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Question
Which of the following qualities best describe the boy’s character ? Give evidence from the story to support your answer.
kind polite hard- working
careful friendly respectful
generous honest frank eager to learn
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Quality |
Evidence from the story |
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Solution
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Quality |
Evidence from the story |
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Honest and frank |
At the bottom of everything she (Mrs. Ruffner) wanted absolute honesty and frankness. |
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Hard-working |
I swept the recitation room three times, then I got a dusting cloth, and I dusted it four times. All the woodwork around the walls, every bench, table, and desk, I want over four times with my dusting cloth. |
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Friendly |
I thanked the captain of the vessel for his kindness, and started again. |
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Eager to learn |
The lessons that I learned in the home of Mrs.Ruffner were as valuable to me as any education I have ever gotten anywhere since. |
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