Question

Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow :
She worked her arithmetic problems absent mindedly. "Eight times Eight let's see " She wished she had the nerve to write Peggy a note, because she knew she never would have the courage to speak right out to Peggy to say, "Hey, Peggy, Let's stop asking Wanda how many dresses she has."
(a) Who does 'she' refer to ?
(b) Why was she afraid to ask Peggy to stop troubling Wanda ?
(c) Find a word from the passage which means the same as 'nerve'.
Or
He stalks in his vivid stripes
The few steps of his cage
On pads of velvet quiet
In his quiet rage
(a) Where is the tiger in these lines ?
(b) Why can he walk only a few steps ?
(c) What does the phrase 'quiet rage' suggest ?

Answer 1

(a) 'She' refers to Maddie.
(b) She was afraid as Peggy might turn to her and tease her. She too was a poor girl.
(c) 'Nerve' means 'courage'.

                                           Or
 
(a) The tiger is in the zoo.
(b) He can walk only a few steps as he is locked in a cage.
 (c) The phrase 'quiet rage' suggests that the tiger being helpless is quite angry.