1- Answer the following questions:1- Where does Silas live? What is Silas's job?
2- Describe Silas.
3- What did Silas suffer from?
4- Who is Sara?
5- How did the people of the village treat Silas at first?
6- What trouble did William Dane cause to Silas?
7- Why did William Dane cause trouble to Silas?
8- What happened to the old man?
9- Why was Silas called to the chapel? What did the minister accuse him of?
10- wHAT happened to the old man's money?
11- Where did they find Sila's knife?
12- How will the minister decide whether Silas is a theif or not?
13- What was the result of drawing lots?
14- What did Silas do when the lots didn't show the truth?
15- What massege did Sara send to Silas?
16- What did Silas decide to do?
2- Complete:1- Silas was accused of stealing the old man's money because ---------------------------------------
2- William was jealous of Silas because Silas was------------------so he------------------------------
3- All the counters the men tiik from the bag were------------------
4- The minister accused Silas of----------------------------------------
5- The minister said Silas had taken the money from the drawer because---------------------------
6- Silas was looking after the old man, when he awoke,------------------------------------------------
7- At the end of ch 1 Silas was angry from the people of Lantern Yard so--------------------------
3- Write T or F next to the following:
a. Silas is engaged to Sarah. ( )
b. Silas found the empty money bag in the drawer ( )
c. William Dane came to take Silas's place to look after the old man. ( )
d. When Silas went into a trance, he could not hear or see anything. ( )
e. William borrowed Silas's knife. ( )
f. Silas's friends did not believe he was guilty. ( )
g. At the end, Silas is still engaged to Sara. ( )
4- Choose the correct answers:
1. The people of the village were angry with Silas because
a- he suffered a strange illness c- he lent William his knife c- they thought he stole the money
2. William was Silas's friend but
a- he stole his money b- he was jealous of him c- he didn't come to the old man's house
3. Silas will not believe in God because
a- he is a thief b- Sara left him to marry William c- God didn't help him
4. Silas was accused of stealing the old man's money because
a- they found his knife near the empty money bag b- the old man died c- he went into a trance
5- Read the following quotations then answer the questions below.
1- '' The lots have not shown the truth. God has betrayed me"
a- What has happened?
b- What will Silas do after that?
2- '' Where did you find it? I usually keep it in my pocket''
a- Who is the speaker? When did he say this?
b- What does he keep in his pocket? How does he use it?
الجمعة نوفمبر 07, 2008 12:46 pm
