Amerigo
Amerigo
My name is Amerigo. I am 13 years old and I live on
the street, alone . My mother, who is separated from my father, doesn’t want
me. She told me to go away…Now she is married to anther man. My father
lives far away. I want to go to him,
but he won’t take me either. I begged him to send me some money so that I could
buy a bus ticket. I am still waiting. He hasn’t answered.
The streets are now my home. Sometimes I find work. I
used to collect trash and sell it to Vander. I stopped doing that after I had a
serious infection and a doctor told ice cream on the beach. But I got no money
in return. The owner of the shop gave me something to eat, and let me sleep in
his hut at night. The work was difficult and painful. The ice cream box is
quite heavy when it is full. I had to walk for hours, offering my ice cream to
whoever wanted to buy. There days when I could not even sell one ice cream.
In a way, I am lucky because I am alive. My friends
who work strong rubbish in dumps often suffer from serious diseases. One of
them was recently killed after he had fallen into a hole that opened up in the
pile of trash. Many of us work for 10 to 12 hours, and get so little in return
that we can’t even buy food. Shoe-shining is very popular among the street
kids. A few of my friends also work in factories and workshops. A boy I know
lost one of his eyes after a piece of hot glass flew into his eye at the glass
factory where he worked. The owner refused to pay for medical help and fired him.
For me, like all other children on the street, It is
very hard. I am always hungry, and I don’t know where I will sleep the next
night. I would like to live in my own home and sleep there in peace. The nights
are very cold in the winter. You can die of cold in the street.
1.
Choose the
correct answer from the alternatives:
a. What is the motive of the author of this passage?
i. To highlight that Amerigo had a bright life.
ii. To highlight that Amerigo led an honest life.
iii. To show that Amerigo led a wretched life.
iv. To highlight that Amerigo led a strange life.
2.
Which of the
following statement is not true?
i. Amerigo’s mother remarried.
ii. Amerigo is a teenager.
iii. Amerigo considers him lucky.
v. Amerigo is an orphan boy.
3.
Amerigo is-
i.an artist ii. An orphan
boy
iii. a brilliant student iv. A street urchin
4. What is the contextual meaning of Vendor?
i.
slave ii. Hawker
iii.
Terrorist iv. Beggar
5.Which of the following statement is about shoe-shining.?
i. Shoe-shining is very favorite to the street children.
ii. The street children like shoe-shining.
iii. The street children like waste-collecting.
iv. The street children like ice cream-selling.
6. Who is Amerigo ?
i. a street
vendor ii. a street child
iii. a
philanthropist iv. Both 1,2
7.What are street children devoid of, as
mentioned in the passage?
i. Freedom of vote ii. Freedom of speech
iii. Right of personal liberty iv. Five
fundamental rights.
8.What does ‘dump’ refer to?
i. physician ii. Injury
iii. Dust heap iv. damage
9. What does ‘fire’ mean?
i. shot ii. Sacked
iii. Blocked iv. Freed
10. What does ‘trash’ refer to?
i. wealth ii. Fortune
iii.
rubbish iv.
Dustbin
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11. Who wants to take Amerigo with?
i. his
father ii. His
mother
iii. his
parents iv. None of
them
12. What is meant by the phrase stay
away?
i. stand
back ii. Remove
iii.
Appealing iv.
Affection
13. How does Amerigo always feel?
i.
desperate ii. Starvation
iii. Hopelessness iv. Ecstasy
14. The opposite meaning of the word
‘separated’ –
i. attached ii. Lonely
iii.
isolated iv. Allured
15.What kind of word ‘infection’ is?
i. noun ii. Verb
iii. Adverb iv. Adjective
16. What makes Amerigo feel lucky?
i. food ii. life
iii. friends iv. parents
17. ‘In return’ means-
i. in power ii. to cancel
iii. on the way
of returning iv. in exchanging
18. Amerigo is – human rights.
i. affected
by ii. Deprived of
iii. fond
of iv. working
for
19. Amerigo is a/an-
i. trash
collector ii. Orphan
iii. happy
child iv. None of
these
20. The word ‘separated’ mentioned in
the passage.
i. crowded ii. privileged
iii. broken
up iv. populate
21. What made Amerigo fall sick?
i. living in
street ii. Venturing
ice creams
iii. collecting trash dump iv. sorting rubbish dumps
22.Children like Amerigo lives a very –
life.
i.
