OXFORD BOOKWORMS MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST

Stage 1
The Bridge and Other Love Stories

SETTING
9 Nina first met Dragan when they were
Choose the best answer. _____.
1 Gemma and Luke work at a _____. a  in hospital
a  school b  at university
b  hospital c  in a café
c  cinema d  at school
d  sports centre 10 _____ is from Austria.
2 Gemma has her lunch _____. a  Alma
a  in a restaurant b  Nina
b  at home c  Barbara
c  in a garden d  Dragan
d  in the canteen 20 marks
3 Gemma helps Luke to _____ a beautiful
girl. CHARACTERS
a  buy a present for
b  marry Choose the best answer.
c  have dinner with 11 Luke wants to talk to a girl with _____
d  talk to hair.
a  long blonde
4 Becky _____ to ask Lucy to go to Marco’s
b  short brown
Club.
c  short blonde
a  sends a text
d  long black
b  phones
c  sends an e-mail 12 _____ is on the hospital’s social
d  writes a message on a piece of paper committee.
a  Gemma
5 On Valentine’s Day, a lot of people buy
b  Dr Howell
_____ from Sam’s shop.
c  Luke
a  clothes
d  Charlotte
b  shoes
c  cakes 13 Charlotte loves _____.
d  books a  cycling
b  shopping
6 Sam and Lucy met about _____ ago.
c  music festivals
a  three months
d  swimming
b  ten years
c  a year 14 Luke thinks that Charlotte is not the girl for
d  three years him because _____.
a  they live in different places
7 Alma was in_____ for six years.
b  he doesn’t want a girlfriend
a  London
c  they are very different
b  Paris
d  she is not very beautiful
c  Vienna
d  Rome 15 Sam is Lucy’s _____.
a  husband
8 Nina was Alma’s _____.
b  brother
a  sister
c  teacher
b  teacher
d  boyfriend
c  mother
d  daughter
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16 Becky is _____. 23 ‘You never asked me.’
a  Lucy’s sister a  Luke
b  Lucy’s friend b  Charlotte
c  Sam’s sister c  Dr Howell
d  Sam’s girlfriend d  Gemma
17 On the 13th February, Becky_____ in the 24 ‘You’re a lucky girl.’
evening. a  Lucy
a  went dancing b  the TV reporter
b  went to a restaurant with Sam c  Sam
c  went to a café with Lucy d  Becky
d  went to bed early
25 ‘Sorry. Not feeling well.’
18 Alma and Barbara are _____. a  Sam
a  students b  Lucy
b  singers c  Becky
c  teachers d  the TV reporter
d  doctors
26 ‘Forget Valentine’s Day!’
19 _____ is going to work in Salzburg next a  Lucy
month. b  the TV reporter
a  Alma c  Sam
b  Barbara d  Becky
c  Dragan
27 ‘After six years away, this city feels very
d  Nina
different to me.’
20 After Nina died, Alma stayed with _____. a  Nina
a  her mother’s sister b  Nina’s father
b  Dragan’s family c  Alma
c  her grandparents d  Dragan
d  her parents
28 ‘Your people are not our people.’
20 marks a  Alma
b  Nina
DIALOGUE c  Dragan
d  Nina’s father
Who said or wrote this?
29 ‘I can’t live without him. I must see him.’
21 ‘I can never find the right words. What can a  Barbara
I say?’ b  Nina
a  Gemma c  Alma
b  Dr Howell d  Dragan
c  Luke
d  Charlotte 30 ‘I’m a visitor here. Can you answer a
question for me?’
22 ‘I’m on Facebook every night.’ a  Dragan
a  Charlotte b  Barbara
b  Luke c  Nina
c  Gemma d  Alma
d  Paul
20 marks
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38 to put a dead person in the ground
VOCABULARY
a  fall
Choose the best answer. b  bury
c  shout
31 a circle of metal that you wear on your
d  clap
finger
a  seat
39 a beautiful group of flowers
b  club
a  message
c  cake
b  champagne
d  ring
c  club
32 water that comes from your eyes when d  bouquet
you cry
40 to send out light
a  list a  clap
b  tear b  shoot
c  tent c  shine
d  towel d  fall
33 to hit your hands together to show that 20 marks
you like something
a  clap
PLOT
b  shine
c  bury Choose the best answer.
d  kiss 41 Luke has a list of questions to ask _____.
34 a competition to see who can run, drive, a  Dr Howell
etc. the fastest b  Charlotte
a  surprise c  Gemma
b  wedding d  Paul
c  race 42 _____ comes third in the City Road Race.
d  list a  Gemma
35 to hurt or kill a person with a gun b  Dr Howell
a  shine c  Luke
b  fall d  Charlotte
c  clap 43 Luke is going to the Mountain Club tonight
d  shoot with _____.
36 the day when two people marry a  Charlotte
a  wedding b  Gemma
b  festival c  Paul
c  club d  his brother
d  ring 44 Sam’s shop is called the _____ Café.
37 to touch someone with the lips to show a  Cake
love b  Christmas
a  shout c  Valentine
b  bury d  Sunflower
c  kiss 45 Becky kissed Sam because _____.
d  fall a  she wanted to marry him
b  he gave her a present
c  she was excited
d  she wanted to make Lucy sad
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46 Sam’s message in his shop said: ‘_____ ,

Lucy.’
a  Be my Valentine
b  I love you
c  Where are you
d  Please marry me

47 Dragan lived _____.

a  on the other side of the River from
Nina
b  in the house next to Nina’s
c  in the same building as Nina
d  in a different country from Nina
48 It was dangerous to cross the bridge
because _____.
a  there were a lot of cars on the bridge
b  to Dr James Gully’s house
c  to a party
d  for a ride
49 When somebody shot Dragan, Nina
_____’.
a  called the police
b  ran onto the bridge
c  went into the café
d  ran home
50 On their wedding day, people drop _____
from the bridge.
a  a message on a piece of paper
b  some money
c  two flowers
d  a gun
20 marks

Total marks
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