THE HACK DRIVER

• english
• Basisschool
• Groep 8

Predict the title "The Hack Driver"

What does the author mean by "cheap private detective"?

1. He was paid less
2. He fought in the court
3. He had to do the ground work of summoning people
4. He was never taken seriously

"I want", I told him, "to find a man named Oliver Lutkins".
Change the sentence into indirect speech

1. I told him that I wanted to find a man named Oliver Lutkins
2. I told him that he wanted to find a man named Oliver Lutkins
3. I told him that I wanted to find a man had named Oliver Lutkins
4. I told him I wanted to find a man named Oliver Lutkins

Which of the statement does not describe the man who befriended the young lawyer at the railway station.

1. A man of forty years, red faced
2. He was friendly and cheerful
3. He was hostile and arrogant.
4. He was thick about the middle, wearing dirty clothes.

Friendliness and openness were the two qualities of the hack driver, which impressed the young lawyer. State true or false.

1. True
2. False

Present hack driver's view about Lutkins

He is good at deceiving people. which of the following is not the synonym of the "deceiving"

1. Deluding
2. Hoaxing
3. Unveiling
4. Swindling

All the efforts to find Lutkins failed. Why?

Bill's only purpose of narrating various village stories to the narrator was to build faith in him, that they would surely catch Lutkins.
State True or False

1. True
2. False

“I know Oliver’s mother. She’s a terror,” Bill sighed.
Identify the tone of the speaker.

1. Playful
2. Scornful
3. Naïve
4. Threatening

Oliver's mother has been described as:

1. four feet tall, nine feet thick and compared her quickness to that of a cat
2. nine feet tall, four feet thick and compared her quickness to that of a cat.
3. nine feet tall, four feet thick and compared her quickness to that of a fox

He said, “Did you see her smile? She was laughing at us.”
Change into indirect speech:

1. He asked if I saw her smile. He asked that she had been laughing at them.
2. He asked whether I have seen her smile. He exclaimed that she had been laughing at them.
3. He asked if I had seen her smile. He told that she had been laughing at them.
4. He told that had I seen her smile. She had been laughing at us.

Identify the most appropriate meaning of the word - 'loafing'

1. spend one's time in an idle way.
2. spend one's time in the most interesting way
3. spend one's time in doing uninterested things.

The young lawyer was unhappy when he was asked to go again to New Mullion because

1. he didn't like the people there.
2. he was too tired and wanted to take rest.
3. he knew that he was made fool by the hack driver.
4. he would miss the chance to be with Bill.

“I told them about you and they’re anxious to look at you,” said Lutkins.
Identify the tone of the speaker.

1. Compassionate
2. mocking
3. Curious
4. Candid

Bill or Oliver Lutkins was a complete contrast to the narrator. How did a seasoned crook like Lutkins outwit a gullible lawyer proving him a novice and just a bright boy of seven?

Identify the theme of the story. (You can add pictures too)