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Consolidating the Material

1. Do this quiz to test how well you remember the details of the story.

1. The mother got married because… .

a) it was a marriage of convenience b) she wanted to have children

c) she was in love d) her parents wanted it

2. How many children were there in the family?

a) one b) two c)three d) four

3. What was the real reason for the lack of money in the family?

a) the parents had a small income

b) one of the members had a gambling problem

c) they spent more than they could afford

d) they had a lot of debts

4. What did the father do?

a) he worked in an office b) he served in the army

c) he was an artist d) none of the above

5. What for did the mother go into town?

a) she was a seamstress b) she sketched clothes

c) she worked as an artist d) she wrote newspaper advertisements

6. How did Paul get his rocking horse?

a) his uncle gave it to him knowing about his fascination with horse-races

b) it was a Christmas present

c) it was a birthday present

d) it used to be his father’s toy

7. What does “lucre” mean

a) filthy b) luck c) money d) gold

8. What is the name of Paul’s rocking horse?

a) Lancelot b) it has no name c) Sansovino d) Malabar

9. Who gave Paul the first money that he put on a horse?

a) Bassett b) Uncle Oscar c) the Mother d) the Father

10. For how long had been Paul gambling on horses before he told everything to his uncle?

a) He did it only once b) For about a month

c) For about a year d) We don’t know

11. How much did Paul put on Daffodil?

a) 20 pounds b) 100 pounds c) 300 pounds d) a thousand pounds

12. What school was Paul supposed to go to?

a) Winchester b) Darby c) Eton d) Rugby

13. Which horse-racing venue was not mentioned in the story

a) the Ascot b) the Grand National c) the Doncaster d) the Leger

14. What was the name of the horse on which Paul won over seven thousand pounds?

a) Lancelot b) Malabar c) Daffodil d) Mirza

15. Paul wanted to get lucky and started gambling on horses because

a) He wanted to become rich

b) He wanted to please his parents

c) He simply enjoyed gambling

d) He knew he had a special gift

2. Choose and prepare the passage for artistic reading and translate it into Russian:

      1. The boy saw she did not believe him... Anyhow, he was growing beyond her

      2. And then, because of the strange anxiety at her heart…. He talked and tossed, and his mother sat stonily by his side.

3. Write an essay on one of the following topics:

1. Cut your coat according to your cloth. (use the story as an example to illustrate your point of view)

2. Add several paragraphs to the story proving that the family’s life goes on unchanged after Paul’s death.

      1. Add several paragraphs to the story proving that Paul’s death changed the parents’ outlook on life completely.