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1. Is Simon a good person?

No, he isnt. He is a selfish man only worried about money. He killed his twin brother
Patrick when he was a boy to inherit the Ashby fortune.
2. Why was Eleanor surprised that Brat had been out on Timber?
Because Eleanor knew that Timber had killed some men before. She told Brat that Timber
had killed old Felix but that it had been an accident and she bought him at the Lerridge Sale.

3. Why were Bee and Eleanor pleased that Mr Gates had bought Peggy a good horse?
Because Simon loved Peggy because she was a rich girl. However her father had bought for
her a fantantic hore "Riding Light" to beat (ganar) Simon at the Bures show race. He
couldnt bear (soportar ) the idea Peggy had a horse good enough to win the race.
4. Why did Brat look at an old copy of the local newspaper?
Because he was trying to look for information about the day Patrick died and about how
Simon behaved that day and if there were anybody who had seen Simon that day.He
suspected Simon had killed Patrick.
5. Why was Bee sure that Patrick had written the note that they found in his jacket?
Because the note had been written with a stylograph and Patrick was the only person who
used it. He had a very special way of writing capital letters with it. The stylograpgh was
black and with yellow lines around it. He always carried it with him but it hadnt been found.
6. Why did Brat take Timber to Clare Park?
Because Simon told him to take Timber for a walk. Simon wanted Timber to kill Brat
because he had already killed some men before.
7. Why was Brat sad when he saw Eleanor with Roger Clint?
Because he loved Eleanor and Ruth told him that Eleanor and Roger were lovers. Then he
discovered this was a joke by Ruth and they were just friends because Roger was expecting a
child from his wife.
8. Why did Brat put Chevron back just before the end of the race?
Because he wanted Roger Clint and his horse Stockings to believe Chevron was too tired .
So Stockings relaxed and at that moment Brat pushed Chevron to go as fast as possible
towards the finish and won the race.
9. Why did Simon think that it was safe to tell Brat the truth?

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Because he knew Brat wouldnt tell anything to anybody because he was also lying
everybody since he was not the real Patrick. Sp he told Brat he knew he was not Patrick
because he had killed him.
10. What did George Peck think when Brat told him that Simon had said that he had
killed Patrick?
He thought it was a joke by Simon because he was drunk when he told this to Brat.

11. What did Brat do with the rope he had bought?

He bought a rope near the harbour. He make some footholds (nudos) on the rope. At night he
went to the Tanbitches hill and tied the rope to a tree and let the rest to fall down the quarry
(pozo). He wanted to use it to look for Patricks body because he thought he was there.
12. What happened to Simons parents?
Nora and Ben had died in a plane accident while they were returning from a trip to Europe.
From this moment on, Bee looked after their children, Simon and Patrick, Jane and Ruth and
Eleanor.
13. Describe the Ashby family
Jane and Ruth were twins and they were near 10 years old. although their physical
appearance was the same, they were very different. Jane always dressed with old clothes to
work with horses and ride them. Ruth was always clean, well-dressed and with her hair tidy
and clean.
Simon and Patrick were also twins. Patrick had died with 13 years old and Simon was going
to be 21 years old. He would become the owner of Latchetts. Simon didnt like horses, he
was just interested in money. He was a selfish man and he had killed Patrick.
Eleanor was the oldest daughter. She also loved horse and teach people to ride.
Bee was all of thems aunt. She was their fathers sister and had been looking after them
after their parentss death. Nora and Ben had died in a plane accident 8 years ago while they
were returning from their trip to Europe.
14. What has Latchetts been some years ago?
It had been a farm for horses, a school for training horses, and a school for people who
wanted to learn to ride.

15. Who is Nancy Peck?

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She is Alec Lodings sister. She married a local priest George Peck. She was a member of
the Ledingham family of Clare House. They had to sell the house because the men of the
family had wasted their money and now it had become a school for difficult children with
rich parents and the Ledinghams had gone.
16. Why did Alec Loding want Brat Farrar to be Patrick Ashbey?
Because he had no work as an actor and he knew every detail from the Ashbey family
because he had been their neighbour for many years. He met Brat Farrar on the street and
saw that he was like Simon. So he invented a plan to make Brat Farrar inherit the Ashbey
fortune. He taught Brat to be Patrick and then they will share the fortune.
17. How long were Brat and Alec training to be Patrick?
Alec was preparing Alec for fifteen days.

18. What coincidences were there between Brat and Patricks lives?
Both of them have the same age. Both loved horses and Brat had decided to disappear and
take a boat from a harbour near the place where Patrick had left a note of suicide at the same
time that Patrick died. Actually both of them were relatives (parientes) because Brat was the
son of a far cousin, Walter Ashby.
19. Why did Brat accept to be Patrick?
Because he had been left in an orphanage when he was a baby and he never had a family.
Now he would have a family and would be with horses and work with them. This was
perfect for him because he loved horses and moreover he would be rich. However at the
beginning Brat didnt want to become Patrick.

20. What was the name of Brat Farrars horse? Its name was Smoky.
21. Why was Brat lame (cojo)?
Because one day while he was riding Smoky, a horse rolled on top of him and his leg was
broken. When he came out of the hospital, one leg was shorter than the other.
22. What explanation did Brat give Mr Sandal, the lawyer, when he went to see him for
the first time?
He was acting as if he were Patrick Ashby and he told him he didnt commit suicide but he
took a ship, the Ira Jones and ran away because he was very sad for his parentss death. He
was working in the garage of the hotel Dauphin and on a ship. He also told them that he had
put the name of Brat Farrar . He gave him a lot of details of his life that the lawyer had to
check. He talked to Mr Sandal about one particular moment at Olympia show where Patrick

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cried because the horses were very beutiful. Then the lawyer started believing him.
23. Why did Mr Sandal and aunt Bee visit Brat Farrar in his flat?
Because they wanted to make sure Brat was Patrick and wasnt hiding anything.
24. Why was the Simons bithday party delayed (retrasada)?
Bee told the children it was because Uncle Charles from Hong Kong would like to come to
the party but they would have to wait some weeks. However the truth was that she and Mr
Sandal wanted to be sure Brat was the real Patrick before telling it to the family.
25. What was the reaction of the family when "Patrick" appeared?
Eleanor was angry because had believed all the time he was dead but would accept Patrick as
her brother soon. Ruth wanted to meet him soon. Jane was angry and sorry for Patrick.
However Simon was sure Brat was not Patrick because he had killed him many years ago
and he was very angry.

