Needle thought of her type of luck after …
(*ответ*) she had become a Catholic and had been confirmed
Skinny had proposed to her
Kathleen had offered her to work in her shop
George had told her how fortunate she was
Needle thought that George needed …
(*ответ*) mothering
to work harder
to take more exercise
punishment
Needle was told that George’s daughter was …
(*ответ*) coal black, by repute, with George’s features
white, with George’s features
brown, but did not look like her parents
brown, with Matilda’s features
Needle went to the Portobello Road …
(*ответ*) on Saturday mornings
every other day
on Friday evenings
every Monday
Needle’s Rhodesian friends referred to Matilda as …
(*ответ*) “George’s Dark Lady”
a beauty queen
a local celebrity
“George’s poor wife”
On Monday morning Summers was not eager to begin the destruction, because …
(*ответ*) he had been given a bob for slot machines
his parents had insisted on him coming home by lunch-time
he had pulled a muscle
he wanted to go to the cinema
Once Needle found a … in the cinema for which she received a reward of fifty pounds:
(*ответ*) diamond bracelet
cash-book
book of stamps
lost toy dog
Oxford St. John took up with a pretty …
(*ответ*) red-haired bookkeeper
brunette shop-assistant
brown-haired teacher
blonde usherette
Oxford was … than Henry:
(*ответ*) older and less refined
younger and less impudent
younger and less familiar
younger and more refined
Oxford’s love affair with his girlfriend came to …
(*ответ*) grief
companionship
engagement
wedding
Raymond advised Lou to be careful what she …
(*ответ*) prayed for
was doing
thought about
was talking about
Raymond applied for promotion and …
(*ответ*) got it; he became a departmental manager
after two weeks instead of promotion he obtained demotion
got it; he became a chief engineer
when he didn’t obtain it, he resigned
Raymond considered Elizabeth …
(*ответ*) a slut
the most beautiful thing he had ever met
a child of nature
a clever woman
Raymond discovered that there had been black blood in Lou’s family after he had …
(*ответ*) intercepted Elizabeth’s letter
talked to Elizabeth
read his wife’s diary
overheard the conversation between Lou and Elizabeth
Raymond fell out with his mother when …
(*ответ*) he tried to find out if there had been coloured blood in his family
she advised him to get rid of his baby
she refused to look at his baby
she accused him of being a snob
Raymond had a feeling that when Lou went to the Black Our Lady and said her rosary praying for a baby she …
(*ответ*) was only putting the Black Madonna to the test
was sure that her wish would never be granted
was trying to deceive him because she had never wanted to have children
was not sincere