Reflex

A
The
A Silver
Tale
Tale Sword
Thirty-Nine
of
ofTwo
TwoCities
Steps
Cities Stage 4
Charles Dickens

1
Before Reading
Who said this in the story? Lucie Manette, Jarvis
Lorry, Dr Manette, Charles Darnay, Sydney Carton.
163ChApTers
12 Edek
Look. at
How
Jacques
second .on
Where had
. .?this Philip
6Cold
To
run
.Five,
And picture.
away
Toabout
.?Daylight,
didnt
8 and
7
whIlE

from
win
hungry.
whIlE READING

Gaspards
READING

and third
a farmhouse.
either race. He came in
the Warthe dead
on camp.
body
Chainmail. after the

activities answers
s
OrN

a Dear Dr Manette, I love your daughter dearly. 273 When soldiers

What .the .?fight
. had Hekilled at the
learnt
hooded him. field
that kitchen
his George
eyes likehad afinished,
stopped
hawk. Ruthat
Before reading activities (page 76) 92)
76)
wIe

24 was Madame
Lance holding
Kinships Edeks
Defarge, house hand.
about for
What . . .? He said that he was a sailor called Nedthea Revolution.
drink on his way home.
sS

b I brought
ACTIVITY you from
1 BEFORE France to England, and
READING 38 Jan Whydid
John
Ainslie not
.Barsad,
. who
.? believe
Because
hadabout Edeks
whether
Yaxley
stolen some story
was Ernest
home
money about hiding
Defarge
from isunder
Hong
a car. called
nN

1 FParis Tellsons
2 Tand3 London. Bank
T 44 T
F F 5 T 6 care
has taken F 7 of F you since then. 5 How a train.
Jacques
Kong .just . .?orthree
not.used
He weeks after Georges
explosive to blow death. up the door.
TEST
aE

2 In the Bastille prison in Paris. 649 Where In
WhatBerlin
Ernest .. ..?the
. Defarge,
.?ItOn children
helpedabout
top the
of stayed
the
anwives intower.
attack
old anon
and old the
childrencinema.
Bastille.
of dead
EH

ACTIVITY 2 BEFORE READING

3c Lucie.One Hundred and Five, North Tower. 57 Jarvis Jan
and was helping
Lorry,
injured about
jockeys. some Jerry
How . . .? He crawled slowly and carefully andother boys
Cruncher, to steal
who food
was from
going
Rs

Encourage
students to speculate and to make
4 Jacques. the
to trains.
take care of Mr Lorry on his trip to Paris.
ie

guesses,
guesses but do not telltell them the the answers
answers. They will avoided the wires.
will bedo
but not them Theylastwill
i tP

5d AItterrible a happy
machine memory
of death,for withme athat
sharp my knife that 6Before The
Charles reAdIng ChApTer 10
American Darnay,Captain about the toldMarquisJan he had been stealing
of Evrmonde
vM

find
will
be out
find
able
words toas
out they
checkas read
they
their that
read
answersthe
that answers
the
when yes are
theyanswers1a,
read 1c
are
the Encourage
ChApTers students
7 And 8 whIlE to speculate
READINGand to make
cuts offof love were
peoples to you.
heads. American food sent to feed the refugees.
(himself).
(but
Isfor
enumbers
story. itThe the
1,yes
2,Injured
and 4.Jockeys
answers are 2, Fund, not
is5 still
and 6.himself), 2a,
t iO

possible that my father alive? 17guesses, Alexander

a went
Jan Who
Charles but to
Darnay,do
isTurnbull
the not
prisonwoman?
abouttelltook
becausethem
being carethethe
a of answer.
Hannay
children
prisoner They
whenhave
didnt
himself, will
he
a cC

