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Officially Dead Chapter 2 1) Who was Mr. Booker? 2) What was happening to Colin’s company? 3) Who was Jackman? 4) Why hasn’t Colin signed the contract with Jackman yet? 5) How did he manage to get money? What did Booker thing about it? 6) Why didn’t Colin tell Julie about his meeting with Booker? Why do you think he lied? 7) What did Colin do with Linda’s letter? Chapter 3 1) Describe Linda’s childhood. 2) Where did she meet John Bentley? What did they have in common? 3) How did John get his job at Sandwell’s? 4) How did Linda and Colin get in touch again? 5) Why did Linda invite Colin over for dinner on Wednesday? 6) Why do you think she lied to John about the phone call? 7) Describe Colin and Linda’s meeting. 8) What did Linda propose to Colin? 9) What was Linda’s plan? 10) Do you think Colin will accept Linda’s offer? Chapter 4 “The journey” 1. How did John react when Linda told him about her plan? 2. Who was Frankie Simpson? 3. When was the robbery going to take place? 4. How did Colin justify that Julie didn’t have to go with him to Manchester? 5. What happened on Tuesday 10th January? What did Colin and John exchange? Chapter 5 “The accident” 1. How was Colin’s journey before the accident? 2. Describe the accident. 3. Who was Mark Ashwood? What did he do? 4. What did Colin tell Mark Ashwood? 5. What did Mark want to do after Colin’s death? Chapter 6 “The News” 1. Where was Julie when Colin died? What was she doing? 2. Where were the Bentleys when Colin died? What were they doing? 3. Why was the police looking for Mrs. Bentley? 4. What was Linda’s new plan? Did John agree with it? Chapter 7 “The Wife” 1. What did Mark Ashwood do for a living? 2. How did he feel about Colin’s death? 3. Why did Slater call Julie? 4. Why didn’t Maggie know in which hotel Colinwas staying in Manchester? 5. What did Julie do the following morning? 6. What did the police officers ask Julie? 7. What did the police officers think about Colin’s disappearance Chapter 8 “The funeral” 1. Why couldn’t John leave his house? What did he do all day? 2. Where had Linda gone? What did she take home? 3. What did Colin’s suitcase/briefcase have inside? 4. Why did Linda go to Heathrow Airport? 5. How did John feel before and after Colin’s the funeral? 6. What was Linda’s new plan?

Chapter 9 “The advertisement” 1. Where was Julie? What was she doing? How did she feel? 2. Why was she angry at Jackman’s? 3. Describe Booker and Julie’s meeting. 4. How did Julie feel after the meeting? What did she decide to do? Chapter 10 “The Search” 1. What was Mark Ashwood doing? 2. What would Mark do after visiting his client? Could he do it? 3. Describe Linda and Frankie Simpson’s deal 4. Describe Linda and Mark Ashwood’s meeting. 5. What did Mark think after the meeting? 6. What happened the following morning? 7. What do you think will happen next? Review of characters Write a short description of the characters taking into account their personalities, actions, feelings and reactions so far.  Colin Fenton  Julie Fenton  John Bentley  Linda Bentley  Mr. Booker  Mark Ashwood  Frankie Simpson Chapter 11 “The Visit” 1. Who phoned Julie? What did they tell her? 2. Where did she go? 3. Who visited Julie? What did that person tell her? 4. Did Julie believe Mark? Why? 5. How did Julie feel about the information Mark had given her? 6. How did Julie look like? What about her house? 7. Do you think she will change her mind? Chapter 12 “The Robbery” 1. What happened after Mark’s visit to Brentwood? What was the hotel like? 2. Describe the robbery 3. Why did John smash the skylight’s glass and lock? Why did he put explosives in the strong-room’s lock? 4. Where did Linda go after the robbery? 5. What happened at Sandwell’s the following morning? Chapter 13 “The Truth” 1. How did Julie realize that Colin hadn’t abandoned her? What did she remember then? What did she do after that? 2. What did Mark tell her about his visit to the Bentleys? 3. What was Mark sure of? 4. What did Julie think about it? 5. Where did Julie and Mark go? Chapter 14 “The Chase” 1. What was Linda doing while Mark and Julie drove towards London? 2. What did Linda have to do before leaving for Spain? 3. Where was Frankie waiting for her? Describe the meeting 4. What was Linda doing when Mark and Julie arrived at the Bentleys’ house? What happened next? 5. Describe the chase 6. What happened when Linda realized she was being followed? 7. What did the police tell Mark and Julie about the robbery at Sandwells? Chapter 15 “Officially dead” 1. How did Mark help Julie? How was their relationship like? 2. Why did Julie start crying?