Read the following extract carefully and answer the questions that follow :
"What’s the matter with you, you fool?" shouted Ramlal. "I am only taking you to school." Then he told his wife, "Let her wear some decent clothes today, or else what will the teachers and the other schoolgirls think of us when they see her?"
1. Who is speaking to who? What does the speaker want his wife to do?
a. Ramlal is speaking to his wife. Ramlal wanted his wife to get Bholi ready for the school.
b. Ramlal is speaking to Bholi. Ramlal wanted his wife to buy Bholi new clothes.
c. Ramlal is speaking to Radha. Ramlal wanted his wife to get Radha ready for the school.
d. Ramlal is speaking to Bholi. Ramlal wanted his wife to get Bholi ready for the school.
2. Why was Bholi scared to go to school? What made her feel that she was going to a better place?
a. Bholi was scared because she did not know what a school was like. When she was given a bath, decent clothes to wear, her hair was oiled and combed, she thought that she was going to a better place.
b. Bholi was scared because she was afraid of speaking with a stammer at school. When the teacher spoke kindly to her, she thought that she was going to a better place.
c. Bholi was scared to go to school because she did not know how to read. When the teacher gave her a book, she felt that she was going to a better place.
d. Bholi was scared because she did not know how to read. When she was given a bath, decent clothes to wear, her hair was oiled and combed, she thought that she was going to a better place.
3. Why did Ramlal want her to wear decent clothes to school?
a. Ramlal wanted her to wear decent clothes to school because he wanted her to feel confident on her first day at school.
b. Ramlal wanted her to wear decent clothes to school because it was considered good fortune to start one's schooling with new clothes.
c. Ramlal wanted her to wear decent clothes to school because he wanted their family to make a good impression on the teachers and the other schoolgirls.
d. Ramlal wanted her to wear decent clothes to school because he wanted other teachers and schoolgirls to think that their family was very rich.
4. Why did Ramlal call her a fool?
a. Ramlal called her a fool because she was scared to go to school.
b. Ramlal called her a fool because she did not want to come home from school.
c. Ramlal called her a fool because she wanted to be a teacher at the school.
d. Ramlal called her a fool because she did not want to marry a well-to-do man.
5. Who is 'her' in this extract?
a. Ramlal’s wife is 'her' in this extract.
b. Bholi is 'her' in this extract.
c. The teacher is 'her' in this extract.
d. Radha is 'her' in this extract.
