Question

2)As I moved off, Mrs. Pumphrey, with a despairing cry, threw an armful of
the little coats through the window. I looked in the mirror before I turned the
corner of the drive; everybody was in tears.
(a) Where was the speaker going and with whom?
(b) Why was everybody in tears? ‘
(c) Find the word in the extract which is an antonym of the word ‘cheerful’.

Answer 1

Answer:

Answer to the above questions are as below:

Everybody was in tears especially the poor lady Mrs Pumphrey as they all have never stayed separated from Tricki. Mrs Pumphrey believed that the dog might die if he did not see her every day. C) Antonym of Cheerful is Despair (according to the above-given paragraph)