Direction: Read the following paragraph and choose the correct options to answer any four questions given below :
"Mr Keesing had a good laugh at my arguments, but when I proceeded to talk my way through the next lesson, he assigned me a second essay. This time it was supposed to be on 'An Incorrigible Chatterbox'. I handed it in and Mr Keesing had nothing to complain about for two whole lessons. However, during the third lesson, he'd finally had enough. "Anne Frank, as a punishment for talking in class, write an essay entitled-'Quack, Quack, Quack, said Mistress Chatterbox'."
Q. Why do you think Mr Keesing chose the title - 'An Incorrigible Chatterbox' - for Anne, to write on?
This was so because he expected:
Direction: Read the following paragraph and choose the correct options to answer any four questions given below :
"Mr Keesing had a good laugh at my arguments, but when I proceeded to talk my way through the next lesson, he assigned me a second essay. This time it was supposed to be on 'An Incorrigible Chatterbox'. I handed it in and Mr Keesing had nothing to complain about for two whole lessons. However, during the third lesson, he'd finally had enough. "Anne Frank, as a punishment for talking in class, write an essay entitled-'Quack, Quack, Quack, said Mistress Chatterbox'."
Q. What does 'had a good laugh' imply, in the context of Mr. Keesing? It means that he:
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Direction: Read the following paragraph and choose the correct options to answer any four questions given below :
"Mr Keesing had a good laugh at my arguments, but when I proceeded to talk my way through the next lesson, he assigned me a second essay. This time it was supposed to be on 'An Incorrigible Chatterbox'. I handed it in and Mr Keesing had nothing to complain about for two whole lessons. However, during the third lesson, he'd finally had enough. "Anne Frank, as a punishment for talking in class, wrote an essay entitled-'Quack, Quack, Quack, said Mistress Chatterbox'."
Q. What convincing argument was made by Anne?
Direction: Read the following paragraph and choose the correct options to answer any four questions given below :
"Mr Keesing had a good laugh at my arguments, but when I proceeded to talk my way through the next lesson, he assigned me a second essay. This time it was supposed to be on 'An Incorrigible Chatterbox'. I handed it in and Mr Keesing had nothing to complain about for two whole lessons. However, during the third lesson, he'd finally had enough. "Anne Frank, as a punishment for talking in class, write an essay entitled-'Quack, Quack, Quack, said Mistress Chatterbox'."
Q. Based on this extract, pick the option with the list of words that best describe Mr Keesing.
Direction: Read the following paragraph and choose the correct options to answer any four questions given below :
"Mr Keesing had a good laugh at my arguments, but when I proceeded to talk my way through the next lesson, he assigned me a second essay. This time it was supposed to be on 'An Incorrigible Chatterbox'. I handed it in and Mr Keesing had nothing to complain about for two whole lessons. However, during the third lesson, he'd finally had enough. "Anne Frank, as a punishment for talking in class, write an essay entitled-'Quack, Quack, Quack, said Mistress Chatterbox'."
Q. How did Anne feel when she was punished the third time by Mr Keesing? She:
Direction: Read the following paragraph and choose the correct options to answer any four questions given below :
"Paper has more patience than people. I thought of this saying on one of those days when I was feeling a little depressed and was sitting at home with my chin in my hands, bored and listless, wondering whether to stay in or go out. I finally stayed where I was, brooding: Yes, paper does have more patience, and since I'm not planning to let anyone else read this stiff-backed notebook grandly referred to as a 'diary', unless I should ever find a real friend, it probably won't make a bit of difference."
Q. If the diary were a 'real friend', what qualities would Anne expect it to have? Pick the option that lists these correctly.
1. Optimistic
2. Good listener
3. Confident
4. Energetic
5. Non-judgmental
6. Outgoing
7. Ambitious
Direction: Read the following paragraph and choose the correct options to answer any four questions given below :
"Paper has more patience than people. I thought of this saying on one of those days when I was feeling a little depressed and was sitting at home with my chin in my hands, bored and listless, wondering whether to stay in or go out. I finally stayed where I was, brooding: Yes, paper does have more patience, and since I'm not planning to let anyone else read this stiff-backed notebook grandly referred to as a 'diary', unless I should ever find a real friend, it probably won't make a bit of difference."
Q. Pick out the emoticon which clearly brings out the meaning of 'listless' as used in the extract?
Direction: Read the following paragraph and choose the correct options to answer any four questions given below :
"Paper has more patience than people. I thought of this saying on one of those days when I was feeling a little depressed and was sitting at home with my chin in my hands, bored and listless, wondering whether to stay in or go out. I finally stayed where I was, brooding: Yes, paper does have more patience, and since I'm not planning to let anyone else read this stiff-backed notebook grandly referred to as a 'diary', unless I should ever find a real friend, it probably won't make a bit of difference."
Q. Paper has more patience than people.' What does this imply?
This implies that Anne:
Direction: Read the following paragraph and choose the correct options to answer any four questions given below :
"Paper has more patience than people. I thought of this saying on one of those days when I was feeling a little depressed and was sitting at home with my chin in my hands, bored and listless, wondering whether to stay in or go out. I finally stayed where I was, brooding: Yes, paper does have more patience, and since I'm not planning to let anyone else read this stiff-backed notebook grandly referred to as a 'diary', unless I should ever find a real friend, it probably won't make a bit of difference."
Q. Pick the option that is ODD one out with reference to the meaning of 'patience'.
Direction: Read the following paragraph and choose the correct options to answer any four questions given below :
"Paper has more patience than people. I thought of this saying on one of those days when I was feeling a little depressed and was sitting at home with my chin in my hands, bored and listless, wondering whether to stay in or go out. I finally stayed where I was, brooding: Yes, paper does have more patience, and since I'm not planning to let anyone else read this stiff-backed notebook grandly referred to as a 'diary', unless I should ever find a real friend, it probably won't make a bit of difference."
Q. Anne doesn't plan to let anyone else read her diary as:
Direction: Read the following paragraph and choose the correct options to answer any four questions given below :
"Paper has more patience than people. I thought of this saying on one of those days when I was feeling a little depressed and was sitting at home with my chin in my hands, bored and listless, wondering whether to stay in or go out. I finally stayed where I was, brooding: Yes, paper does have more patience, and since I'm not planning to let anyone else read this stiff-backed notebook grandly referred to as a 'diary', unless I should ever find a real friend, it probably won't make a bit of difference."
Q. Pick out the sentence that brings out the meaning of 'brooding' as used in the extract?
Direction: Read the following paragraph and choose the correct options to answer any four questions given below :
"Paper has more patience than people. I thought of this saying on one of those days when I was feeling a little depressed and was sitting at home with my chin in my hands, bored and listless, wondering whether to stay in or go out. I finally stayed where I was, brooding: Yes, paper does have more patience, and since I'm not planning to let anyone else read this stiff-backed notebook grandly referred to as a 'diary', unless I should ever find a real friend, it probably won't make a bit of difference."
Q. Pick the option that lists the image that most appropriately corresponds to 'chatterbox'.