The President's Murder.

Introduction

A good policeman is always asking questions. What happened? Why did it happen?
Who did it? When? Where? Why? And a good policeman knows which answers are
right and which answers are wrong.

Felix is a good policeman, and the Chief of Police wants him to find a murderer. A
very important murderer - the man who murdered the President. Felix must find the
murderer quickly and bring him back - dead or alive. He works day and night, drives up
and down the country, and asks a lot of questions.

But some questions can be dangerous. It is better not to know the answers. And dead
men, of course, cannot ask, or answer, questions....

If you answer "false" to any of these questions, explain why they are false.

The First Day

1. True or False. The man who was running was talking to himself aloud.

2. How many people were chasing him?

3. What did the people chasing him have with themi that scared him?

4. True or False. The man was running towards a wood.

5. True or False The man ran into a tree and broke his arm.

6. Why was the man happy to have found a river?

7. How far did the man go up the river?

8. Where did the man decide to hide?

9. Why did he think it was a good hiding place?

10. True or False. The man is heading East.

11. How long will it take him to reach his destination?

12. True or False. The man fell asleep.

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13. How does the Chief of Police feel?

a) amused b) bitter

c) remorseful d) annoyed

14. Why?

15. True or False. The inspector is in his fifties.

16.True or False. The inspector is sitting on a chair.

17. What excuse does the inspector give for not being able to find the man?

18. What does Eva Hine look like?

19. True or False. People usually disobey Hine.

20. When did Alex Dinon kill the president?

21. True or False. Dinon was caught and put in jail but later managed to escape.

22. True or False. The young inspector was probably happy to get out of Hine's office.

23. Who is Adam?

24. How much older than Adam is Felix?

25. What does Adam know about Dinon's family?

26. Which of the following things does Felix want organised?

a) More police dogs to be sent after Dinon.

b) The arrest of 4 members of Dinon's family.
c) Surveillance of Dinon's house.
d) Photos of Dinon in the media.

27. True or False. Adam wanted the police to watch the airports.

28. True or False. Adam and Felix went home late that night.
The Second Day

1. True or False. The day after his escape Alex Dinnon had got 40 kms away from the
prison.

2. Dinnon stayed away from what kind of places (Choose two)

a) Urban b) Remote
c) Busy d) Uninhabited

3. Were the fields crowded? Why?

4. True or False. At 12 o clock Dinnon went to sleep.

5. How long did he sleep for?

6. True or False. An old woman woke Dinnon up.

7. True or False. Dinnon answered the old woman's question truthfully.

8. The old woman could tell that Dinnon was

a) Sleepy, in trouble and ill.

b) Smelly, scared and thirsty
c) In need of food, rest and medicine.
d) Tired, unclean, scared and hungry

9. Whose clothes does the old woman offer to Dinon?

10. What else does Marta give Dinon? (two things)

11. Why does Dinon's face go white?

12. Why does Marta tell him not to worry?

a) because she is only an old woman

b) because she wont denounce him
c) because she likes Dinon
d) because she likes the president

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14. Why don't Felix and Adam get much sleep?

a) because they have to work all night in their office

b) because they are worried about Dinon
c) because they have to answer the telephone often
d) because Hine wont let them sleep.
15. Who have Felix and Adam questioned about Dinon's whereabouts?

16. What does Adam want to do to get more answers out of them?

a) Kidnap their wives

b) Arrest them
c) Bring them in for questioning with their wives
d) Bribe them

17. Why doesn't Felix agree to this idea?

18. What does Felix do before his meeting with HIne? (two things)

19. True or False. The new president is happy with the police progress with catching
Dinon.

20. What does Felix want permission to do? Why?

21. True or False. Hine is willing to let Felix interview anybody he wants to.

22. Who phones Hine?

23. True or False. Hine doesn't care if Dinon is killed because "Dead men can't talk"

24. What three questions are worrying Felix?

The Third Day

1. True or False. Dinon slept and ate well at Marta's house.

2. How does Marta describe the old president (choose two options)

a) Greedy b) Elderly
c) Foolish d) Smart

3. True or False. Marta prefers the new president to the old one.

4. What doesn't Marta like about the new regime?

5. Why does Marta tell Dinon to hide under the bed?

6. True or False. The woman from the post office is a police informer.

7. True or False. The woman from the post office saw Dinon going into Marta's house.

8. How does Dinon leave Marta's house?

9. Why does Dinon smile as he leaves?

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10. True or False. Felix found out where Alex had been hiding at 8 p.m.

