Boektoets Amsterdam Connection

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo g
• Leerjaar 3

1. Reporter Kate Jensen visits her friend Max Carson in Amsterdam.
2. Kate Jensen goes to Amsterdam to find out the truth about a death.
3. Kate Jensen needs to get away from her work and her boss, Balzano.
4. Kate goes to A'dam to write a story for the Manchester News.

1. Kate Jensen: British news reporter
2. Jos van Essen: retired football player
3. Joop de Vries: Dutch business man
4. Dave Balzano: British newspaper editor

1. It is the last time the Kate will speak to Max before his death.
2. After this meeting, Kate decides to become a sports reporter.
3. Max moves to Holland and they will never see each other again.
4. Kate is going to write a story about Max and that will save his life.

1. had six children
2. was very rich
3. saved my life
4. had a café in Amsterdam

1. English – dancer – policeman – Dutch
2. stupid – cyclist – painter – English
3. nice – policewoman – painter – Dutch
4. Dutch – cyclist – farmer - English

1. Christiaans
2. Jos van Essen
3. Joop de Vries
4. Raúl Sanchez

1. I = Jos van Essen II = Kate III = Tom Carson
2. I = Raúl Sanchez II = Max III = Jos van Essen
3. I = Tom Carson II = Elly III = Christiaans
4. I Jos van Essen II = Christiaans III = Max

1. Max was scared of having a heart attack so he went to see a doctor.
2. Max was jealous of his brother Tom’s success with the football club.
3. M. always thought that K.was the best reporter he'd ever known.
4. Max had a heart attack years ago and was taking pills for his heart.

1. I – II – III – IV
2. IV – I – III – II
3. IV – II – III – I
4. II – III – IV – I

1. bloody clothes
2. Max’s wallet
3. a lot of knives
4. a letter from Max

1. Only Statement I is true.
2. Only Statement II is true.
3. Both Statements are true.
4. Both Statements are false.

1. Only Statement I is true.
2. Only Statement II is true.
3. Both Statements are true.
4. Both Statements are false.

1. Because his brother has just died in a terrible way.
2. He knows Kate hasn’t told him the truth about her visit.
3. Because he wants to find out who killed his brother.
4. His brother is dead and the club is losing matches.

1. Only a few people know that Kate is in Amsterdam.
2. The note was written by hand and in capital letters.
3. One word (freind) has been spelled the wrong way.
4. Who knows the name of hotel in which Kate is staying?

1. A guy took hold of her bag and wanted to run away with it.
2. A man was waiting for her with flowers, asking her to marry him.
3. A man with a knife tried to force her to tell him all about Christiaans.
4. A guy took her arm and tried to pull her into his car.

1. Yes
2. No

1. Raúl
2. Elly
3. Christiaans
4. a policeman

How did Christiaans kill Max?

1. He was poisoned with his own heart pills.
2. Christiaans stabbed him to death in De Pijp.
3. He drank too much in combination with his pills.
4. He was shot dead near his hotel.

When Kate is a prisoner in Christiaans’ house, does she know what has happened to Raúl?

1. Yes
2. No

1. ‘’Go on holiday, Kate!’’
2. ‘’Take some time off!’’
3. ‘’Great story, Jensen!’’
4. ‘’What rubbish is this?!’’