Question

can you plz gave me workbook answers of angel in disguise tresure trove

Answer 1

PASSAGE-1



(i) The woman was mother of John, Kate and Maggie. She fell on a threshold while she was drunk.



(ii) The woman doesn’t have good relation with others. She was not liked by anyone in the village due to her bad behaviour and habits. She had been despised, scoffed at, and angrily denounced.



(iii) The neighbours took grave clothes for decent interment of the body and food for the motherless starving children.



(iv) They lived in an old tumbled down hut. It was more than a place of shelter from summer & winter cold.



(v) John the oldest boy was adopted by farmer Jones. Kate, a girl between ten and eleven years was adopted by Mrs. Ellis. Maggie who had injured herself two years a go was crippled for life and was not adopted by anyone.



Extract-2



(i) Maggie was glanced at with pity. She was a boon like an angel but was not adopted by anyone as she was disabled. Nobody wanted to take her as she was crippled for life.



(ii) a) Maggie, the youngest child of dead mother looked pale and thin.

b) Maggie's innocence and sadness attracted everyone however they rejected to take her.



(iii) Two years ago, Maggie had fallen from the window and had injured her spine which made her bed ridden.



(iv) It was suggested that Maggie should be taken to the poor-house because for her it would be a blessed change where she will be kept clean, have healthy food, and be doctored.


(v)

a) Joe Thompson - Bec