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d Whose hand is in the jar in Doe’s apartment?

Whilereading

Chapters1–2

1DoeseachsentencedescribeSomersetor

Mills?Writethenamenexttoeachsentence

e Who phones the apartment while Mills and

Somerset are still in it?

Chapter5

5Correctthesesentences.

a He has been married twice. ………………

b He is middle-aged. ………………

a Somerset calls Tracy late at night.

c He is quite young. ………………

………………………………………………

d He has just moved to the city. ………………

b They meet the next morning at the precinct

house.

e He wants to do real detective work.

………………

2Arethesesentencesaboutthemurdertrue(T)

orfalse(F)?

………………………………………………

c Tracy doesn’t like the school she’s working in.

………………………………………………

a The fat man died in his own apartment. c

d Somerset advises Tracy to tell Mills if she

doesn’t want the baby.

b The man had always weighed 304 pounds. c

c He died from eating too much.

………………………………………………

d Someone killed the fat man.

e The massage parlor reminds Mills of a scene

from a film.

e Mills thinks there will be more murders

like this one.

………………………………………………

f The gray-haired man is covered in blood.

Chapters3–4

3Whatistherightanswer,1,2or3?

………………………………………………

a Somerset thinks that the murderer is …..

1) crazy.

2) asking for help.

3) smart.

Chapter6

6Whosaidorwroteeachofthesethings?

Somerset

Tracy

John Doe

a “I’ve done it again.” ……………

b Somerset accepts that Dworkin must be the

killer because …..

1) his fingerprints are in Gould’s office.

2) he has been in prison for robbery and sex

crimes.

3) he knows Eli Gould.

b “We also found another body.” ……………

c “What’s happening?” ……………

d “I did not kill her. She was able to choose.”

……………

e “The killer cut off her nose.” ……………

Chapter7

7Fillinthegapstomakeasummaryofthe

finalchapter.(Thegapsmaybeoneormore

words.)

c Mills doesn’t sleep very well because …..

1) his partner in Springfield will never walk

again.

2) he has killed a man.

3) he is always worried about the next day’s

work.

John Doe’s lawyer told Mills and Somerset that

there were still two more (a) ……………………

and Doe wanted to show the two detectives

where they were. Mills looked inside. He

felt sick. Doe started to tell Mills that

he had visited Tracy and Somerset drove

with Doe through the city into the

(b) ……………………, and California

followed them in a (c) …………………… .

d Mills and Somerset decide to investigate John

Doe because …..

1) he’s got a very ordinary name.

2) he’s borrowed lots of books from the

public library.

3) he’s borrowed books on subjects that are

linked to the murders.

4Writetheanswerstothefollowingquestions.

Soon after they stopped, a (d) …………………

came down the road and (e) ……………………

went to meet it. The driver gave him a

(f ) …………………… addressed to David

Mills. When he opened it, Somerset discovered

a How do Somerset and Mills know John Doe’s

address?

b What happens to Mills in the narrow street?

c Why doesn’t Doe kill him?

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(g) …………………… . That morning Doe

had killed Tracy and taken her head because he

(h) …………………… Mills. He wanted Mills

to become (i) …………………… . Mills was

very confused and upset and he wanted to kill

Doe. Somerset tried to tell him not to, because

Mills would go to ( j) …………………… .

Then Doe told Mills about the

(k) …………………… Tracy was carrying;

Mills couldn’t stand anymore and killed

Doe. At the end, Somerset decided not to

(l) …………………… because someone had

to stay and “fight the fight.”

8Whodoyouthinkwasthebetterdetective?

SomersetorMills?Writeaparagraphshowing

whichoneyouthinkwasthebetterdetective.

Givereasonsandevidencefromthebookto

backupwhatyouthink.

9Writeadetectivestorysetinacityortown

nearyou.Decidewhatcrimehasbeen

committedandwhothecriminalis. Is it

murder, robbery or another crime? Who is the

victim? What happens to this person and how do

they react? Who is the criminal? Is this person

young or old, intelligent or stupid? Thinkabout

whatsortcharacterthispersonhasand

describehimorherindetailinyourstory.

Drawpicturestoaccompanyyourstory.

10Workwithanotherstudentandpreparearole

play:

Student A: You are Somerset. You are

interviewing a suspect about the murder of Eli

Gould. Ask lots of questions.

Student B: You are the suspect. Somerset thinks

you have committed the murder, but you are

innocent. However Gould was responsible for

putting you in prison for five years and you told

the other prisoners that you would kill him.

You have to defend yourself and prove you are

innocent.

