Short stories

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 4

When did crime fiction become popular?

1. Around 1800
2. Around 1850
3. Around 1900

Why was it so popular?

1. Because people did not have much else to read
2. Because it offered people an escape from everyday life
3. Because of its literary form

What does a crime story of 'deduction' involve?

1. A detective who solves a mystery or puzzle by logical reasoning and clues
2. A detective who mostly follows his instincts

What type of short story is Sherlock Holmes?

1. Pulp fiction
2. Crime story of deduction
3. Hard boiled crime novel
4. realistic crime novel

Who is the protagonist of sherlock holmes?

1. Mrs Hudson
2. Sherlock Holmes
3. Dr Watson

What are some main themes in Sherlock holmes?

1. Cunning and cleverness
2. Justice and judgement
3. Love and passion
4. Power

What type of crime story is 'Lamb to the Slaughter'

1. Story of deduction
2. Realistic crime story
3. Hard-boiled crime story

What is so ironic about the ending of the story?

1. Mary laughs about the fact that the police are eating the last piece of evidence
2. Mary feels quilty that she tricked the police
3. There is nothing ironic

How did Mary kill her husband?

1. She hit him with a piece of lamb
2. She shot him
3. She drugged him

What makes this story typically Roald Dahl?

1. Its dark humour
2. The plot line
3. The contrasting elements

How does Mary create the 'perfect murder'?

1. By going to the store, and thus having an alibi
2. By knowing how detectives thinks, and manipulating the police
3. By carefully cooking the lamb, and have the police eat it

Witness for the prosecution is an example of?

1. Story of deduction
2. Realistic crime story

What does the word 'prosecution' in the title mean?

1. Aanklager
2. Vervolging/vervolgde

Who is the 'witness'?

1. Romaine
2. Mrs French
3. Mr Mayherne

What is the climax of the story?

1. Romaine says that Leonard actually is quilty
2. Leonard confesses to his crime

What type of crime story is 'Butch minds the baby'?

1. Realistic crime story
2. crime story of deduction
3. Hard-boiled crime story

Why is it this type?

1. Because of its satire
2. Because of its logic
3. Because of the detectives in the story

What do the 3 men propose to Butch?

1. They want him to give them the baby
2. They want him to open a safe
3. They want him for his money

What is so funny/strange about this story?

1. The way the three men behave towards each other
2. The fact that the crime involves a child
3. The things the police ask Butch when they see the baby
4. All of these

Do you enjoy reading crime stories?

1. Yes
2. No
3. A little