2b,
2d. 2 BEFORE READING find out as they read that the answer
was ill with malaria. many years in the2.
is number
ACTIVITY .......................................................................................
ACTIVITY 3 BEFORE READING enough
and rememberingmoney to pay the 200 marks.
Dr Manettes
Encourage students to speculate and to make 2 Scudder b Where had doessent shea letter
work? to Sir Walter Bullivant
The Second
correct World answerWar is 2, but do
began not tell
in 1939 andstudents
ended Bastille. 10 To 13 whIlE READING
ChApTers
While Reading
guesses 20
this. They
in 1945.
but marks
The
do not tell them the answers. They will
will find out
children lived when they read
in Poland, the story.
in eastern 11ChApTers
saying
ChApTers
Lord
that he was with a good friend.
White,And
9 And 10
to Philip,
whIlE
about
READING
.......................................................................................
the photographs that
find out as they read that the only yes answers are
Europe. To get to Switzerland, they had to go west to 3 A cBavarian
Sir Walter
What8is farmer,
Bullivant
special to
9 whIlEhad the
about children,
toldherthe
READING police
knitting? about thata potato
Hannay
showed
thatDr Jan Dana and Ivor den Relgan as lovers.
2 Are numbers
these 5 and 6.
sentences true (T) or false (F)? 1 F was not ahad
Manette thrown
murderer. was safe at him.
in Paris.
.......................................................................................
While Reading
a
ChApTers
Germany, and
1ACTIVITY Dr
Because 3heBEFORE
1 To
Manette
then5 whIlE
had
likebeen
didnt READING
to Switzerland.
south READING
in theand
cheating, Bastille
he knew prison
that he 224 F Harold,
Frau
d Lucie
Karolides
WhyWolff, towas Philip,
was
did tothevery
shot
about
herwomanhusband,
afraid
dead at
Ivor
ofseven
accuse
den Relgan
about
Madame Edek.
oclock
Charles
no longer
Defarge.
in the
Darnay?
for a short time. 3 T being
Jan, to in the the Jockey
farmer, Club.
about the fact that the farmers
had a very good chance of winning that day. evening.
.......................................................................................
While Reading
2b
In France in1the
ChApTers
He of
most
Lucieoff
drove the
18th century
Manette
And 2 whIlE
land, theand roadmet
the andpoor
rich noblemen owned
Charles
READINGDarnay on a
into hada tree,
nothing.probablyThey had
435 F Elgin
sons Most Yaxley, of toGerman
the Philip, about
MacGillivray told Hannay that he didnt want towho
had been prisoners soldiers,
were Philipand
sent asking
to sothe him for
enemies
Guillotine.
1 31 years. boat coming to England. 5 T more
had fought money for
20against
marks the Injured
Polish people. Jockeys Fund.
because
hard lives, he
did went
not to sleep
have whiletoheeat,
enough wasand driving.
hated the arrest him.
2cChApTers
He was bored. 44 F Mrs
FrauHe Jackson
Wolff, (Philips
toJopley
thehelp, neighbour),
children, tonot Philip, about
3KingBecause
and
Charles he
1 To Darnay
was
3 whIlE was
interested sent
READING
to to court
find out in England
why George 6 Marmaduke agreed to told theabout
if his life
policewastheir that mother.
put in
Hannay was
31 Because
How . . his
because .?
a manHenoblemen.
knocked
calledthought
people downhe
Scudder aarrived
guard with
at hisa flat
was a robber. catapult
and 4 the
5 danger. Put
Edek,man the
