Question

10. ASSIGNMENTS
Context Questions
I. Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
It was bitterly cold, snow was falling and darkness was gathering, for
it was the last evening of the old year -it was New Year's Eve.
through the streets. She had been wearing slippers, it is true, when
In the cold and gloom a poor little girl walked, bareheaded and barefoot,
she left home, but what good were they?
(1) What was special about the particular evening in the story? What kind of
weather was there in the evening?
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Answer 1

1)The thing special about that particular evening in the story was that it was the last evening of the old year and it was New year's eve. It was bitterly cold, snow was falling and darkness was gathering.