short stories second term 1st year

[Mr Sayed2222]

" One of the hot Spots"

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1- What do you know about Semarang ?
What was well-know about Semarang ?
It was the hottest place in the Islands .
2-Why did the Plancius stand half amile from the shore of
Semarang ?
Because the harbour was shallow .
3-Why didn’t the writer want to visit Semarang ?
Because it didn’t attract him as it lacks colour and gaiety .
4- Why was Semarang very hot ?
Because the mountains behind it kept the wind off .
5- Why was the officer willing to speak with the writer ?
Because he liked to speak english and he didn’t get many opportunities of doing so .
6-How was the water of the sea near Semarang ?
It was smooth , yellow green solid and glassy .
7-What would happen if you jumped into the water ?
You might break an arm or a leg .

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8-What did the passenger do ?
He passed the officer and jumped into the water and then
climbed up again .
9-What did the officer do when the passenger jumped into the
water ? Why ?
He did nothing because he was surprised and he had no time


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10-What did the passenger do when he climbed on board ?
He looked at his watch and went to his room .
11- What did the officer know about the passenger ?
He was coming back to his work in Semarang .
He was quiet little fellow and very neat .

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12-Why was it wrong for the officer not to report what the
passenger do ?
Because if the captain knew , he would put himself into
truble .

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13- Why did the writer not belame the passenger for jumping
into the water ?
Because he was coming back to work at Semarang .
14-Wat was surprising to the writer ?
That all the people who were going to Semarang didn’t
jump into the water .
15- What did the writer feel towards all the people who live in
Semarang ? Why ?
He felt sorry for them because it lacks colour and gaiety.
16-How did the writer feel when leaving Semarang ?
He felt like getting out of prison .
17-Why do you think the passenger jump into the water ?
To cool himself as it was very hot .
18- Why didn’t the officer report the incident to the captain ?
Because he would put himself in difficulties .

19- Why didn’t the officer ask the man why he jumped into
the water ?
Because he was surprised .

Questions Complete

1-The plancius had to wait half amile out of Semarang
Because …………………………………….
2-The harbour of Semarang was shallow so …………….
3-The officer said he didn’t know much about the man who
jumped into the water except that he ……………………
4-The writer kept looking down at the water and wandering
……………………
5-After the passenger got back of the water, he ………………
6-The writer described Semarang as being ……………………
7-The writer wasn’t attracted by Semarang because …………
8-The water near Semarang was ……………………
9-The writer belived that what was surpising was that all the
people …………………………….
10-By the time the officer looked where the passenger jumped,
………………………………..
11-For the writer Semarang was a place ……………………

Quotations

1- “Do you think that he meant to drawn himself then he
changed his mind when he got into the water ?”
a)Who jumped into the water ?
b)Do you think he wanted to draw himself ? Why ( not ) ?
c)Did the officer do anything ? Why ( not ) ?



2-“ In any case he went straight to the side and climbed over
and jumped into the water .”
a)How did the man jump into the water .
b)What did he do when he reached the water ?
c)Why do you think he jumped into the water ?
3-“ I don’t know .I’ve sometimes wondered about it myself .
Of course I ought to have reported it to the captain really .”
a)What ought the officer to have reported to the captain ?
b)What would have happened if the captain had leant about
it ?
c)Why didn’t the officer do anything about it ?

1- why is Semarang aterrible place to live in ?
2- How did the officer behave when the man jumped into the water ? why ?
3- How did the writer feel when he left Semarang ?

Quick thinking
Questions and answers

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1-What the most important quaility of a policeman accroding
to Jack Benting ?
1) In Benting’s opinion , what’s the most important quaility of
a policeman ?
Quick decision and acting quickly .
The ability to decide and act quickly .
2- In Woodward’s opinion what’s the most important quaility
of a policeman ?
Woodward thought that throughnees and method help him
more than quick thinking .

3- In Woodward’s opinion what’s the best quaility of a
policeman?
He said Benting could be right but his work has been done
by meeting people , talking to them and listening to them .
4-What did Benting read in the times ?
Ayoung man with cool head wanted for unusual job .

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5- Who was Van Lutjens ?
He was one of the leading diamond merchants in
Amesterdam .
6- Why was Van Lutjens going to Amirca ?
To show his precious diamonds “ The Rozelles “ to an
Amircan group of diamonds buyers .
7-Where did Van get his earings from ?
From a member of a royal family in Paris .
8-Why did Van want a man with cool head ?
To watch the earings .
9-Although the job was boring , why did Benting accept it ?
Because the mony for it was generous .
10-Describe the two diamonds ?
They were of unreal pink colour and perfectly matched .

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11-Where did Van keep his two diamonds on board the ship ?
He kept the leather case in the ship’s safe .
12- How did Van feel towards his diamonds ?
He loved them very much as his children .



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14- How did the little box fall into the sea ?
When Van was going to open the box, the ship gave a
sudden and violent roll and it fell into the sea .
15- What did Woodward suggest to get the little box ?
Why wsn’t good ?
Woodward suggested to tell the captain to stop the shid . It wasn’t good because the captain would refuse .
16-What did Mckeown suggest to get the little box ? Why it
wasn’t practical ?
Mckeown suggested swimming to get it back . It wasn’t
practical as the ship was travelling fast and the sea was rough .

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17-What was painting’s quick decision when the box fell into
the sea ?
He quickly threw a table and two chairs to marh the place
and persinaded the captain to get the box .
18-Why didn’t Benting get on extra pay for getting the
diamonds back ?
Because Van had a heart failure and died when the box fell
into the sea .
19- Why was Benting worried about watching the diamonds
on the ship ?
Because he was afraid that on of the people might steal
them .