a murderer. to from
following
the the water
Burgomaster, events company
in
aboutthe who
life
Jan, of came
Lucie
trying to hide
Manette
to
had kept a box of his worst mistakes.
d and stole
asked for hisCarton
Sydney
4 By giving him a lot of money.
uniform.
help. had Thena he happy
very walkedlife outwithof the
a 7 check the
F
Lord
thePhilips
in Mr
fact right
thatwas
Lorry
Alloa Janpipes.
order.
was Number
illcouldnt
planning
and didnt
them
speak
to leave
come
15.
German.Paris
to thethe next day.
meeting at
While Reading
prison
4 That
5 Because
with
someone
lot of thewas
friends.
it showed
other guards.
going to kill the Greek Prime
that they had met each other
56 Ivor a den
TheWalter
Sir
Relgan,
Lucie
Burgomaster, Bullivants
to
married Philip,
to the Charles
house.
about burning
Darnay.
farmer, about the children, George
2e Minister.
HowSydney . . .? ByCarton hiding lookedin a luggage lift. Darnay. Millaces
ChApTers
b hadShe
who house.
10 was
to
Andtaken
be sent
11 whIlE
home to England
like otherasrefugees.
READING a baby.
before OTree shot Yaxleys like horses.Charles
1+12
67ChApTer
Clare, 2+16 3+15 4+10 5+17 6+14 7+18 8+11
35fChApTers
Why When
Someone
6 He was
. . .? 1putBecause
notthe
Toa3old knife
a serious
aMarquis
whIlE prisoner
through
READING ofhad
or responsible
his escaped. ran
heart.
Evremondeperson. Edek, to the Burgomaster, about his fathershe
c to 9Philip,
She escaped
whIlE about
READING fromhis injuries,
Paris in a which
coach with
Joseph her
164 Jerry
Whatover
Because . . he.?aThe
Cruncher was Nazis
afraid took
that her
they away
would and sent him
arrest her to
for 19+13 realized
Because
Balicki. had
he
husband,wasbeen caused
oftenfather too by
andill a
to beating,
go
daughter. to not
meetings a fall
and
7 Because nobody knew that he had them.get out.
child in his coach, he didnt
Darnay aappeared before theheTribunal a second time,
Germany.
2g Jarvis
murder.
8 DanaItknew
Lorry
was very him easy because to travel
she got in France
drugs from at thehim, 8 fromeven
The when
d farmer, horse.
Shehewent towas theto well,Paris
children, was
to tryato
about man save
using ofher very
his few
husband.
canoes
375 Monsieur
Why
To . . .? of
Scotland. Because
Defarge on the night his wife was taken because
7 words.
Dana
e he
den Shewas
Relgan,
metaccused
her to by
father three
Philip, for citizens.
aboutthe the
first When
list
time she Dr
andhad
time the revolution.
and Ivor hit him because he wanted him to stay away to get away by river.
away,
48h Madame
As someone
a milkman. Defarge shot at the car, and one of the Nazi 2Manette
writtenheard
Because onhe awanted
returned that to
packet heto was
of one with
cigarettes
collect
England of
histhe for
pay him.accusers,
George
personally. he
Millace.
fromWhen Dana.Charles Darnay was first in prison, spoke
The angrily
38ChApTers
Becausepolice he toTothe
11inspector,
was Tribunal.
looking
13 whIlEto for
Philip, aBut
READING Defarge
about
place theexplained
where hydrogen
high tide
soldiers
5 Lucies Dr was hitDr
father,
Manette inhelped
the arm.
Manette
9ChApTers
Because he thought
3 And they him
4 whIlE could
READING
toputbe set free. life in
Philips 1that She helet
sulphide had
was at 10.17. go 20
of
found
gas marks
her
in a paddle
paper
Philips suddenly,
written
water by
filter and
Dr
that he fell
Manette
nearly back
in
killed
