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Time to answer
A. Choose the correct option.

1. Which of these lines was/were not spoken by the characters in the story?

My parents will be angry.

Can nothing come out of a black hole?

The stars in Orion’s Belt are in a straight line.

Full power, double power. Accelerate away from the black hole. Put everything
you have!

2. Tone is the attitude of the speaker or the writer while narrating the story. What is the
tone of the writer in the given line from the story?

‘We’re being pulled towards it.’

anxious carefree frightened disturbed

B. Answer these questions.

1. Why was Maya reluctant to fly the rocket ship to Pluto?

2. Which line from the story best describes Ava’s attitude towards flying to Pluto?

3. Why was it difficult for Maya to pull away from the black hole?

4. Complete the table by using four adjectives to describe these characters.
life skill analytical skills
Characters Adjectives

Maya

Ava

Reyhaan

5. How did the kids manage to return back home safely?

6. What is a black hole and how does it affect everything in and around it?

Reference to the context

Read the line from the story and answer the questions that follow.

‘But I can’t see anything.’

a. Who is the speaker of this line?

i. computer ii. Reyhaan iii. Maya iv. Ava

b. Why did the speaker say these words?
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