Question

Read the excerpt and answer the following questions. Text II Following is an excerpt from the travelogue, The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain. A little after noon on that distinguished Saturday I reached the ship and went on board. All was bustle and confusion. The pier was crowded with carriages and men; passengers were arriving and hurrying on board; the vessel’s decks were encumbered with trunks and valises; groups of excursionists, arrayed in unattractive traveling costumes, were moping about in a drizzling rain and looking as droopy and woebegone as so many molting chickens. The gallant flag was up, but it was under the spell, too, and hung limp and disheartened by the mast. Altogether, it was the bluest, bluest spectacle! It was a pleasure excursion—there was no gainsaying that, because the program said so—it was so nominated in the bond—but it surely hadn’t the general aspect of one. 1. Why is Saturday described as that distinguished Saturday? (a) because the much awaited Saturday has come when the voyage has to start. (b) because Saturday was a holiday. (c) because it is on Saturday that people were allowed to board the ship. (d) because it is in the afternoon on Saturday that ship would start the voyage. 2. Who are excursionists? (a) They are the research students. (b) They are pilgrims. (c) They are musicians. (d) They are tourists on a leisure trip. 3. What was the mood of the people on the ship? 4. What was the author looking forward to? 5. Match the words/phrases in Column A with pictures in Column B

Answer 1

Answer:

sorry .........ididnt have time to long answer .......

so direct answer is .....143

Answer 2

Explanation:

why is Saturday described as that distinguished Saturday