Read the following extract from the short story “The Little Match Girl” and answer the questions that follow by choosing the most appropriate option from the choices given below:

She had drawn her little feet under her, but she could not keep off the cold; and she dared not go home, for she had sold no matches, and could not take home even a penny of money. Her father would certainly beat her; besides, it was almost as cold at home as here, for they had only the roof to cover them, through which the wind howled, although the largest holes had been stopped up with straw and rags.

What was the use of straws and rags according to the context of the extract?

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Those were being used as a bed by the girl and her father.

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Those were being used as fuel to cook food.

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Those were being used to save the girl and her father from cold

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Those were used to mend the big holes in the roof

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Solution

The correct option is D Those were used to mend the big holes in the roof
The roof of her house was full of holes. The straws and rags were used to mend the biggest holes in the roof to stop wind inflow from being saved from the cold.

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Read the stanza given below and complete the sentences by choosing the

appropriate option.

Day by day the nightingale

Grew more sorrowful and pale.

Night on night her tired song

Zipped and trilled and bounced along,

Tillthe birds and beasts grew tired

Ata voice so uninspired

And the ticket office gross

Crashed, and she grew more morose -

For her ears were now addicted

To applause quite unrestricted,

And to sing into the night

All alone gave no delight.

i.The nightingale was sorrowful and pale because

1. She had been practicing in the rain

2. She had been performing all night

3. She was losing confidence in herself

4. She was falling ill

ii. The audience was tired of her song because

1. They had heard it many times

2. It had become mechanical

3. She looked tired

4. She had added trill to her song

iii. She no longer enjoyed singing alone as

1. She wanted to sing only for titled crowd

2. She was now used to the appreciation she got

3. The frog was no longer with her

4. She had become proud of herself

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