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Based on your reading of the story, answer the following question by choosing the correct option:
Mrs. Bramble was a proud woman because.
Options
she was the wife of a famous boxer.
she had motivated her husband.
she was a good housewife.
she was the mother of a child prodigy.
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Solution
she was the mother of a child prodigy.
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| Bismillah Khan’s Feelings about | Positive | Negative | Neutral |
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1. teaching children music |
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| 2. the film world | |||
| 3. migrating to the U.S.A | |||
| 4. playing at temples | |||
| 5. getting the Bharat Ratna | |||
| 6. the banks of the Ganga | |||
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