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    This document contains 4 reading comprehension questions from a revision test with multiple parts to each question. [1] The first question asks about the line "Bangle sellers are weaving shining loads" and asks who the prospective buyers are and why bangle sellers choose to go to temple fairs. [2] The second question asks about a story where a man named Kaspar describes the horrors of war to Wilhelmine and asks about their reactions and context clues about Kaspar's home. [3] The third question asks about a story where two men walk down the aisle, one cuts off a conversation, and asks about the significance of "hands" and what is said about one character.

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    This document contains 4 reading comprehension questions from a revision test with multiple parts to each question. [1] The first question asks about the line "Bangle sellers are weaving shining loads" and asks who the prospective buyers are and why bangle sellers choose to go to temple fairs. [2] The second question asks about a story where a man named Kaspar describes the horrors of war to Wilhelmine and asks about their reactions and context clues about Kaspar's home. [3] The third question asks about a story where two men walk down the aisle, one cuts off a conversation, and asks about the significance of "hands" and what is said about one character.

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    REVISION TEST2

    Q.1 Bangle sellers are we……daughters and happy wives.


    1.    What is being referred to as ‘shining loads’? Who all are its prospective buyers?
    2.    Bangle sellers could sell their goods anywhere. Why do they choose to go to the
    temple fair?
    3.    Which figure of speech is used in the line ‘Rainbow-tinted circles of light’?
    Explain what is linked to the happiness of daughters and wives?
    4. Comment on the changes in the life of a woman vis-à -vis the colour of her bangles.

    Q.2
    1. Kaspar describes the horrors of war but how can his attitude be described?
    2. What is Wilheinien’s reaction to the description of the war?
    3. What tells the reader about the serene atmosphere about old Caspar’s home?
    4. Explain the expression, ‘wonder-waiting eyes.’
    5. There are two pauses when Kaspar tells Wilhelmine in the last stanza that it was a
    famous victory. Nay … nay…my little girl, quoth he.What do these pauses show?

    Q.3 The two men sidled down the aisle……..a prisoner to his right hand?
    1. 1.What did the glum-faced man do to cut short the conversation between Easton
    and Miss Fairchild? What could be the reason for his action?
    2. Explain the significance of ‘hands’ in the story.
    3. What did Fairchild say about Easton’s life in Washington? Why was she not likely
    to see Easton in Washington soon?
    4. What did the glum-faced man say about the marshal? As per the context here
    where was the glum-faced man being taken? Why?

    Q.4 Muni sat at the foot of the statue………feed long enough.


    1.    Describe the statue of the horse.
    2.    Why didn’t Muni, the villagers or the vandals notice the splendour of the statue
    of the horse?
    3. Briefly give the difference between Muni and the visiting American.
    4. How does the story end? What has appealed to you in the story?

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