small-time crooks

b [ ] working for Doug King

d [ ] famous bank robbers

4 Sy and Eddie want _____.
a [ ] all the things that money can buy
c [ ] to rob some more banks

b [ ] a new TV and radio

d [ ] to steal some radios

5 The top men in Granger Shoe think that what’s wrong with the company is _____.
a [ ] the shoes are too cheap

b [ ] the Old Man

c [ ] they don’t make enough shoes

d [ ] they don’t earn enough money

6 The top men all wanted Doug’s _____.
a [ ] house

b [ ] shoe designs

c [ ] voting stock

d [ ] son

7 The King’s house lay just within the _____ precinct.
a [ ] 87th

b [ ] 78th

c [ ] 85th

d [ ] 58th

8 Mr Peck came to see Meyer Meyer because someone was _____.
a [ ] trying to kidnap his son

b [ ] trying to rob his bank

c [ ] stealing things from his house

d [ ] stealing parts from his shop

9 Meyer Meyer was a patient detective who had _____.
a [ ] a good memory

b [ ] lots of time

c [ ] been in the police for a short time

d [ ] a nice house in the city

10 Carella never tried to _____.
a [ ] find crooks

b [ ] understand crooks

c [ ] speak to crooks

d [ ] listen to other police officers

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20 marks

Characters
Choose the best answer.
11 Diane King was an attractive woman with _____.
a [ ] a silver streak in her black hair
c [ ] blonde streaks in her hair

b [ ] beautiful blonde hair

d [ ] a black streak in her silver hair

12 Pete Cameron was Doug’s _____.
a [ ] scientist

b [ ] brother

c [ ] brother-in-law

d [ ] assistant

13 _____ Reynolds was the Kings’ chauffeur.
a [ ] Bobby

b [ ] Charles

c [ ] Peter

d [ ] Jeff

14 Meyer Meyer had had to learn to fight with _____.
a [ ] a knife

b [ ] his hands

c [ ] the police

d [ ] his intelligence

15 Steve Carella did not like cases that involved _____.
a [ ] very rich people or children
c [ ] very rich people or cars

b [ ] children or dogs

d [ ] very rich children or thieves

16 Doug King did not want to _____.
a [ ] be poor again

b [ ] talk to his wife

c [ ] work for Granger Shoes

d [ ] help the police

17 Liz Bellow had blonde hair, blue eyes and _____.
a [ ] a thin mouth

b [ ] was very tall

c [ ] was married to Pete Cameron

d [ ] a full mouth

18 Jeff and Bobby were both _____.
a [ ] eight years old and blond
and very tall

b [ ] seven years old with black hair

d [ ] eight years old and thin

19 Kathy was a woman with the pretty but hard face of one whose _____.
a [ ] life had never been easy

c [ ] family were not happy

b [ ] husband was a kidnapper
d [ ] children had left home

20 Eddie listened to police calls _____.
a [ ] on the TV he had made

b [ ] at the garage

c [ ] on the radio he had built

d [ ] in the car

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Dialogue
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c [ ] eight years old

Who said this?
21 ‘The old man may have faults, but he always made an honest shoe.’
a [ ] Doug King

b [ ] Frank Blake

c [ ] Pete Cameron

d [ ] Rudy Stone

22 ‘… Why did Doug rush upstairs past me? He didn’t even see me.’
a [ ] Liz Bellow

b [ ] Pete Cameron

c [ ] Mr Reynolds

d [ ] Diane King

23 ‘We’re playing cowboys and Indians, Mr King.’
a [ ] Bobby

b [ ] Jeff

c [ ] Mr Reynolds

d [ ] Liz

24 ‘What did you say? What’s happened to Bobby?’
a [ ] Doug King

b [ ] Diane King

c [ ] Meyer Meyer

d [ ] Pete Cameron

25 ‘Let me get this clear, Mr King. The boy who was kidnapped is not your son, is that right?’

