Comprehension (suggested answers)

A.1 She is famous for her detective stories.

A.2 She was dying of an illness which doctors knew little about.

A.3 She told them that the girl might be suffering from a kind of poisoning from a metal.

A.4 The poisonous metal is described in her story. The nurse noticed that the child’s condition

was like that of a character in the story.

Comprehension(suggested answers)

• B. • 1. T • 2. T• 3. T• 4. F• 5. F• 6. F• 7. T• 8. F

Comprehension (suggested answers)

C.

1. doctor(s)

2. laboratory

3. The nurse

Marsha

1. girl