Question

“Ah, Dorset,” he smiled. “I know this place. I know it very well.” We shared my rum ration and his excellent sausage.

And we talked, Connie, how we talked. He spoke almost perfect English. But it turned out that he had never set foot in

Dorset, never even been to England. He had learned all he knew of England from school, and from reading books in

English. His favourite writer was Thomas Hardy, his favourite book Far from the Madding Crowd.

1. Who was it that smiled?

2. How did he know Dorset?

3. Who is Connie?

4. Find a phrase in the passage which means ‘so happened’​

Answer 1

Answer:

Hanswolf

He had read it in books

Jim's wife

it turned out