Comfortable ii. natural
iii. common iv. painful
23.What does the expression ‘fire’ mean
in the passage?
i. to shoot ii. to burn
iii. to
sack iv. to
promoted
24.Which of the following has the
closest meaning of the word ‘vendor’ ?
i. seller ii. maker
iii.
producer iv. worker
25. Amerigo’s parents do not live-
i. separately ii. together
iii. far from
each other iv. far from Amerigo
26. What does the expression, ‘My father
lives far away’ mean?
i. Lives with my
father ii. My father feels me
iii. My father
does not live with me. Iv. My father wants to live with me.
27.The word ‘pile’ mentioned in the
passage-
i. store ii. sort
iii.
separate iv. heap
28. What is Amerigo?
i. A brilliant
student ii. Artist
iii. A street
urchin iv. An orphan boy
29. “I am still waiting” Here the word
‘still’ is a/an-
i. verb ii. Noun
iii.
Adjective iv. Adverb
30. Amerigo’s parents are-
i. separate ii. Separated
iii.
Separating iv. Being separated
31.Who refused to pay for medical help
for the injured boy?
i. Amerigo ii. Amerigo’s parents
iii. The owner
of the factory iv. other boys
32. The best synonym of ‘dump’ is-
i. bring
together again ii. Heap of rubbish
iii. short of
hearing iv. Reproduce
33. The narrator of the story is a/an-
i. student ii. Young man
iii. Orphan iv. abandoned child
34. Amerigo has to – for himself.
i. fend ii. depend
iii. rely iv. depart
35. The age group that Amerigo belongs
to identify him as-
i. an
infant ii. a child
iii. a
teacher iv. an adult
36.The conditions of street children
like Amerigo are-
i. legally
admissible ii. acceptable
iii. in compliance with human right
v. Subhuman
37. Amerigo’s mother is at present-
i.
remarried ii. Single
iii.
widowed iv. Engaged
38. The word ‘dump’ in this passage
means-
i.
warehouse ii. silo
iii.
reservoir iv. deposit
39.Now that Amerigo’s parents have left
him, he resembles-
i. a
refugee ii. an orphan
iii. an
outcast iv. a vagabond
40. The word ‘beach’ in the passage
means-
i. adviser ii. buyer
iii. seller iv. customer
41. The word ‘beach’ means-
i. coast ii. desert
iii. island iv. sport
42. Amerigo is in his-
i. teens ii. teenaged
iii. teen iv. teenager
43.In winter, the nights are-
i. cozy ii. cool
iii. extremely
cold iv. moderately cold
44. Amerigo is- by his parents.
i. adored ii. abandoned
iii.
embraced iv. assaulted
45. To Amerigo, life is-
i. challenges ii. challenged
iii.
challenging iv. challenge
46. His parents live-
i. part ii. togetherness
iii.
together iv. apart
47. The owner of the glass factory – the
injured boy.
i.
terminated ii. attached
iii.
appended iv. appointed
48. Amerigo’s parents are- to him.
i.
intelligent ii. sensible
iii.
confused iv. callous
49. The word ‘trash’ means-
i. essential ii. garbage
iii.
paper-material iv. coin
50. “I would like to live in my own home
and sleep there in peace.’’
i. Amerigo does
not have a good life.
ii. Amerigo
wants to go home.
iii. Amerigo
wants to live a better life.
iv. Amerigo
misses his parents.
51.Who are street children?
i. Children who
play on street.
ii. Children
born on the footpath.
iii. Children
left on the street to survive on the mercy of others.
iv. Children
specially taken care of by the government.
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52.The word ‘painful’ refers to-
i. awful ii. dreadful
iii.
agonizing iv. awesome
53.How did one of Amerigo’s friends die?
i. by an
accident ii. of disease
iii. for want of
food iv. by falling into a hole.
54.What makes Amerigo feel lucky?
i. food ii. his parents
iii.
friends iv. life
55. The word ‘infection’ stands for-
i.
Contagion ii.
sanitation
iii.
sterility iv.
callous to
56. The synonym of the word ‘alone’ –
i. full of
eagerness ii. lonely
iii.
isolation iv. quiet
57. What does the word ‘popular’ refer
to-
i. making
something rare ii. eradicate
iii. very
fascinating iv. liked and
admired
58. What does ‘go away’ means?
i. to
disappear ii. to die
iii. to
travel of iv. to depart
59. What
does the word ‘beg’ in the third line of the passage mean?
i. alms ii. ask for something
iii. want iv. helpless
60.The word ‘fired’ refers to-
i. murdered ii. killed
iii. blocked iv. dismissed
61. Amerigo is a –
i.
courageous ii. liberal
iii. victim iv. hero of life
Choose the best answer are in bold