Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow :
Peggy was not really cruel. She protected small children from bullies. And she cried for hours if she saw an animal mistreated. If anybody had said to her, “Don’t you think that is a cruel way to treat Wanda?” she would have been very surprised. Cruel? Why did the girl say she had a hundred dresses? Anybody could tell that that was a lie. Why did she want to lie? And she wasn’t just an ordinary person, else why did she have a name like that? Anyway, they never made her cry.
As for Maddie, this business of asking Wanda every day how many dresses and how many hats, and how many this and that she had was bothering her. Maddie was poor herself. She usually wore somebody’s hand-me-down clothes. Thank goodness, she didn’t live up on Boggins Heights or have a funny name.
1. What did Peggy and Maddie think of Wanda?
a. They thought that Wanda was a very poor girl.
b. They thought that Wanda was a very rich girl.
c. They thought that Wanda was very arrogant.
d. They thought that Wanda wasn’t just an ordinary person.
2. How would Peggy react if someone said that she was cruel towards Wanda?
a. If someone said that she was cruel towards Wanda, Peggy would not care much about it.
b. If someone said that she was cruel towards Wanda, Peggy would be laughing at this remark.
c. If someone said that she was cruel towards Wanda, Peggy would be annoyed.
d. If someone said that she was cruel towards Wanda, Peggy would be surprised.
3. How do you know that Maddie was also poor ?
a. Maddie never brought tiffin to school. This shows that she was also poor.
b. Maddie wore only two dresses day after day. This shows that she was also poor.
c. Maddie wore somebody’s hand-me-down clothes. This shows that she was also poor.
d. Maddie lived up on Boggins Heights. This shows that she was also poor.
4. How did Peggy react when she saw an animal mistreated?
a. When Peggy saw an animal mistreated, she would caress that animal.
b. When Peggy saw an animal mistreated, she would shout in annoyance.
c. When Peggy saw an animal mistreated, she didn't bother much.
d. When Peggy saw an animal mistreated, she would cry for hours.
5. Find a word from the passage which means 'people who frighten weaker persons'.
a. The word which means the same as 'people who frighten weaker persons’ is 'bothering'.
b. The word which means the same as 'people who frighten weaker persons' is 'ordinary'.
c. The word which means the same as 'people who frighten weaker persons' is 'goodness'.
d. The word which means the same as 'people who frighten weaker persons’ is 'bullies'
