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A) Reading: Sweeney Todd - Reading Test

1) This reading test for Sweeney Todd provides questions to test comprehension of the novel. It includes tasks like numbering sentences in order, completing sentences with character names, identifying true/false statements, and answering short questions. 2) The questions cover key plot points like Todd killing customers and handing their bodies to Mrs. Lovett to make into meat pies in their shop on Fleet Street. Their secret is eventually discovered and in the end Todd wants to kill Mrs. Lovett to prevent her from interfering with his plans to start a new life elsewhere. 3) The test aims to evaluate how well the student understands characters, events, motives and secrets in the novel Sweeney Todd.

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A) Reading: Sweeney Todd - Reading Test

1) This reading test for Sweeney Todd provides questions to test comprehension of the novel. It includes tasks like numbering sentences in order, completing sentences with character names, identifying true/false statements, and answering short questions. 2) The questions cover key plot points like Todd killing customers and handing their bodies to Mrs. Lovett to make into meat pies in their shop on Fleet Street. Their secret is eventually discovered and in the end Todd wants to kill Mrs. Lovett to prevent her from interfering with his plans to start a new life elsewhere. 3) The test aims to evaluate how well the student understands characters, events, motives and secrets in the novel Sweeney Todd.

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Sweeney Todd – Reading Test

name: ________________________class: B2d date: 26.09.2019


A) Reading points : _____/40 mark : ________

A) Reading

You are allowed to use your book for this test. Remember though that you only have 25 minutes time
to complete the test. So don’t lose too much time searching for things in the book.

1) What’s first? Number the sentences 1-10 (10)


Sentences Numbe
r
a) Todd takes Tobias to a special hospital. 5
b) Someone kills Mr. Skinner, the pie man, and Williams takes his 3
place.
c) Fogg and Watson plan to kill Tobias. 8
d) Mrs. Lovett drinks poison. 10
e) Todd gives Mr. Mundel the necklace and he gives him 8’000 4
pounds.
f) Johanna dresses in boy’s clothes and works in Todd’s shop. 9
g) A dog shows two men the way to Todd’s shop. 1
h) Mr. Jeffery and Captain Rathbone talk to Sir Richard Blunt, the 6
judge.
i) Tobias tells Dr Popplejoy that Todd is a murderer. 7
j) Mr. Jeffery and Captain Rathbone go for a shave in Todd’s shop. 2

2) Finish the sentences with the right names. (10)


Sir Richard Blunt – Johanna – Mr. Jeffery – Captain Rathbone – Mr. Wrankley –
Mark Ingestrie – Sir Robert – Mr. Watson – Todd – Jarvis Williams

1. Todd wore expensive clothes when he went to see a man who lent money.
2. Mark Ingestrie went to India to make a fortune.
3. Sir Richard Blunt dressed in farmer’s clothes when he had a shave.
4. Mr Jeffery was a good friend of Mr. Thornhill.
5. Mr. Watson was a very strong man and hit people with sticks.
6. Captain Rathbone had a very good friend who was an important judge.
7. Mr. Wrankley was taking a necklace to the jeweler’s when he was killed.
8. Johanna had a good friend who liked detective stories.
9. Jarvis Williams sees an ugly face in the window.
10. Sir Robert visits Saint Dustan’s Church.

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Sweeney Todd – Reading Test

3) Are the sentences true (T) or false (F)? (10)

Sentences T/F
1. Johanna had a pleasant dream about Mark Ingestrie. F
2. Mr. Skinner, a pie man drank poison and died. F
3. The pearl necklace was easy to sell. F
4. When Todd saw the money lender, he was wearing a moustache T
had a beard.
5. Todd stole a silver box from Mrs. Ragg’s employer. T
6. Mr. Watson sang little happy songs to himself. T
7. Sir Richard Blunt knew all about Todd but couldn’t put him in T
prison.
8. Tobias and a young woman escaped from the hospital over a wall. F
9. Mr. Jeffrey has never met Mark Ingestrie. T
10. Mr. Fidler had a very expensive walking stick. T

4) Answer the questions. Write complete sentences. (10)

1. Where in London was Todd’s shop?


It was in Fleet Street.
2. What was the most important thing Todd demanded from his employees?
He wanted them to follow his orders.
3. Why did Captain Rathbone want to frighten Tobias in Chapter 5?
So he would talk to him.
4. Where did Watson and Fogg plan to kill Tobias?
They wanted to kill him in his bed in the hospital.
5. What was the ugly secret Todd and Mrs. Lovett had together? Explain. (3)
Todd killed his rich customers and took their money and valuable things like jewelry (1). He
handed the dead people over to Mrs. Lovett (1) who made meat out of those dead people for
her delicious pies (1).
6. Why did Todd want to kill Mrs. Lovett in the end? (2)
With his fortune Todd wanted to begin a new life somewhere else. He wanted to get rid of
Mrs. Lovett that she wouldn’t be the one who made a new start impossible for Todd because
she would talk about Todd’s crimes.
7. What was the main reason (crime motive) for Todd’s and Mrs. Lovett’s ugly secret?
They were both greedy for money

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