Question

Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow :

When I got to New Mullion, my eager expectations of a sweet and simple country village were severely disappointed. Its streets were rivers of mud, with rows of wooden shops, either painted a sour brown, or bare of any paint at all.

(a) Who is 'I'?

(b) Why was 'I' disappointed?

(c) What does the word 'expectations' mean ?

Answer 1

a) ‘I’ is the young lawyer who went to New Mullion.

b)  ‘I’ was disappointed because he had expected New Mullion to be a simple and sweet country village.

c) The word 'expectations' means 'looking forward to' or 'to anticipate something'.