Question

3. Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow : 5 Marks Even when each of his brothers and his little sister, whose wings were far shorter than his own, ran to the brink, flapped their wings, and flew away, he failed to muster up courage to take that plunge which appeared to him so desperate.

a. What is a brink ? *
the edge of something
the height of something
the Centre of something
all of them


b. Why the Seagull wasn't able to fly ? 
He had short wings
He lacked self-confidence
Their was no one to support him
None of them


c. Whose wings were shorter than his own ? *
of his parents of his siblings
of the other birds
all of the above


d. Write another similar word meaning same as 'Very Serious' from the passage above.
 Desperate
failed
Embarrassed
None of the above


e. Name the author and the lesson of the extract above . 
Liam O Flaherty, The Last Flight
Liam O Flaherty, The Final Flight
Liam O Flaherty, The First Flight
None of the above​

Answer 1

Answer:

a) the height of something

b)he had short wings

c) brother and his little sister

d)desperate

e)Liam O flaherty, the first flight