11. True or False. Adam wants to talk to Felix about Dinon in the car.

12. True or False. Felix and Adam are kind and patient when they talk to Marta.

13. Who does Marta claim the man in her house was?

a) Her grandson b) Her cousin

c) Her son in law d) Her nephew

14. Why doesn't Felix believe her?

15. True or False. Marta will be 72 next month.

16. Why doesn't Felix let Adam ask Marta questions?

17. True or False. Marta asks Felix why he is a policeman.

18. True or False. Marta does not trust the media to tell the truth.
19. Why does Marta suspect the new president of murdering the old president?

a) because he looks like a murderer

b) because he sounds like a murderer
c) because Dinon told her the new president did it.
d) because he had a clear motive.

20. True or False. Adam is probably sympathetic to the government.

The Fourth Day

1. What was the weather like the night Alex Dinon left Marta's house?

a) It rained b) It snowed
c) It hailed d) It was windy

2. Why is Dinon going south?

3. True or False. Dinon stole some money from Marta to buy food.

4. True or False. The shop that Dinon entered was crowded

5. True or False. A young boy warned Dinon about two policeman outside in the
street.

6. Who helps Dinon escape?

7. Why do you think he helps him?

8. How far from the town was Alex when he saw the lorry?

9. True or False. The lorry driver doesn't recognise Dinon.

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10. True or False. Dinon is always three hours ahead of Felix and Adam.

11. True or False. The shopkeeper was cooperative with Felix and Adam.

12. True or False. The shopkeeper does not lie to the police.

13. True or False. Dinon's book was banned in his own country.

14. Why is Adam a policeman?

15. Do you think Felix is a policeman for the same reasons as Adam?

16. True or False. Adam is worried that justice is not being served in the case of
Dinon.
Fifth Day

1. True or False. Alex Dinon got to the house where Olivia was staying at 9 a.m.

2. Olivia is probably Dinon's...

a) cousin b) wife
c) girlfriend d) sister

3. True or False. Dinon thinks that escape is not going to be easy.

4. True or False. Dinon was treated well in prison.

5. Why was he treated that way?

6. True or False. Dinon admits to killing the president.

7. Dinon thinks that the old president was

a) A fool who was manipulated by the army.

b) A strong leader and a good person.
c) A bad person who was friends with the police and army.
d) A reformer who was unable to control the police and army.

8. True or False. Nobody knows who really killed the president.

9. Why doesn't Dinon tell Olivia who killed the old president?

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10. True or False. It was nearly 9 o clock when Felix received the information that
Alex Dinon was in his home town.

11. What instructions does Felix give to Adam?

12. Why doesn't Felix go with Adam immediately?

13. Why doesn't the Chief want Dinon to go into Dinon's house and arrest him.

14. Do you think that is the real reason?

15. True or False. The Chief is sending soldiers into Dinon's home town.

16. Why is Felix angry about this?

17. Does Adam share his anger? Why?

Sixth Day

1. True or False. It was very late at night when Alex Dinon decided to leave his house.

2. What advice does he give his wife before he leaves? (at least 2 things)

3. True or False. Alex left his house quietly and immediately ran into the street.

4. Who did the white face in the window belong to?

5. Who did Alex see in the car close to his house?

6. What happened as he passed the car?

7. How did Alex die?

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8. Why does Adam describe Dinon as "very very dead"?

9. True or False. Adam is bothered by Dinon's death

10. Why do you think Felix doesn't tell Adam what he wanted to ask Dinon?

11. True or False. The people from the town crowded around Dinon's body.

12. True or False. The police took Dinon's body away.

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13. True or False. The Chief of Police is happy with Felix

14. True or False. Felix insinuates to Hine that he is sceptical about Dinon's guilt.

15. Why does Hine say "we found a murderer for him" not "we found the murderer for
him" when explaining the case to Felix

16. True or False. Hine threatens Felix

17. True or False. Felix refuses to stop asking questions about the old president's
murder.

18. True or False. Felix quits his job.

19. Who do you think killed the old president? Why?

20. Will Felix find the murderer? What will happen to Felix?