Extract Based Questions: The Necklace

Q1: One evening her husband returned elated bearing in his hand a large envelope. 'Here', he said, "here is something for you."
(a) Why was the husband elated?
(b) What was the reaction from 'you'?
(c) Find the word from the extract that means the same as 'wrapper'.
(d) What is the antonym of 'elated'?
Ans: 
(a) The husband was elated because he brought home an invitation to the Minister's residence, which he believed would make his wife happy. 
(b) Contrary to his expectations, his wife was not happy at all and expressed her displeasure openly. 
(c) The word from the extract that means the same as wrapper is envelope. 
(d) The antonym of elated is sad.

Q2: He threw around her shoulders that modest wraps they had carried whose poverty clashed with the elegance of the ball costume. She wished to hurry away...
(a) What precedes these fines?
(b) 'She' wished to hurry away. Why?
(c) Which word in the given extract is a synonym of 'not expensive'?
(d) What is the opposite of 'poverty'?
Ans: 
(a) These lines follow Matilda's success at the ball, where she was admired for her beauty and elegance. 
(b) Matilda wished to hurry away because she did not want to ruin the illusion of her grandeur created by her ball costume. She felt embarrassed wearing a shabby wrap in front of the wealthy women. 
(c) The word modest in the extract is a synonym for not expensive. 
(d) The opposite of poverty is affluence.

Q3. She learned the odious work of a kitchen... she seemed old now. She had become strong, hard woman, the crude woman of a poor household.
(a) Who seemed old now? .
(b) What had made her 'crude'?
(c) Which word in the given extract is an antonym to 'pleasant'?
(d) What part of speech is 'crude' in the extract?
Ans:
(a) Matilda seemed old now.
(b) Ten years of poverty and constant struggle made her crude.
(c) Odious is the antonym of pleasant in the extract.
(d) Crude is an adjective.

Q4. Mme Forestier was touched and took both her hands as she replied, "Oh! My poor Matilda! Mine were false. They were not worth over five hundred francs." [CBSE2015]
(a) Why was Mme Forestier touched?
(b) "Mine were false." What does 'mine' refer to in these words?
(c) Find the word from the extract that means same as 'agitated'.
(d) What is the opposite of 'poor'?
Ans: 
(a) Mme Forestier was touched by Matilda's difficult situation, which could have been avoided if Matilda had been honest. 
(b) The term 'mine' refers to the diamond necklace that Mme Forestier had lent to Matilda. 
(c) The word from the extract that means the same as 'agitated' is 'touched'. 
(d) The opposite of 'poor' is 'rich'.