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Question
Read the story carefully and complete the table:
| Total no. of characters | Names | Age | Physical appearance | Earned money by | Qualities |
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Solution
| Total no. of characters | Names | Age | Physical appearance | Earned money by | Qualities |
| 2 | Hari Singh | 15 | thin | stealing | compulsive liar, thief, ethical |
| Anil | 25 | tall and lean | writing for magazines | easy-going, kind, simple, trusting |
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