A kiss before dying*

Reader Oral test

1- Can you summarize the book in two minutes?
Is the story about Bud Corliss, who is Dorothy boyfriend in the first chapter, happened that Bud only wanted stay with Dorothy for her father’s money, because in summer, they get married and he can obtain the money of his girlfriend father.
The trouble that success in this chapter was that Dorothy was pregnant, and for this reason, they must get married immediately, but he knew that if Dorothy father heard about this, he don’t give his money, for this he thought hard about a plan for killing her and the people must think that she killed herself.
In second chapter, Dorothy’s sister, Ellen, she knows that her sister didn’t kill herself, but a murderer, and for this she decided went to her sister School for investigated.
For her way by train, destination to Dorothy school, she wrote a letter for her boyfriend, and she told he that she went to there to investigate Dorothy death.
When she found out all the truth, her boyfriend, who was Dorothy ex-boyfriend and her killer, turned and killed Ellen and a boy who helped she with her investigation about Dorothy death.
Finally, in third chapter, Bud thought that he didn’t have good luck about Ellen and Dorothy and he had fear that her life won’t be solved. After a while, he thought hard, and he knows that there is one sister more, Marion, and he went to New York City to search her. He seduced her; obtained her love and they started a relationship. Few days later, they organized their wedding, but for these days, Marion father was gave some bad news about Bud, for example, that he only wanted get married to her daughter for his money, and also was give that Bud was a Dorothy and Ellen killer.
The ending of the story is that the father with Gant, someone that he gives the information about Bud, they get that Bud confess his murderers, and he killed herself in the smelting works.

2- Is there a mystery sentence or a turning point in the story?

Yes, I think that the turning point was when Bud Corliss, the main character, thought about killed her girlfriend.

3- When and where does the story take place?

In 1950 and 1951. The story place in Blue River (the most important places are: Stoddard University and The Municipal Building) and in New York (the most important place are The Smelting works.

4- Who are the main characters in the story? What’s their role?

The main character is Bud Corliss, the murder, because he killed Dorothy and later her sister Ellen, because he discovered the truth about Dorothy death.

5- Choose one character( main or secondary) and describe him/her.

Ellen: She is my favourite character because she is very stubborn about descovered her sister death, she is blond, pretty, and very similar with her sister Dorothy. Also she like modern novelist and she is very intelligent to discovered the truth.

6- Can you identify with any character? Why?

Only with Ellen with her stubborn character, no more.

7- Choose your favourite moment in the story.

My favourite moment was when I discovered, in the beginning, that Bud wanted to kill Dorothy, I didn’t imagine that he was a bad person.

8- What new words or expressions have you learnt reading this story?

All words and expressions, for example: brochures (fullets), storeroom (magatzem), allowed (permetre), amound (poca informació), story (pis), purse (bolso), iron (ferro), attorney (advocat),upset (disgusada), cared (preocupat), fault (culpa), etc.

9- Provide an alternative ending.

I can imagine an other ending, for example, that Bud Corliss didn’t kill herself and he must go to the prison.

10-Would you recommend this book? Why?

Yes, I want recommened this book for people who like intrigue and love. But, sincerely I had a different think about this book, I thought about absolute love, not intrigue, but well, its OK.