WhatDr
6i Charles .? To tellwas
. . Manette
Darnay them that he
a friendnotebookwas going
of the oldwas to
Marquis
1 F danger.
The writing in Scudders mostly theinto the
Bastille, water.
and he read it
Jeremy. the spy was going to leave from a small
4 Because aloud to the Tribunal. The
Switzerland
7 Sydney Carton to find
of Evremonde and his brother. their mother, and that they
numbers. 25paperWho
They told
harbour, in athe
found orstory story
atheir
place ?
ofpaddle
the
whereMiss
EvrmondePross,
again,
there Dr
because
was Manette,
brothers,
no the river
harbour. Sydney
who had
8Beforeshould
Miss Prossfollow him as soon as 6 they could.
2j T At the end, Lucie, her daughter and Dr
reAdIng ChApTer
Before
Carton, reAdIng the old ChApTer
Marquis 14of Evremonde, Solomon
7Encourage
Where . . .?students
Tohad the to toleave
place speculate
where theand to make
trains slow down. carried
5caused
Because theitthe down
deaths spy to of
was them.
fourgoingmembersback toofGermany. a family. The
Manette Paris.
3ChApTersF The young 4 And hotel
5 whIlEowner thought that Hannays
READING
guesses but do not tell them the answers. They will 3Encourage
Pross / Mr
Jan
people had
were students
leftsoBarsad.at theto
itangry speculate
toWolffs
hear offarm, theseand next to to
crimes makethe
thatphoto
they
1ChApTers
Who story
. . .?was 4TheAnd child
wonderful. of a READING
5 whIlE man called Gaspard. guesses,
a
Before
of Darnay
said but
reAdIng do
repaired not tell
shoes
ChApTer
Rudolf. must go to the Guillotine the next them
when 10the
he answers.
was unhappy They or will
day.
find out20 as marks
they read that the answers are 1c and find out
412 T How . . .? By holding on under the Marquiss coach.
2b. 4Encouragethe as
Because
After she
trial, they
students
worried. read
thought
Sydney .. that
toCarton
Edek the
speculatewas answers
went soand ill the
to toare
that he1cmight
make
Defargesand
523 F How The . . children
Hannay .? He stole stole
feltthetheycarfood
thatfrom
were hard,
belongedtheir
cruel enemies,
to the twobut
landowners. men. 2b.
guesses
die but
b before
wine-shop, was dokilled
they
where not hetell
got by
heard them
to aSwitzerland.
knife
Madame thepushedanswers. into They
Defarge his
talking will
heart.
46 F What never
Hannay from
. . .? He spoke their
was about own people.
killed Australia
by Gaspard at the
(Jacques),
election be able
5ChApTers
Because to hecheck
their answers when they read the
about her family. 14wanted
To Madame to go Defarge
back to did the not Wolffs wantfarm to
ChApTers 6 To 9 whIlE READING
16 whIlE READING
31 T Why . . .? Because
whomeeting.
pushed a knifehethroughdidnt want to destroy
his heart while he was chapter.
c the
and
stop get Thewasyes
the
killing silverspyanswers
auntil who
sword.
all the are 1,
helped
Evrmonde 4, 5 and
Darnay family 6. were
to escape.
On the diazo film and paper Philip discovered a list
47 T Daylights
sleeping. enthusiasm for racing. 6of Because
Jan screamed at him
dead. Dr Manette
names, dates, andcould drugs, do andand
nothing a letterkicked
to help him
writtenDarnaywhen
by
582 F How
Who Ruth .?and
Sir.. .Harry
. .? HisBronia
Charles mother
wrote Darnay,hadinand
alived
letter left
the
to him
Sydney
Sir to stay
forest
Walter in
Carton.with
summer,
Bullivant, a After Reading d
Joe wouldnt
because
George
fought
his mind
Millace

