Question

(b) What does Mrs. Pumphery's extravagance reveal about her nature?
() she was a foolish lady
(iii) she was brashly indulgent
(i) her behaviour was rather ailly
(io) all of the above
(c) The word 'compelled in the above extract means the same as
(i) tempted
(ii) obliged
(d) Mrs. Pumphery was suffering because: (ii) * c * o * m
(/) obstr
(iv) they knew Tricki's recovery would be slow
(ii) they were enjoying the best food because of him
(iii) Mrs. Pumphrey was over-indulging Tricki (e) Why did they want to keep Tricki as a 'permanent guest'?
(i) he was a well-behaved dog
(iv) Tricki's recovery was rather slow
(ii) she was not sure how Tricki was progressing
(1) Tricki was not being fed the food she was sending (iii) she was missing Tricki​

Answer 1

All the correct options are given below.

Explanation:

• Mrs. Pumphery's extravagance reveals that she was brashly indulgent.
• Option (iii) is correct.
• The word 'compelled in the above extract means "tempted".
• Option (i) is correct.
• Mrs. Pumphery was suffering because she was missing Tricki.
• option (iii) is correct.
• They want to keep Tricki as a 'permanent guest' because they were enjoying the best food because of him.
• Option (ii) is correct.