I. Read the following passage carefully : I was born on 30 November 1835 in the almost invisible village of Florida , Monroe county, Missouri. I suppose Florida Had less than 300 inhabitants. It had two streets, each a couple of hundred yards long; the rest of the avenues mere lanes with rail fences and cornfields on either side. Both the streets and the lanes were paved with the same material- tough black mud in wet times, deep dust in dry. Most of the houses were of logs, all of them indeed, except three or four; these latter were frame ones. There were none of bricks and none of stone. There was a log church with puncheon floor and slab benches. A puncheon floor is made of logs whose upper surfaces have been chipped flat with the adz. The cracks between the logs were not filled; there was no carpet; consequently, if you dropped anything smaller than a peach, it was likely to go through. The Church was perched upon short sections of logs, which elevated it two or 3 feet from the ground. Hogs slept under there, and whenever the dogs got after them during services, the minister had to wait till the disturbance was over. In winter there was always a refreshing breeze up through the puncheon floor, in summer there were fleas enough for all. A slab bench is made of the outside cut of a saw- log, with the bark side down; it is supported on four sticks driven into auger holes at the ends; it has no back and no cushions. The church was Twilighted with yellow tallow candles in tin sconces hung against the walls. Week days, the church was a schoolhouse. There was two stores in the village. My uncle, John A. Quarles was proprietor of one of them. It was a very small establishment, with a few rolls of ‘’bit’’ calicoes on half a dozen shelves; a few barrels of mackerel, coffee, and New Orleans sugar behind the counter; stacks of brooms, shovels, axes, hoes, rakes and such things here and there; a lot of cheap hats, bonnets and tinware strung on strings and suspended from the walls; and at the other end of the room was another counter with bags on it, a cheese or two and a keg of powder; in front of it a row of nail kegs and a few pigs of lead, and behind it a barrel or two of New Orleans molasses and native corn whisky on top. If a boy bought five or 10 cents’ pouch of anything, he was entitled to half a handful of sugar from the barrel; if a woman bought a few yards of calico, she was entitled to a spool of thread in addition to the usual gratis. ‘’trimmin’s’’; if a man bought a trifle, he was at liberty to draw and swallow as big a drink of whisky as he wanted. Everything was cheap: apples, peaches, sweet potatoes, Irish potatoes, and corn, 10 cents a bushel; chickens, 10 cents a piece; butter, six cents a pound; eggs three cents a dozen; Coffee and sugar, five cents a pound; whisky, 10 cents a gallon. I do not know how prices are out there in the interior Missouri now, but I know what they are here in Hartford, Connecticut :apples, three dollars a bushel; peaches, five dollars; Irish potatoes (choice Bermudas), five dollars; chickens, a dollar to a dollar and a half a piece, according to weight: butter, 45 to 60 cents a pound. (An excerpt from Mark twins Autobiography) On the basis of your understanding of the above passage, answer (any 8) of the given questions by choosing the most appropriate option. [1X8=8] [1] Lanes in Florida were paved with…… wet earth and shingles tough black mud in wet times and deep dust in the dry months. black mud in wet times and dry mud in dry times. dry mud I wet times and wet mud I dry times. [2] During week days, the local church served as a ………………… a) bazaar b) pilgrim spot c)Schoolhouse d)priest’s lodgings [3] If a boy customer bought five to ten cents worth of goods, he was entitled to…. a spoonful of molasses free a bale of calico a cheese or two half a handful of sugar [4] The church was twilighted with ……. a)red candles b) beautiful light house c) yellow bulbs d) yellow tallow candles [5] What bonus was offered to the customers at the local store? Discount on the total price Gifts Handful of sugar to the boy, spool of thread to the woman, whisky to drink to the man None of the above [6] The houses were built of ………. a) Brick and stone b) Straw c) wooden logs d) None of the above [7] What was the cost of a bushel of apples in Hartford? a) Five cents b) Twenty Cents c)Three dollars d) Five dollars [8] The Streets of Florida in 1835 were: a)narrow b)wide c) paved with the tough black mud d) None of the above [9] Describe the church of Florida. It was a magnificent structure It had green gardens on both sides of its entrance passage Perched upon short sections of logs None of the above [10] Find a word from the passage for ‘ existing naturally in a place’. a) Resident b) Dweller c) Native d) None of these
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Answer to the given question is as follow:
1] Lanes in Florida were paved with
black mud in wet times and dry mud in dry times.
[2] During week days, the local church served as a school house.
[3] If a boy customer bought five to ten cents worth of goods, he was entitled to two half a handful of sugar.
[4] The church was twilighted with yellow tallow candles.
[5] What bonus was offered to the customers at the local store?Handful of sugar to the boy.
[6] The houses were built of wooden log.
[7] What was the cost of a bushel of apples in Hartford? three dollars.
[8] The Streets of Florida in 1835 were: paved with tough black mud.
[9] Describe the church of Florida Perched upon short sections of logs
[10] Find a word from the passage for ‘ existing naturally in a place’ Native.
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