Shilpi

Shilpi was only 15 years old when she married Rashid in 2008. Marrying off daughters at an early age is a standard practice for many families living in rural Bangladesh. After her wedding, she joined a local empowerment group that provides adolescent girls with the tools needed to gradually change cultural practices, particularly those pertaining to early marriage and pregnancy. The group’s activities include discussions on how to most effectively change behavior related to reproductive health as well as one-on-one counseling. It also offers per-to-peer support and life skills training that help adolescents say no to early marriage. The empowerment group is one of more than 10,000 groups supported by some local non government organization (NGO) working all over Bangladesh. These NGOs work through Canada’s Adolescent Reproductive health project which all over aims to increase access to quality health services for adolescents during one of the group sessions, shilpi comes to understand the potentially harmful effect of early marriage and pregnancy.

 
1.                  Choose the correct answer from the alternatives.

a.                  How old was Shilpi when she was married?

1.                  12

2.                  13

3.                  14

4.                  15

 

b.                  The name of her husband is _____.

1.                  Rahim

2.                  Rashid

3.                  Rakib

4.                  Rashid Ali

 

c.                   Marrying off daughters at an early age is called____.

1.                  Marriage

2.                  Early marriage

3.                  Arranged marriage

4.                  Local marriage

 

d.                  Here the world ‘discussion’ means _____.

1.                  Consolation

2.                  Dispute

3.                  Discovery

4.                  Discrimination

 

e.                  What does the phrase “life skills training” imply?

1.                  Training about how to live well.

2.                  Training about how to succeed in life.

3.                  A training about how to save lives

4.                  Training about how to be skillful in ones job.

 

f. Early marriage is very common in ____ Bangladesh.

a.                  Urban

b.                  Rural

c.                   Digital

d.                  Modern

 

g. The word ‘support means _____.

a.                  Hatred

b.                  Assistance

c.                   Invitation

d.                  Restriction

 

h.                  What does the word ‘understand’ mean?

a.                  Ignore

b.                  B. overlook

c.                   Realize

d.                  Revive

 

i.                    Early marriage has much _____ effect on a girl’s body and mind.

a.                  Harmful

b.                  Determine

c.                   Supportive

d.                  Good

 

j.                    Shilpi is a _____ of local empowerment group.

a.                  Member

b.                  Trainer

c.                   Chairperson

d.                  Good

 

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k.                   Shilpi was a ____ of early marriage.

a.                  Girl

b.                  Victim

c.                    Culprit

d.                  Pioneer

l.                    Early marriage is a common practice in ____ of Bangladesh.

a.                  Villages

b.                  Towns

c.                   Cities

d.                  Ethnic group

m.                One-on-one counseling means _____.

a.                  Giving suggestions by infidel meeting

b.                  Giving suggestions to only one person

c.                   Giving only one suggestion

d.                  One suggestion for one person system

n.                  In the passage “say ‘no’ to early marriage” means to ___ for early marriage.

a.                  Propose

b.                  Oppose

c.                   Accept

d.                  Deny

o.                  More than ___ groups supported by some local NGOs are working all over Bangladesh.

a.                  100

b.                  1000

c.                   10000

d.                  100000

p.                  What does the word “standard” in the passage refer to?

a.                  Relevant

b.                  Regular

c.                   Sophisticated

d.                  Upgraded

q.                  What is the passage about?

a.                  The life cycle of shilpi.

b.                  The harmful effects of early marriage and pregnancy

c.                   The conjugal life of Shilpi

d.                  The empowerment of rural woman.

r.                   The word “wedding” means _____.

a.                  Marriage ceremony

b.                  Marriage

c.                   Affiance

d.                  Seclusion

s.                    What do you mean by the “empowerment group” in this passage?

a.                  Powerful group

b.                  The group who helped the adolescent girls

c.                   The group who empower the women

d.                  Women empowerment group

t.                   Adolescent should strictly say _____ to early marriage.

a.                  Yes

b.                  Positive

c.                   No

d.                  All of these

u.                  How old is Shilpi now in 2019?

a.                  26

b.                  24

c.                   23

d.                  22

v.                   Shilpi was a _____ of early marriage.

a.                  Girl

b.                  Victim

c.                   Culprit

d.                  Pioneer

w.                One-on-one counseling means____.

a.                  Giving suggestions by individual meeting

b.                  Giving suggestion to only one person

c.                   Giving only one suggestion

d.                  One suggestion for one person system

x.                   What is the meaning of the word ‘exclusion’ in the passage?

