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HUNDRED DRESSES

Quiz by Anjana P C

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  • Q1

    Dear Teacher

    My Wanda will not come to your school anymore. Jake also. Now we move away to big city. No more holler ‘Pollack’. No more ask why funny name. Plenty of funny names in the city.

                                                                                                                                                             Yours truly,

                                                                                                                                                             Jan Petronski

    1. Jan’s tone in the writing of the letter IS NOT

    hurt

    painful.

    spiteful.

    distressing.

    30s
  • Q2

    2. What, according to the letter, was the primary reason that prompted Mr Petronski to take the decision to move to a big city?

    His agony about his children being viewed as ‘outsiders’ by their school-mates

    His anxiety over their poverty in the small city.

    His wish to achieve success in the big city.

    His urge to join his relatives who mostly lived in the big city

    30s
  • Q3

    3. The dictionary says the following about migration.

    Migration involves the movement of people (birds, fish etc.) from one place to another with intentions of settling, permanently or temporarily, at a new location (geographic region).

    Which of the following options INCORRECTLY uses ‘migration’?

    There was a mass migration of youngsters to the tagged locale, to assist the cause for charity. 

    Bears sleep through winters. This migration helps bears to use their stored energy much more slowly.

    After gold was found in the uninhabited region, there was a migration to that area.

     Scientists have studied the migration of fish over long distances in the river

    30s
  • Q4

    4. The phrase ‘Pollack’ reveals a discrimination on the basis of

    religion

    gender

    race

    wealth

    30s
  • Q5

    5. The line-- Plenty of funny names in the city—suggests that the city

    is a melting pot of people from different parts of the world.

    has a special status for all who are willing to be funny.

    is a safe haven for immigrants if they have funny names.

    has foreign people willing to give opportunities to the poor.

    30s

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