Question

(8 Marks)
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:
1. I was shopping in my home town, when I heard a young voice boom from across the aisle, "Mum, come here,
there's a lady my size." The mortified mother rushed to the boy who looked about seven; then she turned to me
to apologise.
I smiled and told her, "It's okay.” Then I looked at her wide-eyed son. He studied me from head to toe and asked,
-Why are you so little?" "It's the way God made me. Some people are little. Some are tall. I'm just not going to
grow any bigger." After about five minutes of questioning he returned to his mother,
3 My life as a little person is filled with stories like that. I enjoy talking to children and explaining why I look
different from their parents. It has taken many years of developing my confidence to be able to do that. It takes
only one glance to see my uniqueness. I stand three feet nine inches tall. I am an achondroplasia dwarf, which is
a person having very short limbs.
4. When I was bom, my mother was told I was a dwarf. Not knowing a lot about dwarfism my mum's main concerr
was my health. Our family doctor put her mind at ease when he told her that I would not have any major medica
concerns. He was right.
1.1 Attempt any eight of the following questions on the basis of the passage you have read: (1 x 8 = 8 Mark
(1) Where was the narrator shopping?
(ii) What did she hear?
(iii) Why did the mother feel mortified?
(iv) Why did the mother turn to seek an apology?
(v) What did the son ask the lady?
(v) What did the dwarf say to the boy?
(vii) What was the height of the dwarf?
(viii) What did the family doctor predict about the dwarf?
(ix) Find the word in paragraph no.1 which means the same as 'expressing regret'.​

Answer 1

Answer:

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Explanation:

1. in her home town

2. a young voice

6. three feet nine inches tall.

8.family doctor put her mind at ease when he told her that I would not have any major medica

concerns.

9. apologise

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