The Marble Finger:
Before you read
Exercise
Here is what someone says
in the story - but the words have been joined together. Can
you separate them?
onHalloweenthosestatuesstanduptogether.Andasthechurchclockstrikes
eleventheywalkoutofthechurch door.
How much did you
understand?
Part one
1, What is the name of the
narrator (the person telling the story)
a) Kelly b) we are not told c) Brenzett d) Mr Dorman
2. What is the name of the narrator's wife
a) Mrs Dorman b) we are not told c) Laura d) Kelly
3) Why are there statues of 'wicked men' in the church
a) they are ghosts b) they were friends of the bishop c)
they gave money to the church
Part two
Put these events in the
order they happened.
a) Laura is happy at breakfast
b) the narrator goes out of the cottage to smoke his pipe.
c) the narrator returns to the church and finds the statues
missing)
d) Mrs Dorman leaves the cottage
e) Kelly enters the church with the narrator
f) Laura begins to feel ill
Answers
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