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While reading b
Rosanna is in love with Franklin Blake. c
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1 Match. Connect the character to his/her role c
Rosanna burns a fire in her room. c
in the story.
a Mr Bruff .. d
Rosanna goes to Fritzinghall to buy a new
b Mr Betteredge .. dress. c
c Rachel ..
d Penelope .. e Rachel buys a metal case. c
e Lord Hercastle ..
f Lady Hercastle .. 4 Put these sentences in the order of the story.
g Franklin .. a c Penelope says that the diamond is gone.
h Rosanna .. b c Rachel and her guests have dinner.
i Mr Ablewhite .. c c Rachel is given her diamond.
j Godfrey .. d c Seegrave interviews Penelope for the
1) Gabriels lady second time.
2) Lady Herncastles daughter e c Superintendent Seegrave arrives.
3) family lawyer f c The Indians see the diamond.
4) a housemaid g c Franklin and Rachel finish painting
5) Gabriels Lord Rachels sitting room door.
6) Lady Hercastles nephew
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7) manager of Lady Herncastles farm
5 Complete the following text with the words
8) Gabriels daughter
from the box. Try not to look at the book.
9) Ablewhites son
10) Lady Herncastles brother-in-law pawn cloth smear Rosanna gown
2 Put these events in the right order. Sergeant Cuff discovers Rosanna buys
a c The three dark-skinned men pour ink (a) to make a (b)
into the boys hand. to cover the (c) on her dress.
b c Three dark-skinned Indian men with an He believes Rachel asks (d) for
English boy arrive at the house. help to (e) the Moonstone to get
c c Franklin shows the Moonstone to Gabriel money to pay her debts.
Betteredge.
d c Gabriel orders the three Indian men to Pages 4554
leave. 6 Complete these sentences.
e c Lady Herncastle and Rachel leave for a Miss Cuff is Lady Verinders .
lunch. b Godfrey Ablewhite and Luker left a
f c Rosanna goes to Shivering Sands. at the same time.
g c Gabriel hears noises outside the house at c Godfrey and Luker were to a chair
night. and searched.
h c Franklin takes the Moonstone to the bank d Rachel says that Godfrey is of the
in Fritzinghall. theft of the moonstone.
i c Gabriel finds a bottle of ink. e Lady Verinder is seriously ill with .
j c Franklin Blake arrives. f Drusilla Clack tries to give Lady Verinder
some .
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false, correct them. 7 Who says these things and who to? Explain
a Sergeant Cuff searches into all the the situation.
wardrobes. c a We agreed to be cousins and nothing more.

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The Moonstone Photocopiable

b Miss Rachel, my lady has fainted. going into (c)s room. He sees
Franklin take the (d) . Godfrey
c I feel like a child who does not know why he later takes it from (e) room and
has been naughty. makes a deal with (f ) . When
Godfrey (g) 5,000 pounds,
d I was not considered good enough for your he (h) Luker back and
mothers sister and now my son is not good (i) the Moonstone. This leads
enough for you. to his (j) .
10 Use these phrases to write true or false
e Luker recommended me? sentences about the story. Then ask your
partners to find the wrong ones.
a sailor with a beard
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8 Answer these questions.
b forty drops
a Why did Rachel end her engagement to

Ablewhite?
c first dose



b Why does one of the three Indians visit both d hidden in the house
Mr Bruff and Luker?
e Gooseberry met Bruff at the station



f a respectable doctor
c Why is June 1849 an important date?


g a taxi next to the sailor


d Why does Franklin return to England?
h mechanic reading a newspaper



i pretended to be drunk
e Why is Franklin horrified by the contents of
the metal case?
j cut up into smaller stones



f Where did Rosanna first find the paintstained After reading
nightgown? 11 What will happen to these people? What will
they do now?
Gabriel Betteredge
g What is her first thought?

Miss Rachel
h Why did Rosanna hide the nightgown?

Franklin Blake

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9 Use the following words to complete a
summary of the last part of the story. Miss Clack
Moonstone Franklin Franklins death
money Rachel Luker recovers pays
Mr Bruff
inherits
Godfrey needs (a) . He listens
to (b) talking to himself and

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Progress test LEVEL 6
The Moonstone Photocopiable
1 Answer these questions.
a Who steals The Moonstone from a palace in India?
b Who is going to receive The Moonstone as a
birthday present?
c Who brings the Moonstone to a house in Yorkshire?
d Who has a deformed shoulder?
e Who is narrating the story?
2 How are these people connected/related to each
other?
a Lady Herncastle and Mr Franklin
b Rosanna and Gabriel Betteredge
c Rachel and Franklin
d Penelope and Gabriel Betteredge
e Superintendant Seegrave and Sergeant Cuff
f Gabriel Betteridge and Lady Julia Verinder
g John Herncastle and Lady Julia Verinder
h Rachel Verinder and John Herncastle
i Franklin Blake and Rachel Verinder
j Rosanna Spearman and Lady Verinder
3 Are these statements true or false?
a Rachel explains to everybody why she wants to go
and live in Fritzinghall.
b Lady Herncastle is happy about Rachels leaving
her.
c Sergeant Cuff suspects Miss Rachel.
d Mr Betteredge agrees with Sergeant Cuff about
Rachels participation in the robbery.
e Miss Rachel is quite aware of what happened to the
Moonstone according to Lady Herncastle.
4 Who are these sentences about? Explain your
answer.
a She is a very religious woman.
b He is attacked while admiring an Oriental Book.
c Miss Clack believes she should get some help from
God as she is a very confused girl.
d He does not want to talk about what happened to
him.
e She is the witness to Lady Herncastles will.
5 Choose the right answer.
a Rachel agrees to marry Ablewhite because ..
1) she loves him.
2) he respects and admires her.
b Lady Verinder is found dead ..
1) after Rachel breaks her engagement to
Ablewhite.
2) just after Rachel agrees to marry Ablewhite.
c When Rachel ends her engagement to Godfrey
Ablewhite ..
1) Godfrey does not seem very upset.
2) Godfrey is brokenhearted.
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d Godfrey Ablewhites father stops being Rachels
legal adviser because ..
1) he is angry with Rachel for ending her
engagement to his son.
2) he does not have enough time.
e Godfrey Ablewhites father feels ..
1) insulted after Rachel breaks the engagement.
2) satisfied after Rachel breaks the engagement.
6 Explain the meaning of the words in italics.
a I believe she wants to be there to tell him, before he
goes through with the experiment, that she loves
him.
b For a long time, he looked down at it emptily, until
suddenly his head sank down on to his chest.
c I saw his hand move suddenly as he passed a short,
fat man.
d I followed a tall man with a black beard, dressed
like a sailor.
e The landlord pulled him downstairs, arguing with
him, and threw him out.
f he gradually realized he could keep the diamond.
7 Complete these sentences to make a summary of
the important points in the story.
a Mr Bruff says that the evidence against Franklin
falls down because ..
b Rachel tells Franklin that ..
c Franklin learns that Ablewhite ..
d Betteridges letter says that Dr Candy ..
e Ezra Jennings tells Franklin that he suffers from
..
1) had inherited 5,000.
2) had wanted to say something very important
to Franklin.
3) there must be proof that he wore the
nightgown.
4) an incurable nerve disease and takes opium for
the pain.
5) she saw him take the diamond with her own
eyes.
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