26. Why was Bee so happy that Patrick inherited the farm?
Because she knew Patrick was a responsible man and loved horses. However Simon only
wanted money and didnt like horses. He was a selfish man.

27. "Turn down the greatest adventure of your life? And leave a fortune behind?"
What does it mean?
Brat Farrar didnt like very much being Patrick. He felt guilty and was repented. Then a
voice in his head told him not to abandon and go on being Patrick because he would become
a rich man.
28. Who was the first person Brat met when he arrived at his house?
Eleanor was the first member of the family that welcomed him as her brother. In that
moment Brat fell in love with her. Then he met Ruth.

29. What were Brats first tests in the house?

Brat remembered where his room and the bathroom were and his aunt felt happier.
30. What was Brats first reaction when he met Brat?
Although he was pretending (fingiendo), he told Brat he already believed that Brat was
Patrick and they held their hands.

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31. Why did Ruth call Brat "Brat"?

Because she read the name of Brat Farrar written inside Brats cigarette case and liked the
name.
32. Why were the Westover Times and Mr Macallan so interested in Brat? Why was
Bee angry?
Bee was angry because when Patrick had died, the newspapers were not so interested in the
case and now that Patrick had come back, the wanted to know everything. Mr Macallan
told Bee that people died and disappeared everyday and that had no interest but very few
people came from the dead as Patrick did.
33. Who was Travesty?
It was Patricks wooden horse that used to hang at the end of his bed when he was a child.
There was a joke about its parents. This was a proof Simon was doing to Brat and he didnt
understand how he could know that.
34. Who was Timber?
It was Simons horse. It was black with a white star on its head. It was beautilful but too
proud like Simon. He loved being admired but it was always watching its admirers.

35. Why did Simon want Brat ride Timber the first time?
Because he knew his horse would try to throw Brat from its back. So he told Brat Timber
had some "Tricks".
36. Who did Brat meet while he was riding Timber? what did she tell him?
He met Sheila Parslow, a student from Clare Park. She had confussed Brat with Simon. She
told Brat she was trying to make Simon fall in love with her but that it was very difficult
because he was just interested in the Gates girls. She also told him that Simon never rides on
the hill of Tanbitches because he hated it. Finally Brat realised (se di cuenta) that Simon
hated that place because Patrick was buried there (estaba enterrado alli)
37. Who was Abel Tusk?
He was a farm worker and the last person to see Patrick alive. He had seen Patrick in the
early afternoon, between the cliff and the hill of Tanbitches. Patrick was lying on the grass
watching some birds. He had never believed that Patrick had killed himself.

38. Who was Mr Pilbean?

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He was a smith. Brat went to see him and he told Brat that Simon had gone there the day of
Patricks death to help him
39. Who says "No one takes Timber out but me", "Timber is my bussiness"'
Simon said this to Brat because Brat was training Timber to be a good horse and not to kill
people but Simon didnt like that.

40. Who won prizes at the Bures show?

Jane won the class for young riders of her age with her horse Rajah. Simon also won a prize
with Timber and Eleanor. All of them got the first position. Then Brat won too.
41. What tramp did Simon prepare for Brat the day of the race?
He told Brat to sign the book if he wanted to participate with Chevron in the race. When Brat
came back, he discovered that Simon had loosened the saddle belt (montura). He wanted
Brat to lose the race.

42. "Stay still for a moment, youve got an insect on your collar" who says this and
when?
Eleanor told this to Brat while they were dancing at the Bures Show. She realised she loved
Brat and as she thought he was her brother, she rejected him and ran away.
43. "Wo are you?, Retribution" who said that and why?
Simon was drunk in a bar after the Bures Show. Brat sat with with and Simon told him he
knows he is not Patrick but (sino) a lier (mentiroso). He confessed he had killed Patrick and
asked Brat who he was. Then Brat told him he was his retribution, thats to say his
punishment for killing Patrick.
44. What did George Peck, the priest advice Brat to do when he told him Brat had
killed Patrick?
George thought everything was a joke by Simon. Brat asked him if he could tell the truth or
not and the priest adviced him to do what he considered the right thing. George wouldnt tell
anything to anybody.

45. How did Simon die?

When Brat was trying to go down the quarry and look for Patricks body, Simon appeared
and tried to cut the rope. They had a fight and Simon tried to kill Brat with a knife. He hurt

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Brat on his wrist. Then Brat held Simons ankle and then his two hands. Finally Simon fell
into the quarry and died.
46. Who was Brat at the end of the story?
They discovered he is a member of the Ashby family because Uncle Charles arrived and told
Bee he really looked like an Ashby. Then he remembered Walter Ashby, a far cousin, was
working at a farm and had sex with a girl. Then he left the farm without knowing she was
expecting a baby and then she left the baby in an orphanage because she wanted to be a
nurse. Then she died. The baby was Brat Farrar.

47. What happens at the end with Bee?

She gets a job in Ireland because uncle Charles was going to look after Latchetts. So she
asked Brat to go with her.