Complete :-

1- Benting belived that ……………. is the most important of a policeman is qualities .
2- Woodward belived that ………………………
3- Mckeon belived that ……………. …………..
4- Van Lutjens was one of ……………. …………….
5- Van Lutjens employes Benting so that …………….
6- Although the job sonnded dull . Benting accepted it because . ..…………….
7- Benting’s real job was to ……………. …………….
8- When the little box fell into the sea Van ………………….
9- When the little box fell into the sea Benting …………….
10-Van was going to New Yourk in order to ………………..
11-Van’s diamonds were valuble because ………………..
12-Benting didn’t get an extra pay for getting the diamonds
back because ………………..

Quotations

1-“ But I remember one or two cases where no courage……”
a)Who said this statement ?
b)To whom did he say it ?
c)Did the two friends agree ? What were their opinoins ?
2-“ Well done I hop that the old Dutchman paid you extra .“
a)Who said this statement ?
b)To whom did he say it ?
c)Why didn’t Benting get extra pay ?





3-“Young man wanted for unusual work .Must have cool head”
a)Where did Benting see this advertisment ?Who placed it ?
b)Why did he want to employ a man with a coll head ?
c)What was that unusual work ? Why did Van accept it ?




























Story No.1
The Face on the wall

Questions and answers
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1-What kinds of events were they talking about ?
They were talking about unusual events that had no natural
explaination .
2-What did the stranger say about truth ?
He said truth is much stranger and more interesting than
stories .
3-What was strange about one of the *****es ?
It was like a human face and it didn’t change like the other
*****es .
4-What did the narator ( story teller ) feel towards the ***** ?
Why ?
He felt it was like his fellow-lodger because he watched it a lot
5-Wher did the narator search for that face ?
He went to place where people collect together in large numbers such as political meetings , football matches and the railway stations .
6-Why did people think the story teller was mad ?
Because he stood at busy correres watching the faces of men.
7- Why did the police suspect him ?
8-What did the stranger do to catch the man of the face ?
He took a taxi and followed him to Charing Cross railway
station, then to Folkestone and after that to France .
9-Why couldn’t the narator speak with the man of the face at
the railway station ?
Because other friends had joined the man, the two lodies
and the girl .
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10-What did the story teller do when the man got out of his ro
room ?
He asked the man to give him his cad .
11-Why did the man give the narator his card without taking ?
Because he thought that the narator was mad .
12-What happened to the narator when he read the card ?
Why ?
He fainted because the man’s name was the same as the
name of street where his face appeared .
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13-What did the narator do to get information about the man
of the face ?
He wrote to Amircan newspapermen and met Amircans in
London .
14-What did the story teller know about the man ?
He was a millionaire with English parents who lived in
London .
15-What happened to face when the man made an accident ?
It was very faint .
16-How did the narator know that the man made an accident?
From the evening papers .
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17-What did the narator read in the newspaper ?
He read that Mr.Ormand Wall made an accident .
18-Why did the narator look at the face with unseeing eyes ?
Because he was very sad as he considered it his Felloe
Lodger .
19-What were the three extra ordinary things about the story?
The first : The face on the wall disappeared when the
man died .
The secand : The man’s name was like the name of the
street where his face appeared .
The third : the narator made the story up half an houre
ago .
General Questions

1- The first extraordinary thing about the story was…………..
2- The secand extraordinary thing about the story ……………
3- The third extraordinary thing about the story was………….
4- The story teller fainted when ………………….
5- The story teller fainted because ………………….
6- When the story teller read the gentelman’s card, he……….
7- The story teller searched for the man of the face because……………….
8- Although the *****es on the wall changed its shampe, the face on the wall ………………
9- The face on the wall became faint when ………………
10-The face on the wall vanished when ………………….
11-One of the most extraordinary things in the story was that
the name of the millionair ………………
12-The great surprise at the end of the story was ……………
13-The stranger believed that truth was ………………
14-The ***** which like a human face remained exactly the
same while ………………
15-The police began to suspect the story teller because ……….
16-The story teller began to search for the real face by ………..
17-The story teller found mor information about the man by….
Quotations

1-“ It will be difficult for science to explain that . “
i) Who said this quotation ?
ii) What is the refering to when he makes this statement ?
iii) What were the two extraordinary things about the story ?
2-“ I got up sadly and went out . The early evening papers were
already on sale …….. “
i) Why did he get up sadly ?
ii) What happened after he read the paper ?
iii) What do you think of the story feller ?
3-“One of the *****es was exactly like a human face “
i) Where was that ***** ?
ii) What was strange about it ?
iii) When did that ***** faint / disappear ?
4-“I went back to my room as if I was in adream,and sat on the
bed looking with unseeing eyes at the face ….. “
a)Why did the story teller look look with unseen eyes ?
b)When did the face ranished ?
c)When did it faint ?
5-“Excuse me, but do you mind giving me your card ? “
i) By whom and to whom was this statement said ?
ii) What surprised the story teller when he read the card?
iii) Where did the story teller found himself ?
6-“ I looked at once at the wall on which the face was to be seen .
I rubbed my eyes and sprang up .”
a)what made the story teller rub his eyes and sprang up ?
b)What was the event that made the face faint ?
c)How did the story teller feel when this happened ?Why ?
7-“ The third extraordinary thing about the story is that …… “
a)What was the speaker doing when he said this statement ?
b)Why was this statement a great surprise to the hearers ?
8-“ My eyes grew dark, my head turned round, for on it were the
words ………..”
a)What does it refer to ?
b) What happened to the narator then ?
c)What was strange about the man’s name ?
1-What was unusual about the face on the wall ?
2-Why was the millionair’s name a great shock to the story teller ?
3-Why was the story teller greatly affected on seeing the man on
board the ship ?
4-What did the writer mean by “ unusual events “ ?