Question

 Read the passage carefully and answers the following question:

When the daimio himself was almost directly under him, he threw a handful of ashes over the tree, which did  not change a particle. The wind blew the fine dust in the noses and eyes of the daimio and his wife. Such  sneezing and choking! It spoiled all the pump and dignity of the procession. The man whose business it was  to cry,”Get down on your knees,” seized the old fool by the collar, dragged him from the tree, and tumbled  him and his ash – basket into the ditch by the road. Then, beating him soundly, he left for dead.

1) What did the daimio throw over the tree?

2) What did the wind do?

3) How did the old man cry?

4) What is the meaning of to “pulled” and “dragged​

Answer 1

Explanation:

1) He threw a handful of ashes over the tree, which did  not change a particle.

2) The wind blew the fine dust in the noses and eyes of the daimio and his wife.

3) The man whose business it was  to cry,”Get down on your knees,” seized the old fool by the collar, dragged him from the tree, and tumbled  him and his ash – basket into the ditch by the road.

4) Dragged meaning:- to pull somebody/something along with difficulty

Pulled meaning:- to use force to move somebody/something towards yourself.

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