Question

(Class 10 CBSE)
VI. Read the given extract to attempt the questions that follow:-

On the way home from school Maddie and Peggy held their drawings very carefully. All the houses had wreaths and holly in the windows. Outside the grocery store, hundreds of Christmas trees were stacked,
and in the window, candy peppermint sticks and cornucopias of shiny transparent paper were strung. The air smelled like Christmas and light shining everywhere
reflected different colours on the snow.
"Boy!" said Peggy, "this shows she really likes us. It shows she got our letter and this is her way of saying that everything's all right. And that's that." (The Hundred Dresses - II)

Q36. Peggy and Maddie were holding the drawings very carefully.
This was because:
(A) they were a gift.
(B) they were a precious treasure.
(C) it was snowing outside.
(D) they had a long way to go home.​

Answer 1

Answer:

Peggy and Maddie were holding the drawing very carefully. this is because

(a) they were a gift

Answer 2

answer is

a) they were a gift