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    1) The document is a worksheet for 5th standard students based on the short story "Monday Morning Blues" by Mark Twain. It contains comprehension questions about characters and events from the story. 2) The main character is Tom, who always feels miserable on Monday mornings and tries to find excuses to avoid going to school. In this instance, he examines his body but finds no illness, so decides to use his loose tooth and sore toe as reasons to stay home. 3) The questions analyze Tom's actions and his attempts to wake up his friend Sid by groaning, which irritates Tom when Sid refuses to wake up. It also discusses Aunt Polly's concern for

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    1) The document is a worksheet for 5th standard students based on the short story "Monday Morning Blues" by Mark Twain. It contains comprehension questions about characters and events from the story. 2) The main character is Tom, who always feels miserable on Monday mornings and tries to find excuses to avoid going to school. In this instance, he examines his body but finds no illness, so decides to use his loose tooth and sore toe as reasons to stay home. 3) The questions analyze Tom's actions and his attempts to wake up his friend Sid by groaning, which irritates Tom when Sid refuses to wake up. It also discusses Aunt Polly's concern for

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    Monday Morning Blues Worksheet

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    1) The document is a worksheet for 5th standard students based on the short story "Monday Morning Blues" by Mark Twain. It contains comprehension questions about characters and events from the story. 2) The main character is Tom, who always feels miserable on Monday mornings and tries to find excuses to avoid going to school. In this instance, he examines his body but finds no illness, so decides to use his loose tooth and sore toe as reasons to stay home. 3) The questions analyze Tom's actions and his attempts to wake up his friend Sid by groaning, which irritates Tom when Sid refuses to wake up. It also discusses Aunt Polly's concern for

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    SHRI VILE PARLE KELAVANI MANDAL’S

    C. N. M. SCHOOL AND N. D. PAREKH PRE PRIMARY SCHOOL

    Subject: English Literature Topic: Monday Morning Blues Year – 2023-24 Worksheet no. 8

    Name: __________________________Roll No. _____ Std. V Div . _____ Date: _______________

    Ex.1 Reference to context.

    “He focused on all parts of his body, but he could


    discover no sickness.”

    1. Identify ‘he’ in the above reference.


    Ans. _____________________________________________________________________
    2. Mention why ‘he’ was always found to be miserable on Monday mornings.
    Ans. _____________________________________________________________________
    _________________________________________________________________________
    _________________________________________________________________________
    3. What was it that ‘he’ wanted to investigate in his system? Did he use that as an excuse?
    Ans. _____________________________________________________________________
    _________________________________________________________________________
    _________________________________________________________________________
    _________________________________________________________________________
    4. What ailment could ‘he’ detect in his system at the beginning?
    Ans. _____________________________________________________________________
    _________________________________________________________________________
    5. Elucidate why ‘he’ decided to hold his loose tooth in reserve.
    Ans. _____________________________________________________________________
    _________________________________________________________________________
    _________________________________________________________________________
    6. Analyse why ‘he’ chose his toe to make an excuse to avoid going to school.
    Ans. _____________________________________________________________________
    _________________________________________________________________________
    Ex 2. Reference to context:

    “This time the result was good, and Tom began to groan
    again.”

    1. Explain which trick was used by Tom to wake up Sid.


    Ans. ______________________________________________________________________
    __________________________________________________________________________
    __________________________________________________________________________
    2. Soon Tom got irritated. Give reason for his irritation.
    Ans. ______________________________________________________________________
    __________________________________________________________________________
    3. Explain how Sid finally woke up.
    Ans. ______________________________________________________________________
    __________________________________________________________________________
    4. Interpret the meaning of Tom’s words to Sid, ‘I forgive you everything Sid’.
    Ans. ______________________________________________________________________
    __________________________________________________________________________
    __________________________________________________________________________
    5. Elucidate how we know that Aunt Polly was very concerned about Tom.
    Ans. ______________________________________________________________________
    __________________________________________________________________________
    6. Describe Aunt Polly’s reaction when she understood the situation.
    Ans. ______________________________________________________________________
    __________________________________________________________________________
    __________________________________________________________________________

    SCRAPBOOK WORK
    ‘Monday Morning Blues’ was written by Mark Twain. Research and find out more about
    him. Add his pictures with the research work.
     His designation
     His year of work
     Any five books written by him.
     What are Mark Twain Awards? Who receives this award?

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