Question

Based on your reading of the story, answer the following questions by choosing the correct option.

(a) Mrs. Bramble was a proud woman because ___________

(i) she was the wife of a famous boxer.

(ii) she had motivated her husband.

(iii) she was a good housewife.

(iv) she was the mother of a child prodigy.

(b) “The very naming of Harold had caused a sacrifice on his part.” The writer’s tone here is _____________

(i) admiring

(ii) assertive

(iii) satirical

(iv) gentle

(c) Harold had defied the laws of heredity by _________

(i) becoming a sportsperson.

(ii) being good at academics.

(iii) being well-built and muscular

(iv) respecting his parents

(d)Harold felt that he was deprived of the respect that his classmates would give him as ___________

(i) they did not know his father was the famous boxer, ‘Young Porky’.

(ii) his hero, Jimmy Murphy had not won the wrestling match.

(iii) he had not got Phil Scott’s autograph.

(iv) Sid Simpson had lost the Lonsdale belt.

Answer 1

(a) (iv) She was the mother of a child prodigy.

(b) (i) Admiring

(c) (ii) Being good at academics.

(d) (i) They did not know his father was the famous boxer, ‘Young Porky’.