1.                  Acceptance

2.                  Marginalization

3.                  Conclusion

4.                  Exclusive

y.                  Health complications in the passage are related to _____.

a.                  Women

b.                  Girls

c.                   Teenaged bridegroom

d.                  Adolescent bride

z.                   Peer-to-peer support gives_____.

a.                  Support family

b.                  Support of friend

c.                   Support of NGOs

d.                  Support of parents

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aa.              Girls who get pregnant are___

a.                  Free from any risks

b.                  Fortunate enough

c.                   Intelligent

d.                  At the risks of serious health complications

bb.              “Marrying off daughter at an early age is a standard practice for many families living in rural Bangladesh.” _______ What does it imply?

a.                  Early marriage is forbidden there

b.                  Early marriage is a common phenomenon

c.                   The concerning parents are penalized

d.                  No early marriage is available there

cc.               The word ‘morbidity’ refers to ___.

a.                  The state of being diseased

b.                  Arrogance

c.                   Wholesomeness

d.                  The state of being subject to death

dd.             The word ‘eventually’ stands for___.

a.                  Initially

b.                  Ultimately

c.                   Undoubtedly

d.                  Fortunately

ee.              What is the main idea of the passage?

a.                  To focus on social change

b.                  To highlight on the change of cultural practices.

c.                   To put emphasis on the harmful effect of early marriage and pregnancy

d.                  To stress on mental morality in Bangladesh.

ff.                  The word ‘empowerment’ denotes ____.

a.                  The act of exercising power

b.                  The system of reducing power of an individual

c.                   The act of giving power to somebody to do something

d.                  The act of depriving people of their rights.

 

gg.              The word ‘complications; means ____.

a.                  Confessions

b.                  Indications

c.                   Compliances

d.                  Difficulties

 

hh.             Which of the following does best describe ‘potentially’?

a.                  Impossibly

b.                  Possibly

c.                   Concurrently

d.                  Consequently

 

ii.                  Which of the following best describe ‘pertain’?

a.                  Provide

b.                  Prolong

c.                   Persist

d.                  Belong

 

jj.                   What do you understand by ‘social exclusion’?

a.                  Attachment to society

b.                  Social barriers

c.                   Removal from society

d.                  Social bonding

 

kk.              What does the sentence ‘peer-to-peer support’ refer to?

a.                  Giving assistance to the persons belonging to the same age group or social group

b.                  Discussions among the members of one group

c.                   Arranging the training on the empowerment of women

d.                  Making people aware of serious health complications.

 

ll.                  In the passage ‘cultural practice’ refers to _____.

a.                  Rules sustaining in the community

b.                  Customs prevailing in the cultural of a society

c.                   Regulation existing in the community

d.                  Celebrations existing in the society

 

mm.         The word morality in the passage refers to ___.

a.                  The ratio of death

b.                  Mankind

c.                   Death

d.                  Humanity

 

nn.             In Bangladesh many people have a tendency to marry their daughter off ____.

a.                  When they are adult

b.                  Prematurity

c.                   Timely

d.                  When they reach maturity

 

oo.             The best synonym of ‘declined’ is _____.

a.                  Reduced

b.                  Divided

c.                   Defeated

d.                  Washed-up

 

pp.             What does the word ‘access’ mean?

a.                  Accept

b.                  Entry

c.                   Accelerate

d.                  Activity

 

 

qq.             It is true that the rate of maternal mortality _____ in Bangladesh recently.

a.                  Has gone up

b.                  Has come down

c.                   Has remained static

d.                  Has remained still

 

rr.                The adolescent mothers are practically more ____ to serious diseases.

a.                  Addicted

b.                  Vulnerable

c.                   Devoted

d.                  Delayed

 

ss.                The word ‘offspring’ means ____.

a.                  Heir

b.                  Successor

c.                   Children

d.                  sibling