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The orphanage is high in the Carolina Mountains. I was there in the autumn. I wanted quite, isolation, to do some troublesome writing. I wanted mountain air to blow out the malaria from too long a time in the subtropics. I was homesick too, for the flaming of maples in October, and for corn shocks and pumpkins and black-walnut trees………. I found them all living in a cabin that begins to the orphanage, half a mile beyond the orphanage farm. When I took the cabin. I asked for a boy or man to come and chop wood for the fireplace.
I looked up
from my typewriter one late afternoon, a little startled. A boy stood at the
door and my pointer dog, my companion, was at his side and had not barked to
warn me. The boy was probably twelve years old, but undersized. He wore
overalls and a torn shirt, and was barefooted.
He said, “I
can chop some wood today.”
……….you? But
you’re small.”
“Size
doesn’t matter. Chopping wood” he said. “Some of the big boys don’t chop god.
I’ve been
chopping wood at the orphanage a long time.
Very well.
There the ax. Go ahead and see what you can do.
I went back to work. Closing the door.
He began to chop. The blows were rhythmic and steady, and shortly I had forgotten him, the sound no more of an interruption than a consistent rain. I suppose an hour and a half passed and I heard the boys steps on the cabin stoop……the boy said, “I have to go to supper now.” He said. “I can come again tomorrow.” I said. “I’ll pay you now for what you’ve done.” Thinking I should probably have to insist on an older boy.
We went
together back of them cabin. An astonishing amount of solid wood had been
cut…..”but you’ve done as much as a man.” I said. “This is a splendid pile.”
I looked at
him actually, for the first time. His hair was the color of the corn shocks and
his eyes. Very direct, were like the mountain sky when rain is pending-gray,
with a shadowing of that miraculous blue….I gave him a quarter.
You may come tomorrow afternoon,” I said, “and thank you very much. “He looked at me, and at the coin, and seemed to want to speak, but could not, and turned away.
Choose the correct answer from the
alternatives.
a. 1. The word isolation mentioned in the passage
means--------
i. Inclusion
ii. Fellowship
iii. Association
iv. Separation
b. 2. The word coin mentioned in the passage means-----
i. I. Create
ii. ii. Invention
iii. Dim
iv. iv. Change
c. 3.The word flaming mentioned in the
passage means---------
i. Crashing
ii. Rolling
iii. Bowling
iv. Glowing
d. 4.The word miraculous mentioned in the passage
means----------
i. Dark
ii. Amazing
iii. Cosmic
iv. Dull
e. 5.The word interruption mentioned in
the passage means--------
i. Introduction
ii. Continuation
iii. Connection
iv. Intervention
f. 6. The word wore mentioned in the
passage means--------
i. Put on
ii. Showed
iii. Held
iv. Ground
g. 7. The word steps mentioned in the
passage means---------
a. Stages
b. Speeds
c. Paces
d. Governs
h. 8. The phrase insist on
implies--------------------
i. i. Formal
request
ii. Taking part
iii. Forceful demand
v. Removal of something
9. The word actually mentioned in the
passage means-------------
i. tactfully
ii. Trustily
iii. Truly
v. Truly
10. The word blows mentioned in the passages means--------
i. roars
ii strikes
iii. Setbacks
v. Upsets
11. The word splendid mentioned in the passage
means-------------
i. common
ii. Grand
iii. Inspiring
iv. Shocking
i. pallid
ii. Vivid
iii. Astonished
iv. Begin
13. The word consistent mentioned in the passage
means--------
i. patchy
ii. Varying
iii. Harmonious
iv. Shifting
14. The word troublesome mentioned in the passage
means-------------
i. lonesome
ii. Simple
iii. Straightforward
iv. Problematic
16. The word homesick mentioned in the passage means-------
i. content
ii. Expectant
iii. Nostalgic
iv. Homebound
17. The word splendid mentioned in the passage
means-----------
i. impressive
ii. Modest
iii. Ordinary
iv. Kingly
18. The word barefooted mentioned in the passage
means--------
i. added
ii. Contained
iii. Shoeless
iv. Spotless
19. The word steady mentioned in the passage
means-------------
i. even
ii. Intermittent
iii. Agitated
iv. Shaky
20. I gave him a quarter. Here quarter
means------------------
i. one dollar
ii. 25 cents
iii. 50 cents
iv. 125cents
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21. The word astonishing mentioned in the passage
means--------------
i. surprising
ii. Disturbing
iii. Certain
iv. Obvious
22. What was referred to as the companion of the writer?
i. typewriter
ii. A dog
iii. A pointer
iv. A boy
23. The word shortly mentioned in the passage
means--------------
i. later
ii. Soon
iii. Sharply
iv. Gradually
24. The word bark mentioned in the passage means------------
i. grow
ii. Whisper
iii. Noise
iv. Murmur
25. The word pending mentioned in the passage means----------
i. unresolved
ii. Imminent
iii. Remaining
iv. During
26. The writer craved for-------------
i. seclusion
ii. Association
iii. Quite
iv. Distraction
27. The word suppose mentioned in the passages means----------
i. guess
ii. Suggest
iii. Advice
iv. Repeat
28. The word probably mentioned in the passage
means-------------
i. unlikely
ii. Doubted
iii. Case
iv. Belike
29. The writer requested for a boy for-------------------wood
for the fireplace.
i. chop
ii. Chopping
iii. Cut
iv. Cropping
30. The word pending mentioned in the passage means----------
i. unresolved
ii. Imminent
iii. Remaining
iv. During
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31. The word direct mentioned in the passage means---------
i. lead
ii. Nonstop
iii. Straightforward
iv. Guide
32. The word rhythmic mentioned in the passage
means--------------
i. regular
ii. Smooth
iii. Irregular
iv. Random
33. The word undersized mentioned in the passage means-------
i. significant
ii. Undervalued
iii. Overgrown
iv. Short
34. The word farm mentioned in the passage means-----------
i. homestead
ii. Land
iii. Crop
iv. Livestock
35. The word together mentioned in the passage
means-------------
i. composed
ii. United
iii. Alone
iv. as one
36. The word close mentioned in the passage
means-------------
i. shut
ii. Conclude
iii. End
iv. Complete
37. The word ahead mentioned in the passage
means--------------
i. leader
ii. Forward
iii. Slow
iv. Front
38. The word barefooted mentioned in the passage
means---------
i. tormented
ii. Dashed
iii. Ruined
iv. Ragged
39. The word shadowing mentioned in the passage
means-----------
i. shading
ii. Investigation
iii. Semi
iv. Following
40. The word pile mentioned in the passage means----------
i. heap
ii. Stake
iii. Pillar
iv. Swell
41. The word warn mentioned means-----------------
i. foresee
ii. Aside
iii. Advice
iv. Caution
42. The cabin was in------ of the orphanage.
i. possession
ii. Belonged
iii. Owned
iv. Demand
43. The word companion mentioned in the passage means-
i. supplement
ii. Escort
iii. Addition
iv. Twin