The Couple at No. 9 (chapters 1-4)

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          The Couple at No. 9 

                       (chapters 1-4)

Who is the author of this book?

What does 'No.' ( in the title) mean?

When does the story start?

1. August 1998
2. November 2028
3. April 2018
4. December 2008

Saffy is ...

1. a child
2. a woman
3. a man
4. a dog

What is name 'Saffy' short for?

1. Saffier
2. Saffieddine
3. Stephany
4. Saffron

Saffy has a dog. It's a little Westie ( = The West Highland White Terrier).
Its name is ...

1. Bella
2. Sugar
3. Snowy
4. Luna

Saffy is expecting her first child.

She is ... weeks pregnant.

1. 4
2. 14
3. 24
4. 40

Where is she when the story starts?

1. At her work
2. In her front garden
3. In her kitchen
4. In the supermarket

There are builders working with the mechanical digger not far from her. Where are they working?

1. At the next house
2. In her rear (back) garden
3. In her front garden
4. In her street

What have the builders found?

1. Treasure
2. An object from the past
3. A secret basement
4. Human remains

When it happens, Saffy's husband is at work. What is his name and where does he work?

1. Tim, he is a teacher
2. Darren, he is a freelancer musician
3. Tom, he works in the finance department
4. Karl, he is a GP in London

How old are Saffy and Tom?

1. 24
2. 42
3. 35
4. 53

Where did Saffy and Tom meet?

1. At university
2. They were neighbours
3. At school
4. They are colleagues

They have just moved to their first house. Where is their cottage located?

1. In London
2. In a small village, near the forest
3. In the centre of a big village, near the church
4. In a suburb of Liverpool

The name of this village is ...

1. Nether Wallop
2. Chesil Beach
3. Beggars Nook
4. Clovelly Harbour

What did Saffy do when the builders told her about their find?

1. Asked them to keep working
2. Called her father
3. Ran away
4. Called the police

Saffy says about Tom: 'He's the opposite to me..'
How does she describe him?

1. calm, pragmatic and never overreact
2. funny and creative but unreliable
3. clever, sensitive and caring
4. energetic and honest but lazy

Who is Amanda Price?

1. Tom's colleague
2. Saffy's older sister
3. A PC
4. One of the builders who found the body

What did she say to Saffy and Tom?

1. They are the main suspects.
2. They should call their lawyer.
3. They are arrested.
4. They should go to a hotel for a few days.

What is the name of the street where their cottage, number 9, is located?

1. Skeleton Place
2. Skelton Place
3. Scary Place
4. Sunny Place

How many bodies have the police found in the back graden?

1. One
2. Two
3. Three
4. Four

The victims were ...

1. Two children
2. Two men
3. Two women
4. A man and a woman

How old were the victims?

1. Between 20 and 35
2. Between 30 and 45
3. Between 40 and 55
4. Between 50 and 65

When were the bodies burried there?

1. More than 100 years ago
2. Between 1990 and 2000
3. Between 2000 and 2015
4. Between 1970 and 1990

The police want to talk to the previous owner of the cottage, Mrs Rose Grey. She is Saffy's ...

1. Sister
2. Mother
3. Grandmother
4. Aunt

Where is she now?

1. In a care home
2. She is dead
3. She has moved to the USA
4. She lives in a next village

It's difficult because she ...

1. is blind
2. is deaf
3. has Parkinson’s disease
4. has dementia

Saffy says about her mother: 'She needed sunshine and sangria and exotic men...'

Where does her mother live?

1. In Mexico
2. In Portugal
3. In Spain
4. In the Netherlands :)

Her mother's name is ...

1. Laura
2. Lea
3. Lena
4. Lorna