Question

Abel (rising) : Well, I suppose you’ve only been waiting for me to begin tea. I’m feeling

hungry.

Mrs. Slater : (taking up the kettle) I’ll make tea.

Abel : Come along, now, sit you down and let’s be jolly.

(Abel sits at the head of the table, facing spectators.)

Abel : (suddenly recollecting) Ay, Amelia and Henry, what the devil did you mean

by shifting my bureau out of my bedroom? (Henry and Mrs. Slater are

speechless.) D’you hear me? Henry! Amelia!

Mrs. Jordan : What bureau was that, father?

Abel : Why, my bureau, the one I bought –

Mrs. Jordan : (pointing to the bureau) Was it the one, father?

Abel : Ah, that’s it. What’s it doing there? Eh?

(A pause. The clock on the mantelpiece strikes six. Everyone looks at it.)

Drat me if that isn’t my clock, too. What the devil’s been going on in this

house?

(A slight pause)

Ben : Well, I’ll be hanged.

Now answer the following questions.

1. Mrs. Slater is in a hurry to bring the bureau down because ….

i) she wants to make arrangements for the marriage function.

ii) she doesn’t want Elizabeth to take it for herself.

iii) it will be easy for Abel to take it with him when he shifts the house.

2. Mrs. Slater wants to fasten the front door in order to prevent…

i) the Jordans from entering into the room before they bring the bureau.

ii) any strangers from coming into the room.

iii) Victoria from entering into the room.

3. ‘We'll change it.’ Says Mrs. Slater. What does she mean by this statement?

i) She is asking Henry to change his dress.

ii) She wants to make changes in the room.

iii) She means to bring down the bureau from upstairs.​

Answer 1

Answer:

sorry

Explanation:

I don't know the answer

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Answer 2

Answer:

1. she doesn't want Elizabeth to take it for herself

2. the Jordans from entering into the room before they bring the bureau.

3. she means to bring down the bureau from upstairs.