A Question of trust
1. Horace Danby was ______ years old.
(a) forty
(b) fifty
(c) forty five
(d) fifty five
Ans: (b) fifty
2. Who stole the jewels ?
(a) The woman
(b) Horace
(c) Sherry
(d) None of them
Ans: (a) The woman
3.Horace had an allergic to ____ .
(a) dust
(b) petrol
(c) smoke
(d) smell of flowers
Ans: (d) smell of flowers
4. Sherry is a ____ .
(a) child
(b) cat
(c) woman
(d) dog
Ans: (d) dog
5. Who is the writer of the story "A Question of Trust"?
(a) Victor Canning
(b) James Herriot
(c) H.G Wells
(d) Robert Arthur
Ans: (a) Victor Canning
6. What does Horace do in the jail ?
(a) Jail cleaner
(b) Wrote a book
(c) Assistant librarian
(d) None of these
Ans: (c) Assistant librarian
7. How did Horace think that she was the owner's wife ?
(a) Sheery rubbed against her
(b) She was confident
(c) She khew the place well
(d) All of them
Ans: (d) All of them
8. Did anyone believe his story?
(a) Yes
(b) No
(c) Maybe(d) None of the above
Ans. (b) No
9. How did she respond when Horace told her to forget she ever saw him?
(a) She forgot she saw him
(b) She told him she won't pretend anything like that
(c) She didn't respond
(d) None of the above
Ans. (b) She told him she won't pretend anything like that
10. Where were the house keys kept?
(a) Under the pot (b) Hung on a hook
(c) Under the doormat
(d) In the letter box
Ans. (b) Hung on a hook
11. What makes him angry ?
(a) talking about honour among thieves
(b) talking about the woman
(c) prison
(d) none of the above
Ans: (a) talking about honour among thieves
12. How did she respond when Horace told her to forget she ever saw him?
(a) She forgot she saw him
(b) She told him she won't pretend anything like that
(c) She didn't respond
(d) None of the above
Ans. (b) She told him she won't pretend anything like that
13. Where was the safe in the room?
(a) behind a cheap painting
(b) behind a curtain
(c) behind a cupboard
(d) behind the bed box
Ans. (a) behind a cheap painting
14. Why did Horace rob a safe every year?
(a) to live in style
(b) to buy rare and valuable books
(c) to live comfortably
(d) to support his family
Ans. (b) to buy rare and valuable books
15. Horace Danby was suffering from:
(a) cold
(c) hay-fever
(b) cough
(d) teeth ache
Ans. (c) hay-fever
16. What was Horace's first thought?
(a) to kill them
(b) to shout
(c) to run
(d) to blackmail them
Ans. (c) to run
17. Where was the safe hidden?
(a) behind a painting
(b) inside an almirah
(c) it was kept open
(d) None of the above
Ans. (a) behind a painting
18. What did he study about the house?
(a) rooms and garden
(b) electric wiring
(c) paths
(d) All of them
Ans. (d) all of them
19. How many times did Horace Danby make a theft in a year?
(b) twice
(a) only once
(c) thrice
(d) every month
Ans. (a) only once
20. Horace Danby did the job of:
(a) making toys
(b) making locks
(c) writing books
(d) making jewellery
Ans. (b) making locks
21. How did Horace come to know b about the safe?
(a) servant
(b) eavesdropping
(c) by spying on them
(d) a magazine article
Ans. (d) a magazine article
22. The young lady was in a .........dress.
(a) red
(b) green
(c) yellow
(d) white
Ans. (a) red
23. What was the name of the pet dog ?
(a) Rocky
(b) Snuffy
(c) Joe
(d) Tommy
Ans: (b) Snuffy
24. What was Horace fond of?
(a) books
(c) locks
(b) robbing
(d) None of them
Ans. (a) books
25. Where had the servant at Shotover Grange gone that afternoon?
(a) to their homes
(b) to the market
(c) to the park
(d) to the cinema
Ans. (d) to the cinema