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Setting 12 Miss Jessie liked wearing _____.

a □ dark dresses b □ lots of different hats
Choose the best answer.
c □ childish clothes d □ high shoes
1 The Cranford ladies were _____. 13 Captain Gordon _____.
a □ fashionable and liked new ways a □ met Jessie for the first time in Cranfield
b □ interested in railways c □ always pleased b □ had asked Jessie to marry him before
to see gentlemen d □ not fashionable and c □ had once been in love with Jessie’s sister
preferred the old ways d □ had been married before
2 They liked to _____ each other between twelve 14 Mr Holbrook read Miss Matty a poem about
and three. _____.
a □ write to b □ visit c □ read to d □ phone a □ a lost dog b □ Cranford c □ lost love
3 Mrs Forrester was one of the _____ ladies in d □ Paris
Cranford. 15 Peter was known as ‘Poor Peter’ because he
a □ funniest b □ poorest c □ richest _____.
d □ most unkind a □ spent too much money b □ couldn’t find
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4 The ladies were _____ at first about the arrival a wife c □ was always in trouble d □ was
of Captain Brown. often unhappy
a □ very happy b □ sad c □ cross 16 He left home after his father _____.
d □ unsure a □ told him to become a rector b □ beat him
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5 After a year, the Captain _____. for one of his jokes c □ beat him at cards
a □ had become very popular b □ decided to d □ told him his schoolwork was terrible
leave Cranford c □ had become even less 17 Miss Pole accepted Mrs Jamieson’s party
popular d □ refused to speak to the ladies invitation, mainly as she _____.
6 The Captain lived _____. a □ wanted to meet Lady Glenmire b □ was
a □ with his daughters b □ with his wife ready to ‘forgive and forget’ c □ had bought a
c □ on his own d □ in a big house new dress d □ had bought a new hat
7 At a card-party, Miss Jessie said that _____. 18 Signor Brunoni’s real name was _____.
a □ she was good at knitting b □ her uncle a □ Aga Jenkyns b □ Thomas Brown
was a shopkeeper c □ she could make good c □ Jem Hearn d □ Samuel Brown
cakes d □ she had a rich uncle 19 _____ earned three and sixpence.
8 Captain Brown enjoyed reading _____. a □ Martha b □ Jem Hearn c □ Miss Matty
a □ the newspaper b □ Shakespeare d □ Mary’s father
c □ serious novels d □ Charles Dickens 20 Peter returned to England _____.
9 After the card-party, Miss Jenkyns criticized a □ because of Mary’s letter b □ to find his
_____. parents c □ to buy Mary a better shop
a □ Miss Jessie’s clothes b □ Captain Brown’s d □ to live in Drumble
home c □ Miss Jessie’s dimples d □ Miss
Brown 20 marks
10 The captain tried hard to _____.
a □ make peace with Miss Jenkyns b □ find a
new wife c □ make money d □ find a new Dialogue
home
Who said or wrote this?
20 marks 21 ‘God forgive me if I ever spoke sharply to the
captain!’
a □ Miss Jenkyns b □ Miss Matty c □ Miss
Characters Jessie d □ Miss Pole
22 No one will care for them when I’ve gone.’
Choose the best answer.
a □ Mr Dobson b □ Miss Matty c □ Mary
11 _____ was extraordinarily kind to everyone. Smith d □ Miss Jenkyns
a □ Captain Brown b □ The doctor 23 ‘Mother dear, do send me a cake!’
c □ Captain Gordon d □ The narrator a □ Miss Matty b □ Mr Holbrook c □ Peter
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24 ‘Wait until I’ve run upstairs! Then, when I 40 the ‘best’ room of a house, where guests are received
cough, open the door.’ a □ painting-room b □ drawers c □ society
a □ Miss Betty Barker b □ Mrs Fitz-Adam d □ drawing-room
c □ Mrs Jamieson d □ Martha
25 ‘Must we say “your ladyship” instead of just “you”?’ 20 marks
a □ Miss Pole b □ Mrs Forrester c □ Mary
Smith d □ Jem
26 ‘Isn’t walking very unpleasant?’ Plot
a □ Mary Smith b □ Lady Glenmire Choose the best answer.
c □ Miss Jenkyns d □ Mrs Jamieson 41 Captain Brown was killed while _____.
27 ‘I’m certain that was one of my ribbons on his a □ saving a little girl b □ getting on a bus
table just now…’ c □ driving d □ saving an old lady
a □ Miss Matty b □ Miss Barker 42 Shortly after Captain Brown’s funeral, _____
c □ Miss Pole d □ Mrs Forrester also died.
28 ‘I’ll give you five pound coins for your note, Mr a □ Miss Pole b □ his elder daughter

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Dobson.’ c □ Miss Jenkyns d □ Miss Matty
a □ Mrs Jamieson b □ Miss Matty 43 Miss Jessie decided to _____.
c □ Lady Glenmire d □ Miss Pole a □ open a shop b □ marry Captain Gordon
29 ‘If you’d lodge with us, we’d try to make you c □ sell her house d □ get a job

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comfortable.’ 44 Thomas Holbrook had once asked _____ to
a □ Mrs Fitz-Adam b □ Martha c □ Miss marry him.
Jenkyns d □ Jem a □ Miss Matty b □ Miss Pole c □ Miss
30 ‘I’ve been too sudden for you, my little Matty.’ Deborah Jenkyns d □ a maid
a □ Mr Holbrook b □ Thomas Brown 45 Years before, the Jenkyns’ son, left for _____.
c □ Peter d □ Mr Johnson a □ France b □ Peru c □ China d □ India
46 Mrs Jamieson did not want the Cranford ladies
20 marks
to _____.
a □ wear dresses b □ buy hats c □ visit Lady
Glenmire d □ visit India
Vocabulary 47 Lady Glenmire and Miss Pole helped Signor
Choose the best answer. Brunoni _____.
31 a large area of land in the country with one owner a □ leave the town quickly b □ after his
a □ county b □ estate c □ share d □ society accident c □ become a better conjuror
32 impolite; not done by people of good family d □ with his magic
a □ vulgar b □ bad c □ ill d □ poor 48 People were amazed when _____.
33 business; buying and selling a □ the narrator wrote to Peter b □ Miss Pole
a □ inn b □ trade c □ fashion d □ assembly married the doctor c □ Mrs Jamieson opened
34 small hollows in the cheek or chin a shop d □ Lady Glenmire decided to marry
a □ bonnets b □ lodgings c □ bankers Mr Hoggins
d □ dimples 49 Miss Matty lost all her money when _____.
35 you put your head on this in bed a □ the conjurer stole it b □ a man stole it
a □ tray b □ silk c □ pillow d □ turban c □ her bank failed d □ she sold her house
36 a person who does clever tricks which seem magical 50 Peter eventually returned from India and Miss
a □ aga b □ lord c □ conjurer d □ elder Matty _____.
37 something mysterious or clever done to a □ went back with him b □ gave money
entertain people back to her friends c □ bought another shop
a □ cap b □ joke c □ sermon d □ trick d □ closed her shop
38 related by marriage
a □ in-law b □ in-marriage c □ in-family 20 marks
d □ in-married
39 (of a person) not still alive Total marks
a □ near b □ far c □ late d □ rough

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