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4 Fill in the gaps in the following dialogue. What do
Kee and the young men say?
Kee: Good afternoon.
Men: Good afternoon.
Kee: What .............................. here?
Man: We work for Conway Construction.
We’ .............................. some shops here, and a
big hotel.
Kee: What? You .............................. do that here.
This is a graveyard. You .............................. houses
and shops in a graveyard. .............................. a
very important place.
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5 Write a short summary of the story. (Why is Conway
in the hospital?What do the nurses think? Is Conway
a bad man? Is Kee a good man? etc.)
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1 Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)?
a 	 	 	 Karen was writing a book about voodoo.
b 	 	 	 Conway and Kee were good friends.
c 	 	 	 Kee knew a lot about voodoo.
d 	 	 Conway wanted a big house with many 	 	
rooms.
e 	 	 Conway wanted to build very slowly on the
graveyard.
f	 	 	 Kee’s grandmother’s grave was in the 	 	
graveyard.
g 	 	 	 Kee lived in Port au Prince.
h 	 	 	 Conway saw a snake in his dream.
i 	 	 	 Conway saw Kee in his dream.
j 	 	 	 Kee wanted to help Conway in the hospital.
10 marks
2 Put the following events in the story in the right
order. Number them 1–5.
a 	 	 	 Kee visited Conway in his office.
b 	 	 	 Kee went to the hospital.
c 	 	 	 Conway arrived in Haiti.
d 	 	 	 Kee took Karen to the graveyard.
e 	 	 Jacques Remy would help Conway to try to
buy the graveyard.
20 marks
3 Match a number from A with a letter from B to make
complete sentences.
	 A
1 	 	 Karen worked in the big hospital in Port au
Prince ...
2 	 	 	 Soon after Conway started to work ...
3 	 	 	 Karen went to see Kee again ...
4 	 	 	 Then Kee saw two young men ...
5 	 	 Conway’s business was very successful in 		
Haiti, ...
	 B
a 	 ... but there was one small problem.
b	 ... and she was doing some work for her book.
c 	 ... because someone in the hospital was very ill.
d 	 ... an old man came into the office.
e 	 ... who were carrying lots of papers.
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Setting
Choose the best answer.
1	 The story happens in _____.
	 a c America  b c France   
  c c England  d c Haiti
2	 James Conway has a _____ company.
	 a c construction  b c television   
  c c computer  d c tourism
3	 Conway comes to Haiti _____.
	 a c for a holiday  b c to build houses   
  c c to get married  d c to visit a friend
4	 Karen Jackson is a _____ at Harvard University.
	 a c student  b c teacher   
  c c photographer  d c secretary
5	 Karen _____ voodoo.
	 a c wants to understand  b c doesn’t believe in
  c c isn’t interested in  d c doesn’t like
6	 Kee lives in _____.
	 a c a big house in Port au Prince  b c a hotel
  c c a small house in a village  d c a hospital
7	 When Conway’s aeroplane arrives, Kee _____.
	 a c doesn’t see it  b c goes to the airport   
  c c is happy  d c feels danger
8 In Haiti, a ‘houngan’ is someone who knows
about _____.
	 a c construction  b c voodoo   
  c c gardens  d c aeroplanes
9	 To many people in Haiti, Baron Samedi
	 is _____.
	 a c funny  b c strange   
  c c frightening  d c friendly
10	 Kee is _____.
	 a c young and poor  b c old and rich   
  c c young and rich  d c old and poor
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Characters
Choose the best answer.
11 When Karen first meets Conway, she thinks
he _____.
	 a c is an important man  b c looks frightening  
  c c doesn’t listen to people  d c is funny
12	 Karen is _____ about voodoo.
	 a c writing a book  b c making a film   
   c c making a TV programme  d c making a
radio programme
13	 Kee says that he tries to help _____ people.
	 a c Haitian  b c good   
  c c American  d c poor
14 Kee was _____ years old when his grandfather
died.
	 a c 12  b c 22  c c 2  d c 42
15 Kee tells Conway that he mustn’t _____ the
graveyard.
	 a c build on  b c take photographs of   
  c c talk about  d c visit
16	 Conway thinks Kee is _____.
	 a c clever  b c rich  c c interesting  d c mad
17 Conway tells _____ that he doesn’t want to see
Kee again.
a c his secretary  b c Karen   
c c his wife  d c his friends
18 After meeting Kee, Conway dreams about the
_____ from the graveyard.
	 a c dogs  b c spirits  c c birds  d c stones
19 The second time Karen visits Kee, she wants his
help with _____.
	 a c her garden  b c a building   
  c c a sick man  d c a lorry
20 In hospital, Conway screams every time he
hears _____.
	 a c a car  b c a bell   
  c c an aeroplane  d c a dog
20 marks
Dialogue
Who said this?
