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− READER'S QUESTIONNAIRE −

· Student:

· Class: 3º E.S.O. E

· Title: Strange Tales

· Author: Martin Sinclair

· Publisher: Burlington Books

· Level: 3º E.S.O.

· I started reading this book on:

· I finished it on:

PLEASE, ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

· Is the book fact or fiction? Point out genre.

I think it is a fiction book because it tells stories about ghosts and I don't believe in it.

The genre is narrative.

· How did you find the book?:

VERY INTERESTING, INTERESTING, SO−SO, BORING, VERY BORING.

· Write six of the new words in the book (Don't forget their translations!):

Word Translation

smile sonreir

hill colina

reply responder

nun monja

waterfall cascada

lazy perezoso

Chapter 1

· Title:

The Ghosts in the Tower of London.

· Who are the main characters in the story?

Albert Brown, Len Jackson, James Tyrell and Henry VII. The ghosts Anne Boleyn and Edward V and his

brother.

· What are they like?

· Albert Brown is the head of security of the Tower of London. He knows everything about it.

· Len Jackson: He is the new partner of Albert and that is his first day of work. He is 21.

Henry: He was king from 1509 to 1547. Henry loved hunting, music, good food and especially

women. He had six wives.

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Anne Boleyn: She is a ghost. She was Henry the Eight's second wife. Henry killed her and now, she

walks in the gardens with her head under her arm.

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Edward V was thirteen and his brother was eleven. Edward was the king of England but his uncle

Richard ordered to kill them. Now, they are ghosts.

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· James Tyrell: He was a wicked man. He killed the boys for some money.

· Where does the story take place?

At the Tower of London.

· When is it?

Nowadays (in a cold November evening), in 1483 and in 1509.

· What is the book about?

(Begin: This book tells the story of..., This book explains..., This book is about...)

This story is about Albert, the head of security of the Tower of London, who talks to his new partner, Len, the

stories about the ghosts of the Tower. First, Albert tells Len about Edward the Fifth and his brother who

appear in the staircase. They died because their uncle ordered a guard, James, to kill them. Richard wanted to

be the King of England. Next, he talks him about his favourite ghost, Anne Boleyn. Her husband, Henry,

killed her because he wanted to marry a different woman.

Later, Len dreams with the ghosts.

Chapter 2

· Title:

The Ghosts of Glamis Castle.

· Who are the main characters in the story?

A few men from the Ogilvey clan, the Earl of Glamis, a workman, George Lyon and his son, Lady Janet

Glamis and James V.

· What are they like?

· The men of the Ogilvey clan are ghosts. They died in a secret room of Glamis Castle.

· The Earl of Glamis. He put the Ogilveys men in a secret room.

· The workman: He saw the baby when he was repairing the roof.

· George Lyon: He was the Earl of Glamis in 1841. He had a deformed son.

· George Lyon's son is a deformed person and he looks like a monster.

Janet. She lived during the time of King James the Fifth of Scotland. Now she is a famous ghost that

is floating around the clock tower.

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James V. He was king of Scotland. He was a cruel man who had great power in Scotland. He hated

Janet because she was from an enemy clan.

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· Where does the story take place?

In the Glamis Castle, in Scotland.

· When is it?

The first story is many years ago, the second one is in 1841 and the third one is in the time of James V of

Scotland.

· What is the book about?

This chapter tells three stories of Glamis Castle. The first story is about a few men of the Ogilvey clan. They

escaped of a terrible battle with the Lindsay clan. Later, they went to Glamis Castle and the Earl of the castle

put them in a secret room of the castle. They died enclosed in it. Many years later, Lord Strathmore, another

Earl, found the skeletons.

The second story is about George Lyon's son. Apparently he died at birth, but it is not true. The parents put

the baby in a secret room and he lived over there. One day a workman saw the monster, and George Lyon sent

him and his family to Australia. Today, people at the castle can hear a child crying at night.

The last story is about the ghost of Lady Janet. The King James V of Scotland hated her because she was from

an enemy clan and he burned her at the stake. Janet's ghost returned to Glamis Castle and she is floating

around the clock tower with a red glow around her head.

Chapter 3

· Title:

Borley − A Haunted Village.

· Who are the main characters in the story?

Reverend Harry Bull, Reverend Guy Smith, Reverend Lionel Foyster and their families. The ghosts of the

rectory and Mr Price.

· What are they like?

The Bulls, the Smiths and the Foysters were three families. They lived in the rectory (an after another)

and they went frightened to another living place.

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The ghosts: They was in the rectory and they made strange noises and change the things of place.

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