1. Answer with reference to the context.
a. ‘He went to the police station, to the newspapers, to the cab
companies, everywhere, while she waited all day long.’
i. Who was he?
ii. Why did he go to the cab companies?
iii. Why did you go to the newspapers?
iv. Who waited? What was she waiting for?
b. The way he handles the trial will commend him even more than I
can.
i. Whose words are these?
ii. Who is the person who is talking about?
iii. What would make the person being spoken about more
suspected?
iv. Answer briefly. How did the person handle the trial?
c. ‘...when the Snake, with a sound, Spat the dead mouse on the
ground, And with mangled slither, stole Unopposed into his hole.’
i. Which Deadmouse is being referred to in this lines?
ii. Why is the movement of the snake being called a mangled
slither?
iii. Who had mangled the snake?
iv. Why did the mouse not oppose the snake when it slithered
back into its hole?
d. ‘Who are these four Indian woman, The fabulous Four, who have
won the first ever gold medal for their country at the CWG, in a
strange game called lawn bowling?’
i. Who said the above words?
ii. Why did they say these words?
iii. Why was this such a big surprise?
iv. Why was the game called Strange?
e. ‘Are you taking part in the contest or in drama make-up?’ he
said.
i. Identify the speaker.
ii. Who is he speaking to?
iii. Why did the speaker think that the other person was
taking part in drama makeup contest?
iv. What reaction did this have on the others present at that
time?
2. Answer the following questions.
a. What was likely to happen if a decree was altered?
b. Why was the money not returned on time?
c. What is essential for the player to know exactly how to reach the
target?
d. Why didn’t our team of lawn bowlers at the CWG not even look
like the young athletes we know?
e. What made the whole exercise of getting a new necklace, futile
at the end of the story?
f. Why was Madame Mathilde Loisel a success at the party?
g. How did the fishermen help to save Faster Fenay?
h. Why did Faster Fenay suddenly feel that he was no comic strip
Superman, he was just a frightened little boy?
i. Explain the simile-swift as rage.
j. What was the judgement he was looking forward to?