takeand
tohad him
Lance
killednorth
returned Mme
Kinship. to theDefarge.
Boding.
Becausepast. Carton,
of this
Samantha
6 What and
friend in
. . .?of several
Warsaw
Tohis times
remember in when
winter. he was
uncle. that there was a man who a child. 7letter,
Because
however, he knew hadhe had a that received
plan, whichletters
Lance he kept
Kinship from Herr
killedWolff
to himself.
had George. and
e died instead ofnowCharles Darnay.
Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press

63 F Why
wouldRuth. .give Because
.?asked the George
his life to keep Millace
Russian officer to
someone was find
she goingher to
loved alive Joseph
Philips
ACTIVITY Balicki, and he
mother had died from drugs, so Philip planned
1 AFTER READING knew for certain that the
Before reAdIng ChApTer 5 Before reAdIng ChApTers 12 And 13
take photos
andbrother
close of
her.him, but he died, and the news
toEdek. Possible
to childrens
make answers:father was living in
give speculation.Switzerland.
him the names
7 F
Encourage students to speculate and to make
photographers
What Jan. .hated .? Heall were
told soldiers.
Dr allManette
busy. his real name, Open Lance
answers. 20 Kinship
marks
Encourage Doofnot people
give
guesses but do not tell them the answers. They will 8PwhoThesold
oLiCemanheavy : What
drugs. rainHe time
turnedwould did you
thethen stream arrive
give into at aMr
these Hannays
fast-moving
names to
84 T How . . .? He was
which, since his uncles death, pleased becausewas theshe Marquis
liked his of the answers, which are:
be able to check their answers when they read the the flat?
river,
drugs whichpolice. carried Edeks boat out into the lake.
photos,
Evrmonde. but was also alarmed at the idea of his 1T Sydney Carton Total ismarks
going to change clothes with
9mVictor
iLkman: she
Because At about
thought a quarter
thathe hewouldto
caredseven. moreasking about his
chapter. reAdIng
Before
8 hobby
The yes ChApTer
What . becoming
. .? It brought
answers are
h is work.
6 1, 3, 4 and 5.
back memories of the Bastille, CharlesBriggs Darnay, told soPhilip
that Charles canstop escape, andhim
P dog
toSydney Ludwig
lose races. : Why than did you
about go
Edek. into the flat?
willHowever,
die in his Philip place. decided to become a
oLiCeman
Encourage speculation. The correct answer is 1,
5ChApTers
What
and for .?5Her
. .nine days
And husbands
6andwhIlE nine friendship
nights he with
READING returned Dana toden
his photographer, leave Lambourn, and marry Clare.
but do not tell students this before they read the
Relgan.
old prison work of making shoes.
chapter. Let them check their guesses as they read.

