1. The Bakers were English.

2. They didn’t talk very often with their neighbours.

3. Peter was warm-hearted and asked his parents to sell dance tickets in the neighbourhood to help the homeless children in Switzerland.

4. The family at number 28 got two tickets before going to the dance.

5. This story happened between two families.

6. Peter came home late that day because he had been selling tickets for the school dance.

7. Peter was not a hard-working student at school, and was a trouble-maker at home.

8. Mr. Koffer, the German teacher, suggested having a school dance to collect money to help a school for orphans.

9. The Boxes were angry with Mr. Baker because of the two extra tickets. (F)

10. At the school dance, the Boxes were glad to meet the German teacher, with whom they could speak German.

11. Mr. Box changed his name after he settled down in England. Koffer is the German word for a box.

1. Which of the following is not true about Peter?

A) He was a good student at school.

B) He had a young teacher who taught him German.

C) He had to go to school on that week-end to help with the preparation for the dance.

D) He often came home late in the evening.

2. Mr. Baker didn’t like to go to number 28 because .

A) he didn’t like the old house with a high wall round the garden

B) he didn’t now who was living there

C) he felt it hard to start a conversation with strangers

D) he thought it funny to sell dance tickets to a man with one arm

3. The writer’s view about Mrs. Baker is that .

A) she knew how to sell the tickets

B) she liked to help selling the tickets

C) she was too active in selling the tickets

D) she used to make trouble for others

4. Mrs. Baker sold two tickets to Mr. Box’s servant without knowing .

A) her husband had already sold Mr. Box’s two tickets

B) her son had to go to Mr. Box and explain all about it

C) she would make the Box’s angry

D) Mr. Box couldn’t go to the dance

5. At the dance, Mr. Koffer and Mr. Box were laughing, but Mrs. Box was crying because .

A) she felt lonely without any information of her son

B) she was sad to have sent away her son

C) she was very angry that they bought four tickets

D) she was overjoyed to find her lose son, Mr. Koffer

6. The main idea of the story is .

A) that efforts to help others often lead to great rewards

B) what one loses, one will find again

C) wonderful things happen at dance parties

D) if one changes one’s family name, one may lose a son