Question

Read the extract and answer the questions that follow:

‘It was a starting question coming from that ragged old man on the street’

1. Where was the narrator when he was drawn into the conversation?
2. Give a brief description of the old man.
3. Why was the narrator perplexed by the question?

Answer 1

1. The narrator was sitting in a litchi tree when the old man began speaking to him.
2. The old man was ragged and poor, yet thoughtful and wise.
3. The narrator was perplexed because the man unexpectedly asked him a personal question about his dream.