B. Read the following extracts from the text and answer the questions that follow.
a) Persome: You told him she was feeling poorly did you? And so my brother is
to be kept out of his bed, and go without his
supper because
you
told him she
was feeling poorly. There's gratitude for you!
i) Who is Persome speaking to and about whom?
ii) Where has he gone and why?
iii) What are the speaker's views about him?
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Important Questions for CBSE Class 9 English The Bishop’s Candlesticks
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Important Questions for CBSE Class 9 English Chapter 1 The Bishop’s Candlesticks
REFERENCE TO CONTEXT QUESTIONS (SOLVED)
Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow :
Question.1. Marie : Pardon, Madam, but I think it was for Mere Gringoire.
Persome : Mere Gringorie indeed. Mere Gringoire. What, the old witch who lives at the top of the hill, and who says she is bedridden because she is too lazy to do any work ? And what did Mere Gringoire want with the money, pray ?
(a) What was done for Mere Gringoire ?
(b) Why does Persome refer to Mere Gringoire as an old witch ?
(c) What does the extract reveal about Persome’s character ? (CBSE 2014)
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(a) The Bishop had to sell his salt-cellars to