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Short stories - Adults 5

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    Three is a lucky number - In the dark
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  • What was Ronald's reason for marrying Mary, Dorothy and Edyth?
    Money
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  • What was the pattern of his three marriages?
    middle-aged, unnattractive women, with some money of their own and no family
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  • Why was Ronald's marriage with Edyth the most pleasant of all?
    She was cheerful and quite sensible
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  • Why did Ronald decide it was time to act? What did he start doing?
    Because Edyth refused to talk about her money and because of her unnecessary interest in his job.
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  • What made Edyth go to the police? What did the police ask her to do?
    He asked her to make her will on their wedding day and then he started making changes to the bathroom in the house.
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  • Whose footsteps did Ronald hear at the end of the story? Explain the title "Three is a lucky number"
    Student's own answers
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  • Why did Haldane and his friend hate Visger?
    Because he always told the teacher when they did something wrong.
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  • Where did the narrator travel to when he graduated from university?
    India
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  • Why did Haldane want to kill himself?
    Because Visger kept appearing and he didn't want to die in the dark.
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  • What did Visger tell Haldane before he killed them?
    "You'll never get rid of my body."
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  • What happened at the hotel The Grande Vigne?
    Haldane died.
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  • What would you do if a friend told you he/she was a murderer?
    Student's own answers.
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