Short Stories in English for Beginners

Chapter 3 Review
Summary
Daniel wakes up and eats in his hotel room in Valencia. When he leaves the
hotel, he sees a lorry. It belongs to La Paella Loca restaurant. Daniel asks
the driver to take him back to Barcelona. The driver says yes. Inside the
lorry, Daniel meets an old man. The man is also going to Barcelona. He is
looking for his son, Armando. The man is the father of Daniel’s friend
Armando.
Vocabulary
entrance the part of a building where you go in
solution the answer to a problem or a question
lorry a large vehicle for carrying heavy goods by road
engine the part of a machine that uses energy to produce movement
motorway a wide road for vehicles travelling fast over long distances
silence when it is completely quiet and no sound can be heard
with concern in a worried or unsure way
hide to be in a place where people cannot see or find something or someone
easily
lucky when something good happens to you by chance
coincidence when two things happen at the same time by chance
stretch (one’s) legs to move around, usually after being still for a time
Comprehension Questions

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Select one answer only for each question.
11) Daniel probably woke up at around ___.
a. 10:15
b. 10:00
c. 9:00
d. 12:15
12) The driver of the lorry ___.
a. works in the hotel
b. works at La Paella Loca restaurant
c. only works as a driver
d. works for another restaurant
13) Daniel meets ___ in the lorry.
a. a young man
b. a young woman
c. a different driver
d. an old man
14) The person Daniel meets in the van is travelling to ___.
a. work in The Crazy Paella
b. work as a driver
c. visit the person’s father
d. visit the person’s child
15) The person in the van is ___.
a. Daniel's father
b. Armando’s father
c. Julia’s mother
d. Daniel’s mother

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