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Assignment to Chapter 27: “My Brother Was
Murdered”

1. Find answers to the following questions.
1. What name was Bobby to use if he wired Frankie?
2. What name did Bobby use as the chauffer?
3. Did Bobby wire Frankie about a rendezvous?
4. Did Dr. Nicholson’s alibi hold up at the inquest?
5. What does Roger say to Dr. Nicholson after the inquest?
6. Who does Dr. Nicholson think Roger is speaking about?
7. What did Bobby’s letter to Frankie say?
8. Does Frankie tell Roger of the letter’s contents?
9. What happens when Frankie arrives at Tudor Cottage?

2. Pay attention to the following notes to understand the text better.
 Sympathetically (p. 124): showing kindness or sympathy
 Widows weeds (p. 125): mourning clothes
 Dictum (p. 129): saying, motto
 Chloroform (p. 129): chemical used to render someone
unconscious

3. Make sure to know the following items:
to hook, a maze, a trail, a coroner, a threat, to crush, to betray, a
beckoning gesture.

4. Find the English equivalents. Use them in your own sentences or in their
context:
відхилятись від прямого шляху, в жалобі, рухатися, знеболююче,
каятися, надзвичайно обережно, насичений.

5. Reproduce the situations where the following is used:
p. 126 to rub one’s hands together
to make things easy (difficult)
to be about to do smth