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    This document appears to be a series of comprehension questions about a book titled "Officially Dead" by Richard Prescott. It includes multiple choice and short answer questions about plot details, characters, events and vocabulary from the story. Some of the main events that can be summarized are: 1) Colin Fenton gets involved with Linda and John Bentley and agrees to provide an alibi for John. However, things go wrong and Colin ends up disappearing. 2) Julie Fenton, Colin's wife, suspects foul play in her husband's disappearance and teams up with Mark Ashwood to investigate Linda Bentley. 3) It is eventually revealed that Linda and John planned to rob a jewelry store and needed

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    This document appears to be a series of comprehension questions about a book titled "Officially Dead" by Richard Prescott. It includes multiple choice and short answer questions about plot details, characters, events and vocabulary from the story. Some of the main events that can be summarized are: 1) Colin Fenton gets involved with Linda and John Bentley and agrees to provide an alibi for John. However, things go wrong and Colin ends up disappearing. 2) Julie Fenton, Colin's wife, suspects foul play in her husband's disappearance and teams up with Mark Ashwood to investigate Linda Bentley. 3) It is eventually revealed that Linda and John planned to rob a jewelry store and needed

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    Officially Dead by Richard Prescott

    A. Read the sentences and write TRUE or FALSE.


    1. Colin Fenton accepted to help Linda and John because he was an ambitious
    man____________
    2. Julia Fenton wrote business software for C.J.F. Software Solutions______________
    3. Linda worked in a jewelry store, where she met her husband_____________
    4. Colin spent one night with Linda because he didn’t love his wife_____________
    5. When Colin and John met at the pub they thought they were relatives__________
    6. Mark Ashwood was the only person to witness the car accident_____________
    7. Linda offered Colin some jewels to be her husband’s alibi at the time of the
    robbery__________
    8. Linda and John had a red BMW and a van_____________
    9. Frankie Simpson had many contacts who could sell the stolen jewelry_____________
    10. Interpol arrested Bentleys in Spain when they were trying to escape_____________

    B. Answer these questions?


    1. Julie didn’t know that the company was having financial problems. Why?
    _____________________________________________________________________________
    2. The robbery was planned for January. Why?
    _____________________________________________________________________________
    3. Why couldn’t Julie contact Colin when he disappeared?
    _____________________________________________________________________________
    4. Julie thought that Colin had abandoned her. Why did she think that? Was there any evidence?
    _____________________________________________________________________________
    5. Mark went to see Linda Bentley. Why?
    _____________________________________________________________________________
    6. Why didn’t Julie believe Mark’s story?
    _____________________________________________________________________________
    7. Why did Julie phone Mark after his visit?
    _____________________________________________________________________________
    8. After the Bentleys attacked Julie and Mark, they went to hospital. Then the police questioned
    them about the incident. Did the police believe Mark’s story? Why? Why not?
    _____________________________________________________________________________
    9. C.J.F. Software Solutions improved the profits. Why?
    _____________________________________________________________________________
    10. When was Colin declared officially dead?
    _____________________________________________________________________________

    C. Complete the sentences using the words below.


    FENCE – CLAIM – RESERT – FLIRTING – RECORD – COURSE – BORROW

    1. Colin was going to ………………………………. money from the bank.


    2. Colin was in Brentwood, teaching a ……………………… in computer software.
    3. After the meeting at the pub, John was very angry with Linda because she was …………….
    with Colin.
    4. John rushed back inside to the keypad and ……………………. the alarm clock.
    5. Frankie Simpson separated the jewelry for his men to deliver to other……………….in
    different cities.
    6. Colin had died but there was no official………………………of his death.
    7. The Bentleys were discovered when Linda made a………………. to a Spanish court.

    D. Put these sentences in chronological order.


    a) After a year, John and Linda got married____
    b) Linda’s aunt died and left Linda her property___
    c) Mark Ashwood visited Linda Bentley___
    d) Linda’s mother used to bring men home and told Linda to sleep on the floor in the kitchen___
    e) Colin phoned Linda and arranged to meet again on Wednesday___
    f) John was a lorry driver when he met Linda___
    g) The London police reported the crime to Interpol___
    h) Julie and Mark met in his house and decided to go and see Linda Bentley___
    i) Julie was doing some cleaning when she found Colin’s passport___
    j) Mark and Julie were in hospital for some days___
    k) Colin got a letter from Linda Bentley___
    l) Linda left Glasgow and went to London___
    m) John took off his coat and put it over the camera to cover the lens___
    n) Colin died in a car accident___
    o) The Bentleys were racing across the French countryside on a train going south___
    E. Write definitions for given words from the book.
    alibi

    sideboard

    tray

    wreckage

    funeral

    reservation

    crematorium

    invoice

    nastily

    puzzled

    random

    self-control

    tremble

    appreciate

    belonging

    sink (n)

    bother

    sigh

    jack

    van

    stock

    cabinet

    skylight

    shutter

    grille

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