21	 ‘The land is very cheap here.’
	 a c Karen  b c Conway’s secretary 
  c c Kee  d c Conway
22	 ‘Someone bad is coming.’
	 a c Kee  b c Conway   
  c c Baron Samedi  d c Karen
23	 ‘How can these people be so stupid?’
	 a c Conway’s secretary  b c Karen   
  c c Kee  d c Conway
24	 ‘What piece of land do you want?’
	 a c Jacques Remy  b c Kee   
  c c Baron Samedi  d c Karen
25 ‘People were good and kind. But everything is
different now.’
	 a c Karen  b c Jacques Remy   
  c c Conway  d c Kee
26 ‘You can always find good people if you look for
them.’
	 a c Conway  b c Baron Samedi   
  c c Karen  d c Jacques Remy
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27	 ‘I don’t know who he is. He’s an old man.’
	 a c Karen  b c Conway’s secretary   
  c c Jacques Remy  d c Kee
28 ‘Spirit of the wind, spirit of the rain, help me,
help me.’
a c Conway  b c Kee   
c c Conway’s secretary  d c Karen
29	 ‘He’s mad, and we don’t know why.’
	 a c Jacques Remy  b c Conway’s secretary   
  c c Karen  d c Kee
30	 ‘I am Kee’s grandfather!’
	 a c Jacques Remy  b c Baron Samedi   
  c c Pierre  d c Conway
20 marks
Vocabulary
Choose the best answer.
31 drawing of a place that shows roads, houses,
rivers etc.
	 a c page  b c picture  c c map  d c paper
32	 not sleeping
	 a c awake  b c sitting  c c around  d c lying
33	 windows are made of this
	 a c wood  b c glass  c c concrete  d c metal
34	 this tells people what they must and must not do
	 a c secret  b c book  c c magic  d c law
35	 to shout very loudly, when you are frightened
	 a c laugh  b c scream  c c talk  d c call
36	 a long thin animal without legs
	 a c stick  b c cat  c c dog  d c snake
37	 this tells you where a person lives
	 a c street  b c name  c c address  d c line
38 to see pictures in your mind when you are
sleeping
	 a c dream  b c speak  c c watch  d c think
39 a place next to your house where you can grow
flowers and trees
	 a c steps  b c park  c c beach  d c garden
40 a group of people who work together to make
money
a c class  b c church   
c c company  d c university
20 marks
Plot
Choose the best answer.41 Conway talks to Jacques Remy because he wants
to buy _____.
a c some land  b c a car   
c c some trees  d c a house
42 Karen starts working at a _____ in Port au
Prince.
	 a c university  b c shop   
  c c hospital  d c hotel
43 People say that _____ is a very good and strong
houngan.
	 a c Baron Samedi  b c Conway   
  c c Karen  d c Kee
44	 Kee shows Karen his _____ grave.
	 a c brother’s  b c grandfather’s   
  c c mother’s  d c father’s
45 Kee doesn’t like the new world because people
think about _____ too much.
	 a c families  b c friends   
  c c money  d c homes
46 Conway tells Kee that he wants to live in a place
with _____.
	 a c a lot of rooms  b c a swimming pool   
  c c a big television  d c a lot of children
47 Kee is angry because Conway starts building
_____.
	 a c in Port au Prince  b c on a graveyard   
  c c near a hospital  d c on his garden
48	 Kee draws a circle round _____ in his garden.
	 a c a tree  b c a doll  c c a fire  d c a stone
49 Conway has terrible dreams and sees the face of
_____.
	 a c Kee  b c Karen   
  c c Baron Samedi  d c Jacques Remy
50	 In the end, Conway _____.
	 a c goes back to America  b c dies   
  c c marries Karen  d c is mad
20 marks
Total marks
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