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Write ‘True’ or ‘False’ against each of following statements.
A.
(i) Mr Purcell sold birds, cats, dogs and monkeys.
B.
(ii) He was very concerned about the well-being of the birds and animals in his shop.
C.
(iii) He was impressed by the customer who bought the two doves.
D.
(iv) He was a successful shop owner, though insensitive and cold as a person.
A. True
B. False
C. False
D. False
Why is Mr. Purcell compared to an owl?
Mr. Purcell’s large glasses magnified his eyes so as to give him the appearance of a wise and genial owl.
From the third paragraph pick out
(i) Words associated with cries of birds,
(ii) Words associated with noise,
(iii) Words suggestive of confusion and fear.
(i) Twitters, rustling, squeals, cheeps, squeaks
(ii) Flicker, scampered
(iii) Frantic, frightened, bewildered, blindly seeking
…. Mr. Purcell heard it no more than he would have heard the monotonous ticking of a familiar clock.” (Read para beginning with “It was a rough day…”)
(i) What does ‘it’ refer to?
(ii) Why does Mr. Purcell not hear ‘it’ clearly?
(i) Here, ‘it’ refers to the chirping, squeaking and mewing of the birds and animals in the shop.
(ii) Mr. Purcell did not hear the noise clearly because he owned the pet shop and thus, these noises seemed usual to him, like the monotonous ticking of a clock. He was used to the noise.
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