11Answerthefollowingquestions

b In Chapter 7, Doe says that he will plead

madness if Mills and Somerset don’t agree

with his plans. Is he crazy, do you think?

Do Somerset and Mills think he is crazy?

Why/why not?

c In the book we are never told the name of the

city. Why do you think this is?

12Chooseoneofthemurdersinthestoryand

writeapolicereport.Thisshouldinclude:

details of who found the body

a description of the scene

a list of articles found at the scene

witnesses’ statements

traces of blood or anything else unusual

any conclusions you come to about what

probably happened

13YouareMills.Yo u areinprisonafterkilling

JohnDoe.Writealettertoanoldfriend.Tell

thispersonwhathappenedtoyou,aboutyour

jobandthemurderofyourwife.Tellyour

friendhowyoufeelnowandwhatlifeislike

inprison. Do you regret killing Doe or are you

glad you did this? Do you blame John Doe for

ruining your life or do you think it was your

fault.

14Matchthewordswiththeirmeanings.

a evidence …..

b homicide …..

c plead …..

d investigation …..

e link …..

f client …..

1) this is when the police try to find out

about a crime

2) someone who pays a person or company

for services of advice

3) facts that make you believe that something

is true

4) to ask for something in an urgent or

anxious way, or to say in court that you

are not guilty.

5) the crime of murder

6) a connection between two or more things

a At the end of the book, Somerset says there

are nine victims. Who are the last four victims

and in what way was each of them a victim?

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Chapters1–3

1Arethesesentencestrue(T)orfalse(F).

a Somerset has been a detective for twenty-two

years.

e c “I don’t know why I asked you to come … You

know that I’m a teacher,” she went on. “I’ve

been trying to get work in some of the schools

here. But the schools are … horrible.”

f c “But I want to have children.”

g c “Tracy, I’m not the one to talk to about this.”

h c “All I can tell you, Tracy … is that if you don’t

keep the baby, if that’s what you decide, never

tell David. But if you’re going to have it, tell

him now. That’s all the advice I can give you.”

i c “Promise you’ll keep in touch after you retire.

Please.”

j c “I … I’m going to have a baby.”

6Matchthefollowingwordswiththeirmeanings.

a gluttony

b greed

c sloth

d lust

e pride

b Somerset has been married twice.

c Somerset doesn’t want to have children.

d Somerset is moving.

e David Mills is a new homicide detective.

Tracy is David’s daughter.

2 Underline thecorrectanswer.

a The dead man is Peter Eubanks / Peter Eugene .

b He weighs 403 / 304 pounds.

c He died by being shot in the head / eating too much .

d Mills are Rick Parson are old friends / neighbors .

e Mills feels sad about / responsible for Rick’s accident.

Rick’s injury put him in a wheelchair / put him in

bed for six months .

3Chooseaverbandputitintotherightform.

happen

sit

have

feed

be tied

have seen

be cannot be see

Inside the apartment, there (a) ……… dirty pots and

dishes and open cans and boxes of food everywhere

and there were insects (b) ……… on the garbage. The

smell (c) ……… terrible. A very fat man (d) ………

at the table with his face in a plate of spaghetti. They

(e) ……… never (f ) ……… anyone as fat as this

man. Somerset (g) ……… that his hands and feet

(h) ……… . He (i) ……… understand what

(j) ……… .

4Answerthefollowingquestions

a What is Eli Gould’s job?

b What happens to him?

c What do the detectives find near the picture?

d What does the name John Doe mean?

e How many books has John Doe borrowed?

f What subject(s) do the books talk about?

g Which “sin” did Gould commit?

5PuttheconversationbetweenTracyandSomerset

inthecorrectorder.Writenumbers1–10.

a c “What’s really worrying you Tracy?”

b c “Sure, I promise.”

c c “I hate this city.”

d c “If you’re thinking … about whether to have

the baby …”

envy

g wrath

1) wanting to have something belonging to

another person

2) eating too much

3) extreme anger that can result in violence

4) a strong desire for sex

5) thinking too much of yourself

6) someone who is very lazy

7) wanting too much of something like wealth

or power

7Tick( 3 )thesentencesthataretrue.

a John Doe is envious of the detectives. c

b David Mills will probably not go to prison. c

c Somerset decides to retire because he cannot

face any more crime. c

d John Doe has “won” because Mills shoots him. c

e Mills didn’t know that Tracy was pregnant. c

Somerset tried to stop Mills killing Doe.

g Somerset feels he needs to continue fighting

crime because Mills will no longer be able to

do this as he will be in prison.

h Tracy told Somerset she was pregnant.

Somerset told Tracy never to tell Mills about

the baby.

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