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Time to answer

A. Tick (3) the correct option.

1. Who is the narrator of the story?

Tribulation May Mother Father

2. The short story is in the form of .

a diary a letter

an advertisement a biography

3. Which line tells you that the narrator was a little selfish?

‘And I shall take all the porridge.’

‘Ah, mein Gott! it is the good angels that come to us!’

‘You shall put on your things and help me.’

‘I wish we’d eaten it up.’

4. Why was the narrator selfish at the beginning of the story? Choose the

INAPPROPRIATE reason for it.

the narrator was hungry

the narrator wanted to sleep early

the narrator did not want to lose the first meal of the day

the narrator wanted to have a hearty breakfast with the family.

B. Answer these questions.

1. Describe the breakfast that was laid for the narrator and her siblings.

2. What breakfast did the narrator and her family finally have on New Year’s Day?

3. Why does the narrator say that she was a ‘selfish child’?

4. Pick a few lines from the story that best describes the dilapidated condition of
the poor family’s house.

5. How did the narrator’s family manage to bring a smile on the poor family’s face?

6. How did the narrator and her family feel at the end of the story?

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