Question

Read the following passage carefully, and answer the questions that follow:

‘The postman is very small with tiny feet’, said Peter and Janet’s Mother. ‘Well, I’ll tell you what I saw in his shed a little while ago’, said Jack. ‘I saw a HUGE pair of boots – really enormous ! Now what would Postie (the postman) want with those ? They certainly weren’t the right size for his small feet. So it’s my guess that he wore them when he went out in the snow to steal Snowy – and to steal Shadow, up on the snowy hills. In fact, to steal any dog on a snowy night, leaving huge footprints behind to mislead everyone. I bet if you get hold of those boots, and looked at the copies of the footprints that the police have, they’d match EXACTLY !’ ‘But what about Scamper ?’ said Peter. ‘Scamper wasn’t stolen in the snow – he just disappeared. We know he didn’t go with Postie, or he would have been seen walking down to the village with him.’ ‘Did Postie bring any parcels for you yesterday ?’ asked Jack, and saw Mother nod her head. ‘Right ! Then he must have used the parcels delivery van – he could easily have patted Scamper’s head, and made him follow him to the van – pushed him in, slammed the door – and driven off with him. Nobody would know. Scamper loved him, so he probably wouldn’t even have barked. I bet he had used that post-office van to shove dogs into plenty of times. I guess he took it up the road that runs alongside the sheep-fields the day he left a letter at the hut for old Matt and took Shadow off with him then. He’d say, “Come along, Shadow,” and Shadow would follow him to the van – he’d give a push to send him in – and slam would go the van door. Easy !’ ‘This is all very serious,’ said Peter’s father. ‘We must be very careful ... that you are right, Jack. Are you quite sure that you saw those boots ? I didn’t think of the post-office van, of course – Postie might quite well have taken Scamper away in it – the dog would follow him anywhere, he knew that Postie was a friend of the family.’ ‘My guess is that he threw down drugged meat to dogs he wouldn’t be able to persuade into

the van, waited till they dropped asleep – and then carried them there,’ said Jack. ‘You know

how the police said there were scuffling patches of snow – well, they’d be made when he

dragged away his target dog.’

‘Astounding !’ said Peter’s father. ‘Yes, it fits. It all fits. Yes, yes – he’d persuade some dogs

to follow him to the van – and shut them in – and the others, he would drug – and then drag

or carry them to the van. Then off he could go with them – I wonder where ?’

(a) Answer the following questions as briefly as possible. Write to-the-point answers from the

passage.

i) What was Jack’s reaction when he saw a huge pair of boots in the postman’s shed?

ii) What was Jack’s suggestion?

iii) Why was Peter so sure that Scamper did not go with the postman?

iv) “... and slam would go the van door. Easy!” What did Jack explain?

v) Why did Postie throw down drugged meat to dogs?

(b) Make sentences of your own with the following words. Do not use these in the same way

as used in the passage:

i) match

ii) course

(c) Find three words from the passage which mean:

i) cause people to have a wrong idea or impression

ii) in all likelihood

iii) induce (and compel) someone to perform any action

(d) Find the antonyms (from the given passage) of the words stated below:

i) wrong

ii) appeared

iii) with difficulty

iv) funny

(e) State whether the following statements are True or False:

i) Peter and Janet’s father knew for certain, from the very beginning, that the postman was

kidnapping the dogs of the locality.

ii) Scented meat, which worked as an appetiser, was thrown down to the victim dogs by the

kidnapper.

iii) Scamper took the Postie to be his foe.

iv) Peter and Janet’s father appreciated Jack’s wit.

(f) In your own words, write what would you have done with the postman had you been in

Jack’s position. ​

Answer 1

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