? Checking Comprehension

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I Answer the following questions.

1) How many persons are mentioned in this story?

2) What were their names?

3) How old were they you think?

4) In what relation to each other were the main characters?

5) Which of them formed a triangle?

6) Who was the hypotenuse of this triangle?

7) What did a messenger bring in?

8) What did it read?

9) Who was the letter for?

10) What told Nevada who the letter was from?

11) How did Nevada take the letter?

12) Did old Jerome accept the invitation? What rea­son did he give?

13) Had Nevada ever taken a ride in an automobile?

14) What kind of ride did she use to take instead?


15) Where was Nevada when another letter was brought?

16) Who received it?

17) Did Barbara do anything to find out what the letter read?

18) Who opened the letter and read it?

19) What reason did Nevada give for not reading the letter addressed to her?

20) What did Barbara read in the letter?

21) Did Nevada believe it? What tells you this?

22) What action did Nevada take?

23) What season was then?

24) Where did Nevada find Gilbert?

25) How did Gilbert take Nevada’s arrival?

26) In what way was Nevada a Westerner?

27) What special event took place that night?

28) Who were present at it?





[1] Say whether the statement is true or false. Correct the false one.

1) Jerome’s wife was dead, but he had a daughter.

2) Jerome had a brother named Jack.

3) Jerome’s brother went West and died there.

4) Nevada was a good-looking little girl.

5) Nevada was Barbara’s cousin.

6) Jerome’s brother raised Gilbert.

7) Nevada did not read the letter from Gilbert since she thought he might have written something bad.

8) Nevada did not know much about city people and their manners.

9) Barbara and Nevada had a good time riding in an automobile.


10) Barbara did not want to interfere in Nevada’s affairs.

11) Barbara did not care what was in the letter.

12) Barbara wanted to play a joke on Nevada.

13) Old Jerome was very much fond of Barbara.

14) Another letter was addressed to Barbara.

15) Nevada walked to the studio under a heavy rain.

16) There were many guests at Gilbert and Nevada’s wedding.

17) Barbara played a joke on herself.

3 Put the sentences in the right order.

1) Nevada receives a letter from Gilbert.

2) ) Nevada finds an excuse not to write an answer.

3) Another letter addressed to Nevada arrives.

4) Barbara reads the letter for Neva
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