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Assignment to Chapter 4: The Inquest

1. Find answers to the following questions.
1. What evidence did Dr. Thomas give at the inquest?
2. What did Bobby say?
3. Who is Mrs. Leo Cayman?
4. Why was Bobby shocked?
5. What did Amelia Cayman look like?
6. What did Mrs. Cayman speak about?
7. What did she say about his spirits?
8. Why didn’t Alex have a bag?
9. How did they find Mrs. Cayman?
10. What was the jury’s verdict?
11. What was their recommendation?

2. Pay attention to the following notes to understand the text better.
 Coroner (p. 16): person who examines a body to determine details
of death
 Probability (p. 16): mathematical prediction of something
happening or not happening
 Deceased (p. 17): to be dead
 Signs of violence (p. 17): evidence of violence or physical force
used to cause harm
 Suicide (p. 17): to kill oneself
 Anxious (p. 17): troubled in mind or worried about some uncertain
event
 Good spirits (p. 18): to be in a good or positive mood
 Knapsack (p. 18): a bag used to carry items, a backpack
 Jury’s verdict (p. 19): the ruling that is made in court by a judicial
tribune
 Prompt (p. 19): on time, punctual