a [ ] Meyer Meyer

b [ ] Lieutenant Byrnes

c [ ] Steve Carella

d [ ] Pete Cameron

26 ‘Get that boy out of here! Take him back where you got him!’
a [ ] Sy

b [ ] Eddie

c [ ] Kathy

d [ ] Doug King

27 ‘Maybe we got the wrong kid. Maybe this is the chauffeur’s boy.’
a [ ] Eddie

b [ ] Sy

c [ ] Cameron

d [ ] Kathy

28 ‘Why should I play their game?’
a [ ] Diane King

b [ ] Meyer Meyer

c [ ] Steve Carella

d [ ] Doug King

29 ‘Go to the garage and get in to the black Cadillac.’
a [ ] Eddie

b [ ] Sy

c [ ] Meyer Meyer

d [ ] Kathy

30 ‘Just because a man is brave enough to face a knife, it doesn’t mean he can face himself.’
a [ ] Meyer Meyer

b [ ] Diane King

c [ ] Doug King

d [ ] Carella

20 marks

Vocabulary
Choose the best answer.
31 a very rich and important person in business
a [ ] vice-president

b [ ] chauffeur

c [ ] tycoon

d [ ] guy

32 to move in a jerky, uncomfortable way, not smoothly
a [ ] bump

b [ ] interrupt

c [ ] smash

d [ ] trace

33 equipment that sends out radio signals
a [ ] wiretap

b [ ] transmitter

c [ ] oscillator

d [ ] battery

34 courage
a [ ] garbage

b [ ] grand

c [ ] guts

d [ ] guy

35 a place from which an organisation is controlled
a [ ] precinct

b [ ] laboratory

c [ ] headquarters

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d [ ] store

36 a long, thin line of colour
a [ ] streak

b [ ] trace

c [ ] blond

d [ ] in the red

37 to take somebody away by force, in order to demand money for their return
a [ ] bust

b [ ] interrupt

c [ ] smash

d [ ] kidnap

38 statements telling somebody what they should do
a [ ] instructions

b [ ] ransom

c [ ] cast

d [ ] grand

39 a plaster model which shows the shape of something
a [ ] cast

b [ ] battery

c [ ] oscillator

d [ ] transmitter

40 to find out where something comes from
a [ ] wiretap

b [ ] streak

c [ ] trace

d [ ] cast

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Plot
Choose the best answer.
41 Doug King wanted to buy enough stock to make him _____ of Granger.
a [ ] vice-president

b [ ] president

c [ ] sales chief

d [ ] a director

42 Bobby and Jeff were playing in the woods trying to find _____.
a [ ] trees to climb

b [ ] a gun

c [ ] the farmhouse

d [ ] a car

43 The kidnappers wanted _____ thousand dollars.
a [ ] fifty-five

b [ ] five

c [ ] fifty

d [ ] five hundred

44 Kathy thought that Eddie and Sy were going to _____.
a [ ] rob a bank

b [ ] kidnap both children

c [ ] steal radios

d [ ] steal cars

45 Pete Cameron was going to Boston to _____.
a [ ] find the boy

b [ ] buy some shoes

c [ ] have a holiday

d [ ] buy some stock

46 The boy wanted to drink hot _____.
a [ ] milk

b [ ] chocolate

c [ ] tea

d [ ] coffee

47 Eddie and Sy changed the number plates on their five-year-old _____ car.
a [ ] black

b [ ] blue

c [ ] green

d [ ] grey

48 Carella was hidden in the _____.
a [ ] back of the car

b [ ] garage

c [ ] farmhouse

d [ ] police station

49 Doug King did not let go of Sy’s throat until _____.
a [ ] he dropped the gun
c [ ] he was dead

b [ ] the knife fell from his hand

d [ ] the boy was free

50 Two policeman found the boy _____, with a blanket round his shoulders.
a [ ] outside the farmhouse

b [ ] sitting in the front seat of the car

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c [ ] sitting on a bed in the farmhouse
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Total marks

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d [ ] with Kathy in the house

King’s Ransom
1 a

Diane

b

Carella

c

Kathy

d

Eddie

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