Question

QUESTION 5: Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow (5 Marks)
I sat down beside her, and she kissed my cheek. "I read your letter so often Jim, every day!
wanted to hear your voice in my head. It always made me feel you were with me. And now you
are. Now you're back you can read it to me yourself. Would you do that for me, Jim dear? I just
want to hear your voice again. I'd love that so much. And then perhaps we'll have some tea.
I've made you a nice Christmas cake, marzipan all around. I know how much you love
marzipan.
a. Name the story and the author.
b. "I read your letter so often Jim, every day. I wanted to hear your voice in my head." Who
said these lines and to whom?
c. Who was Jim Macpherson?
d. What is Connie's Christmas present?
e. What is a marzipan?
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Answer 1

Answer:

a. The best christmas present in the world by Michael Morpurgo.

b. Connie Machperson said these lines to the narrator.

c. Jim Machperson was a British soldier(Tommy) who lost his life in war and also the husband of Connie Machperson.

d. Connie's christmas present was Jim's last letter to her which she lost when her house caught fire. Luckily, her roll-top desk whose secret drawer contained the small back tin box in which the letter was kept was given to a junk shop, where the narrator bought the desk and eventually found the letter and was kind enogh to return it to her.

e. A sweet covering on a cake made from sugar, eggs and almonds.