Question

Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow :
I am an orphan, roaming the street.
I Patter soft dust with my hushed, bare feet.
The silence is golden, the freedom is sweet.
(a) "I" calls herself an orphan but
(b) "I" is really not speaking but
(c) The reason why she wants to be an orphan
Or
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow :
Tears blurred her eyes and she gazed for a long time at the picture. Then hastily she rubbed her eyes and studied it intently. The colours in the dress were so vivid that she had scarcely noticed the face and head of the drawing. But it looked like her, Maddie! It really looked like her own mouth. Why it really looked like her own self ! Wanda had really drawn this for her. Excitedly, she ran over to Peggy's.
(a) How did 'she' feel after looking at the picture ?
(b) What made 'her' sure that the face in the picture was her own face ?
(c) Find out a word from the passage which means the same as 'carefully'.

Answer 1

(a) she is not an orphan, she only imagines herself to be the one.
(b) only thinking.
(c) is that her parents always nag at her which she doesn't like.
                        
                                                 Or

(a) 'She' felt sad and sorry.
(b) The face and head in the picture was very much like her own.
(c) 'Intently' means the same as 'carefully'.

Answer 2

(a) she is not an orphan, she only imagines herself to be the one.

(b) only thinking.

(c) is that her parents always nag at her which she doesn't like.

                       

                                                Or

(a) 'She' felt sad and sorry.

(b) The face and head in the picture was very much like her own.

(c) 'Intently' means the same as 'carefully'.