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Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:
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I started right away at the Montessori nursery school. I stayed them until I was six, at which time I started in the first form. m the sixth form my teacher was Mrs. Kuperus, the headmistress. At the end of the year we were both in tears as we said a heartbreaking farewell. In the summer of 1941 Grandma fell ill and had to have an operation, so my birthday passed with little celebration. |
- The narrator 'I' refers to _____. (1)
- Mr. Keesing
- Mrs. Kuperus
- Anne Frank
- Miss Margot
- The phrase 'right away' in this extract most nearly means: (1)
- with delay
- the correct way
- immediately
- overtaking from right
- What does the narrator mean by saying 'we were both in tears'? (1)
- Complete the analogy by selecting a word from the text: (1)
dawn: dusk:: mourning: ______. - Select the option that correctly captures the application of the word 'form' as used in the extract. (1)
- Raghav was in good form while playing the match.
- Saheb was promoted to the next form after the annual exam.
- My brother did not know how to form a circle.
- Anne saw the form on the headmaster's desk.
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Solution
- The narrator 'I' refers to Anne Frank.
- immediately
- When they got separated, the narrator and her teacher, Mrs Kuperus, both were crying.
- Dawn: dusk:: mourning: celebration.
- Saheb was promoted to the next form after the annual exam.
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