Question

Read the following passage and answer the questions:
Much to Mustafa’s annoyance, his son Firas would never get up from the
computer to help with the meal. ‘Firas!’ Mustafa would call, heading back to the
kitchen, ‘Get up before you become glued to that seat!’ But Firas would stay on the
wicker chair in the living room, in his T-shirt and shorts. He was a lanky boy of
twelve with a long face and slightly overgrown hair, and when he smiled, in
defiance of his father, for a moment he resembled a Saluki hunting dog, the type
you find in the desert.
Aya, who was just a year older than her brother Firas, would hold their young
brother Sami by the hand and set the table; by this time Sami was three and he
trotted about like a little man on a mission. She would give him an empty plate or
a cup to hold so that he would feel that he was helping her. Aya had long golden
hair and Sami would pull at her curls whenever she bent down and giggle as they
sprang back up. And then they would all get involved, even Firas – Mustafa would
drag him from his chair by a skinny arm – and they would take steaming plates
and colourful salads and dips and bread to the table in the courtyard.
Sometimes they had red lentil and sweet potato soup with cumin, or kawaj with
beef and courgettes, or stuffed artichoke hearts or green been stew, or parsley and
bulgur salad, or spinach with pine nuts and pomegranate. Later, honey-soaked
baklava and lugaimat dough balls dripping with syrup or preserved apricots in jars.
Firas would be on his phone and Mustafa would snatch it from his hands and put it
in one of the empty honey jars, but he would never really get angry with his son –
there was a certain humour between them, even when they were in battle with
each other.
A. Answer each of the following questions in one sentence or two sentences:
i. What made Sami giggle?
ii. Why did Firas never help with the meal?
iii. How can we infer that the family would conclude their meals with
dessert?
B. What made Sami feel he played a part in setting the table?
C. As a father Mustafa was firm and yet kind towards Firas. Justify this statement.
Do not quote from the passage.
D. State whether the following statements are true or false. Quote a sentence or a
part of a sentence in support of your answer:
i. Aya was more responsible than Firas.
ii. The family would have their meals indoors.
E. Find a word in the first paragraph of the passage which is the antonym of the
word ‘obedience’.

Answer 1

Answer:

1. Aya had long golden hairs so when she bent down to Sami he would pull at her curls and started laughing or making him giggle .

2 . Because he was a lanky boy and liked to seat in the weaker chair in living room in his T shirt and shorts.

3. Sorry I can't answer this....

B. Aya would give an empty plate or cup to Sami to hold so that he can feel he played a part setting in table.

C》Firas was lanky boy yet Mustafa was firm and kind towards him. He had never been angry on Firas. And when they go at the dining table Mustafa would drag Firas's chair.

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