Reading comprehension. Task 10. Are the following statements true or false.

Task 10. Are the following statements true or false? Correct the false ones.

1. The Peregrines were an ordinary country couple.

2. Evie didn't tell her husband about the book of poetry she wrote.

3. Although her husband liked poetry, he didn't like her book.

4. George was glad about his wife being famous.

5. He didn't like the idea of accompanying Evie to the little dinner party of her publishers.

6. George was furious when Evie refused the invitation of the Duke of Haverel.

7. Evie was an ideal wife of a country gentleman.

8. The book was written in such a sophisticated language and manner that it was difficult to read.

9. George went to his closest friend for an advice.

10. Although he got the advice, he didn't follow it.

Task 11. Who and under what circumstances said the following?

1. How do you like being a husband of celebrity?

2. It's so fresh and original, very modern without being obscure.

3. It was damned nice of you to refuse, Evie.

4. It's swell. It will be a smash hit. You wait and see.

5. Why d'you suppose it's such a success?

6. There is such a thing as imagination, old boy.

7. I can't overlook a thing like this.

8. Well, in point of fact you weren't.

9. What in the name of heaven did the fellow ever see in her?

Task 12. Answer the following questions:

1. Who narrates the story?

2. Does the title of Evie's book comment on the main topics of the story?

3. Who are the main characters of the story?

4. How are they described?

5. What does George do for living? What are his interests in life?

6. What compliments does George pay Evie? What does he think is the best compliment she could hope for?

7. Who reads in the story? What do they read? How are the materials they read different from each other? How does each character approach reading?

8. When does George start to suspect there is something wrong with the book?

9. What did he do after that?

10. There is a backstory of the colonel and his wife's married life that hovers in the background of present events. Was theirs a happy marriage?

11. The plot of Evie's book When Pyramids Decay is told through George's reading of the story. What were your impressions of the book from "reading over the shoulder" of George?

12. Do you agree with Harry Blane's advice to George that "the world moves so quickly and people's memories are so short. They'll forget"?

13. George Peregrine knows that he and his wife have 'drifted apart'. Who do you blame for that?

14. He had had the thought that if 'Evie hadn't been such a good woman she'd been a better wife'. What do you think he means by that? What does it reveal about his attitude to women?

15. What does Evie's book reveal about her?

16. How many different ways is Evie referred to in the story? What difference does it make what she is called?

17. What do you think was the turning point of the story?

18. What do you think of the identity suggested by the title "The Colonel's Lady"?

19. Do you believe that inner life of the Colonel's lady should have remained a secret? Why?

20. What aim does the story serve?

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