Question

Mr. Purcell owned a pet shop. He even sold fish food and bird seeds. He kept the birds and other small creatures closed in cages and they moved about madly in circles, making a lot of noise. Mr. Purcell was used to that.
Mr. Purcell would sit on a high stool behind the counter each morning and read the morning paper, sitting or frowning along with it. It was a rough day and a wind was blowing. There was a bell at the door which rang when a customer came. That morning it didn't ring but a stranger came and stood in front of the owner.
The man had hair cut short and was wearing a cheap ill-fitting suit. He was looking all around at the cages as he said he wanted something in a cage may be something small. He pointed to a cage with two white doves and Purcell demanded five dollars and fifty cents. The man was sad because he wanted those birds but he had only five dollars. Purcell agreed and handed over the cage to him. The man asked Purcell if he was not disturbed by all the noise that the birds made but Purcell did not notice the noise.
The man told that he had gained those five dollars after ten years of hard labour in the prison at the rate of fifty cents a year. Then he walked out of the store and just outside he held the cage and set the doves free one by one. After that he dropped the cage and walked away. Purcell was confused as to why the man had let the birds loose. He felt insulted because while he was robbing the pets of their freedom, the stranger had spent all his earning in buying and then liberating them.
Choose the best answer.
1. What do you think would be the atmosphere of the pet shop?
a) cheerful b)silent c) calm d) depressing
2. Mr. Purcell did not hear the noises because
a) he was deaf b) he was used to it
c) it was very low d) he was disturbed
3.Why was the stranger sad?
a) because he had lot of money
b) because he had fifty dollars less
c) because he had fifty cents less
d) because he had five dollars less
4. The antonym of ‘stranger’ is ________.
a) outsider b) enemy c) intruder d) acquaintance
5. The abstract noun of ‘free’ is__________.
a) freeing b) freedom c) freely d) freeness

Answer 1

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