In a action, he buys a time for two hundred pounds. Botibol is alone on a cruise, where their is being held a bet about how long it takes for the boat to arrive at a certain place. When Arthur's wife hears this, she immediately suggests that they should do that too. When they all go to bed, his wife can't wait to hear them, and they hear that they have secret codes for telling their cards to one another, and because his wife mistaked once, her husband is very mad, so they are going to practise in their room. When they arrive they begin to play, and Arthur and his wife lose. She wonders what they think about them, so she comes up with the idea to tap their room. When the narrator looks at her hand, he sees she has only one finger and a thumb.Īrthur's wife doesn't like the people who are coming to play bridge in their house.
When they're in the middle of the bet, a woman comes rushing in and makes her husband cease the bet. When he agrees the go to the man's appartment, the narrator as a witness. The bet is that the boy has to light his lighter ten times without failing, if he succeeds, he gets a Cadillac, but if he loses, his little finger on his left hand is to be cut off. The narrator is somewhere in Jamaica and watches a remarkable bet between an US sailor and a strange man probably somewhere from South-America.
When she offers them the leg of lamb, they accept, and while eating it, a policeman says "I think the answer is right under our noses". When she comes back she calls the police and acts like a sad widow, but the police can't find anything. Right after that, she goes to the grocery and has a chat with the grocer, acting as though nothing has happened. When Mary came in the dining room with supper, a leg of lamb, she is so angry that she lifts the leg and beats her husband to death. Mary malony was waiting for her husband to come home, and when he does, he tells her he is leaving her. When Richard has guessed the exact name, it turns out to be right, but then Mark finds out he knew all along, hence his wife says "Keep calm now, Micheal, dear! Keep calm!" And while Richard is tasting and searching for the right country, district, commune, vineyard etc., Mark is getting nervous because he thinks Richard can't possibly know the name. Off course she doesn't want that, but reluctantly, she accepts. One day, Mike is certain that Richard can't guess the wine he has now and he is willing to place the hand of his daughter as his bet. Mike gives Richard a glass of wine and Richard has to guess what the exact name of that wine was. Mike Schofield is always betting with Richard Pratt during dinner about wine. Would you recommend this book to anyone? Why? If you were to give this book a mark, what would it be. The ending was de best, because it was unexpected and quite funny. If you were not satisfied with it, could you explain how you would have expected it to end (more or less)? Were you satisfied about the ending of the book? Explain your answer. No, things in the story don't really change.ĭo you feel the author has tried to teach you or explain something to you by writing this book? If so, what? Or has he/she only tried to entertain you? Is it possible to indicate a turning point in the story a point from which things clearly start to change? Try to describe it. I think only the I-figure has achieved a remarkable story, but he hasn't learned anything.Ĭould you indicate what kind of story/ play this is? You can choose more than one option. Have they / Has he or she changed? Have they / Has he or she learnt or achieved anything?
Nobody because (as I said) I know to little about them.Ĭompare the main character(s) of the beginning of the story to those same characters at the end of the book. Mention one character from the book you dislike, or could eventually dislike? Why? I wouldn't want to be a character from the story because I know to little about them. Suppose you had to choose: which character in the book would you like to be? Why this particular character? Not one part, but I think that is because the story is only 11 pages so it has to be told very short. Which part of the book was very bad or very uninteresting, according to you? Explain why. The end, as the title (of the book) says it is quite unexpected, that's what makes the end fun. Which part of the book did you find most interesting or fun? Why? How much time passes between the beginning and the end of the story? Indicate the amount of time. I think the story takes place during the 70's, because that's when the story is told and nothing else indicates another time. 1600-1650, etc.) Does it really make any difference (to the story) in which time it takes place? Why do you think so? When does the story take place? (If you are not sure about the exact dates, guess by fifty years, e.g.
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