Question

On the basis of your reading of the extract, tick the most appropriate answer : 

a. Tom's mind had drifted away because 
• Becky Thatcher had stopped coming to school 
• he no longer took an interest in war. 
• the charm oflife was gone. 
• he had put his hoop and his bat away. 
b. Aunt Polly was concerned because: 
• Tom was hanging around Becky Thatcher's father's house all night 
• Tom no longer took an interest in anything 
• she was infatuated with patent medicines 
• she had a fever 
c. She was filled with gratitude when she tested the new medicine as 
• it was simply fire in a liquid form. 
• her troubles were instantly at rest 
• Tom's indifference was broken. 
• Tom was responding well 
d. 'Mending the health of a crack' means 
• repairing a crack in the sitting-room floor 
• looking after his health 
• pouring the medicine into a crack in the sitting-room floor 
• giving the medicine to the cat 

Answer 1

a. Tom's mind had drifted away because Becky Thatcher had stopped coming to school
b. Aunt Polly was concerned because : Tom no longer took any interest in anything
c. She was filled with gratitude when she tested the new medicine as it was simply fire in a liquid form.
d. 'Mending the health of a crack' means pouring the medicine into a crack in the sitting room floor.