Question

I. Reading Comprehension
Henry I suppose it's in the family. (pause) Where are my slippers?
Mrs. Slater : In the kitchen, but you want a new pair, those old ones are nearly worn out.
(Nearly breaking down) You dont seem to realize what it's costing me to
bear up like I am doing. My heart's fit to break when I see the little trifles
that belonged to father lying around, and think he'll never use them again.
(Briskly) here! You'd better wear these slippers of my father's now. It's lucky
he'd just got a new pair.
Henry : They'll be very small for me, my dear,
Mrs. Slater : They'll stretch, won't they? I'm not going to have them wasted. (She has
finished laying the table.) Henry, I've been thinking about that bureau of my
father's that's in his bedroom. You know I always wanted to have it after be
died.
Henry
: You must arrange with Elizabeth when you're dividing things up.
Mrs. Slater : Elizabeth's that sharp she'll see I'm after it, and we'll drive a hard bargain
over it
Now answer the following questions.
a. I suppose it's in the family.' it's here means ..
i) the greediness for grabbing everything.
ii) the ability of talking and convincing people.
ii) the 'hard bargaining skill to get things done in her favour.
b. Mrs. Slater wanted Henry to use the slippers of Abel because.....
i) she didn't want the slippers of Abel lying around unused.
ii) it was a new pair and she doesn't want to have them wasted.
m) she loved her father and she doesn't want his slippers be thrown out.
c. Choose the sentence that shows that Henry was not in favour of grabbing the
belongings of Abel.
i) You must arrange with Elizabeth when you're dividing things up.
ii) You'd better wear these slippers of my father's now,
ii) I suppose it's in the family.
Answer the following questions in a word or phrase
d. "They'll stretch, won't they?' what is Mrs. Slater talking about?
A. ...
e. What was the thing that Mrs. Slater always wanted to have?​

Answer 1

a)i.greediness for grabbing everything
b)iii.she loved her father.....
c)iii.i suppose...
d) slippers
e)Bureau