oxford bookworms LIBRARY

OXFORD BOOKWORMS library STAGE
stage
staGe 44 62
75
77
70
34 OXFORD UNIVERSITY the
a tale
thePHOTOCOPIABLE
thirty-nine
PRESS silver reflex
of twosword
Cities
steps
xxx
 A Tale of Two Cities
Setting
Choose the best answer.
1 The story begins in _____.
a 1375 b 1975 c 1575 d 1775
2 The two cities in the title are Paris and _____.
a Rome b London c New York
d Berlin
3 The people of France are angry with _____.
a the noblemen b the doctors
c the English d the farmers
4 Mr Lorry works at Tellsons _____.
a school b prison c shop d bank
5 Twenty years ago, Mr Lorry brought _____
from France to England.
M U LT I P L E - C H O I C E
a a baby boy b some money
c a baby girl d a prisoner
6 Just before Lucie Manette was born, her father
_____.
TEST
a went to prison b bought a shop
c died d went to another country
7 Everyone in Saint Antoine is _____.
a busy b poor c happy d rich
8 The Bastille is a _____.
a university b park c bank
d prison
9 For many years, _____ was locked in room 105,
North Tower.
a Charles Darnay b Mr Lorry
c Doctor Manette d Sydney Carton
10 At the Old Bailey, John Barsad says that Charles
Darnay is _____.
a a spy b a thief c an innocent man
d a murderer
20 marks
Characters
Choose the best answer.
11 Jerry Cruncher _____ for people at Tellsons
bank.
a writes letters b makes coffee
c counts money d carries messages
12 Sydney Carton is not successful because _____.
a he is not clever enough b he doesnt like
reading c he drinks too much
d he doesnt work hard
13 Charles Darnay looks very similar to _____.
a Doctor Manette b Sydney Carton
c John Barsad d Monsieur Defarge
OXFORD BOOKWORMS LIBRARY STAGE 4
Charles Dickens
14 Madame Defarge _____ all the time.
a talks b drinks c reads d knits
15 When people meet Miss Pross for the first time,
they think she is _____.
a kind b alarming c quiet d funny
16 Monsieur Defarge works in a _____.
a shoe-shop b bank c wine-shop
d prison
17 Doctor Manette _____ when he is worried.
a makes shoes b talks a lot c drinks
too much d spends a lot of money
18 John Barsads real name is Solomon _____.
a Evrmonde b Pross c Defarge
d Carton
19 The Marquis of Evrmonde is Charles Darnays
_____.
a father b brother c uncle d cousin
20 Madame Defarge dies in a fight with _____.
a Miss Pross b her husband c Charles
Darnay d a soldier
20 marks
Dialogue
Who said this?
21 I dont want your thanks. I have done nothing.
And I dont think I like you.
a Doctor Manette b Sydney Carton
c Lucie Manette d Charles Darnay
22 Nobody is good enough for my darling Lucie.
a Charles Darnay b Sydney Carton
c Doctor Manette d Miss Pross
23 I hope my horses are not hurt.
a Madame Defarge b Gaspard c the
Marquis of Evrmonde d Mr Lorry
24 The name of our family is hated everywhere in
France.
a Charles Darnay b Doctor Manette
c Monsieur Defarge d Miss Pross
25 Can it be true? Is it possible that my father is
still alive?
a Charles Darnay b Miss Pross
c Madame Defarge d Lucie Manette
26 Friends and citizens! We are ready! To the
Bastille!
a Charles Darnay b Doctor Manette
c Monsieur Defarge d Gaspard
27 Follow me, women! We can kill as well as any
man!
a Lucie Manette b Madame Defarge
c Miss Pross d Charles Darnays daughter
100 OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS PHOTOCOPIABLE
 A Tale of Two Cities
28 I am safe in Paris. I was a prisoner in the
Bastille.
a the Marquis of Evrmonde b Doctor
Manette c Sydney Carton d Charles
Darnay
29 Jerry Cruncher goes with me. Hell take good
care of my old bones.
a Miss Pross b the Marquis of Evrmonde
c Sydney Carton d Mr Lorry
30 Dont ask me to do anything that will put my
life in danger.
a John Barsad b Charles Darnay
c Mr Lorry d Sydney Carton
20 marks
Vocabulary
Choose the best answer.
31 to speak very quietly
a cry b scream c whisper d suffer
32 very tired
a lazy b careless c calm
d exhausted
33 drops that come from your eyes when you are
sad
a tears b rivers c cries d waters
34 when your face loses its colour
a innocent b powerful c pale
d strong
35 to show that something is true
a understand b follow c learn
d prove
36 a hole in the ground where a dead person is
buried
a castle b grave c square d coach
37 liked by everyone
a calm b popular c innocent d free
38 to shake because you are worried or afraid
a fear b run c jump d tremble
39 strong and important, able to make other people
do what you want
a powerful b guilty c angry
d serious
40 someone who is paid to work in another
persons house
a student b servant c nurse
d peasant
20 marks
OXFORD BOOKWORMS LIBRARY STAGE 4
Charles Dickens
Plot
Choose the best answer.
41 _____ dies when he is hit by the Marquis of
Evrmondes coach.
a Gaspard b Monsieur Defarge
c Gaspards son d Defarges son
42 Lucie Manette marries _____.
a Charles Darnay b Mr Lorry c Jerry
Cruncher d Sydney Carton
43 When they talk secretly, Defarge and his friends
all use the name _____.
a Charles b Jacques c Ernest
d Joseph
44 _____ keeps a list of all the enemies of the
people.
M U LT I P L E - C H O I C E
a Monsieur Defarge b Miss Pross
c Madame Defarge d Charles Darnay
45 On 14th July 1789, an angry crowd attacks
_____ in Paris.
TEST
a the Bastille b Tellsons bank
c Defarges wine-shop d Charles Darnays
house
46 Charles Darnay goes back to France because he
wants to _____.
a live in his castle b kill Monsieur Defarge
c join the revolution d help a family
servant
47 In Paris, Darnay is sent to prison because he is
_____.
a a spy b rich c a murderer
d an emigrant
48 The people want _____ to die for the crimes of
the Evrmonde family.
a Doctor Manette b Sydney Carton
c Charles Darnay d Monsieur Defarge
49 Sydney Carton tells Mr Lorry to _____ with
Lucie and the others.
a stay in Paris b go back to England
c visit the prison d go to Italy
50 In the end, _____ is sent to the Guillotine and
dies.
a Sydney Carton b Doctor Manette
c Charles Darnay d Lucie Manette
20 marks
Total marks
101 OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS PHOTOCOPIABLE