(a) Who is called “woman 1”? (b) Why does woman 1 gasp with horror?

Question

Read the following paragraph and answer the questions given below.

There is a sudden screech of metal from the surgery. Woman 1 gasps with horror and is about to make a dash for the surgery door when she is dragged back by Woman 2. Man 4 groans loudly. The Small Boy and the Little Girl at the table start a fight about a magazine they both want. Woman 8 and Woman 7 attempt to separate them. Through all this noise Woman 5 is still trying to show her photographs.

Little Girl: It’s mine! It’s mine!

Small Boy: No, it’s mine! I saw it first.

Woman 7: Sit down, Dorothea. Sit down and be quiet.

I’ll tell your daddy about this. Then there’ll be trouble.

Really, it’s the last time I’ll bring you anywhere. 

Little Girl: See if I care.

(a) Who is called “woman 1”?

(b) Why does woman 1 gasp with horror?

(c) Why does Woman 1 try to dash to the surgery door?

(d) What is the cause of fight between the two children?

(e) How does woman 7 threaten Dorothea? What is her reaction to the threat?

Answer 1

(a) Emily is called woman 1.

(b) Woman 1 hears groaning sound from the surgery room. Besides patients waiting for the dentist, tell horrifying tales about the extraction of teeth. Nurse also carries Hammer and Hack saw to the surgery room. So, she gasps with horror.

(c) Woman 1 tries to dash to the surgery door to find out if her husband Joe was alright.

(d) Both the children want the same magazine. So, they fight.

(e) Dorothea quarrels with another boy over a magazine. Her mom threatens her that she would tell her dad and she would never bring her again anywhere. The little girl just does not care about the double threat.