TOTAL MARKS: 100

TIME (in minutes): 120

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Part 1 - Short Answer Questions (Total Marks: 58)

1. List everything that happened on a memorable day when you spent time with your
friends. (1 marks)

2. What suggestion would you make to a person who is performing on the stage after a long
gap? (2 marks)

3. Choose ALL the ways in which the author has revealed a character's traits and
motivations in the story, The Beggar. (1 marks)
A. by narrating them directly to the reader
B. through the actions of the characters
C. through the dialogue between the characters
D. through characters that talk about other characters

4. What do the striped pyjamas and caps symbolize in the novel The Boy in the Striped
Pyjamas? (1 marks)
A. Defeat in war
B. Poverty
C. Equality
D. Loss of identity

5. Match the plot to the genre correctly. (2 marks)

 Matilda and Tony are best friends Science fiction
who fought, and do not speak to
each other until they have to work
on a project together.

New technology allows us to store Horror fiction

our consciousness in a memory
card.

Kim and her family have shifted to a Historical fiction

new house. Every night she is
awakened by a cry that comes from
outside her window.

The year is 1942. A man is taken Realistic fiction

from his home to fight in the war.
He resolves to stop glorifying war.

6. Choose the most important event in this excerpt from The Austin and the Rover. (3
marks)

Tristan got out of the car and leaned his back against the gatepost. With the
sun warm on the back of his neck, he closed his eyes. He opened them quickly
as a grinding noise came from the car. “Look out Jim!” he shouted. The little
Austin was moving gently backwards down the slope— it must have slipped
out of gear and it had no brakes to speak of. The little car bounced
crazily over the uneven ground. I glanced at Tristan. It was only a fortnight
since he had wrecked the Hillman.

A. Tristan leaned back against the gatepost.

B. Tristan heard a grinding noise coming from the car.
C. The little car bounced crazily over the uneven ground.
D. Tristan had wrecked the Hillman only a fortnight before.

7. Which of these is an example of irony from the play, The Gift of the Magi? Choose the
correct answer. (2 marks)
A. When the hairdresser offers $20 for Della's hair
B. When the shopkeeper sells the fob watch chain for $21
C. When Della sees the gift that Jim has bought for her
D. When the hairdresser cuts Della's hair short

8. Match the lines to the characters who said them. (3 marks)

“One of the celestial dancers — she Bunroku
was just old Toneko of the
bathhouse,”

“If you became a fox, we couldn’t Shopkeeper's wife

keep you in the house of course.”

“...just leave it to me. I’ll take away Bunroku's mother

the spell for you.”

9. Match each sentence from the story, Dark They Were and Golden-Eyed, with the main
idea. (4 marks)
As the hours passed, the rocket beginning to accept change
seemed less important.

Something made him check loss of earlier memory

everything each morning.

"They hadn't the foggiest notion of resistance to change

what happened to this town or its
people."

10. Look at this infographic. Is it effective? Why or why not? (3 marks)

11. What is missing in this infographic? List at least 2 elements. (4 marks)
12. Choose ALL the options that are true about the aunt in this passage. (3 marks)
My aunt was a tall, hard-featured lady, but by no means ill-looking. I particularly noticed
that she had a very quick, bright eye. Her dress was of a lavender color, and perfectly neat;
but scantily made, as if she desired to be as little encumbered as possible. I remember that I
thought it, in form, more like a riding-habit with the superfluous skirt cut off, than anything
else. She wore at her side a gentleman’s gold watch, if I might judge from its size and make,
with an appropriate chain and seals; she had some linen at her throat not unlike a shirt-
collar, and things at her wrists like little shirt-wristbands.
A. She preferred wearing fuss-free, simple clothing.
B. She had kind eyes and smiled warmly and frequently.
C. She did not believe in adhering to convention.
D. She was observant and sharp.

13. Apart from the facial expressions, which of these are an essential part of an actor's
performance? Choose ALL that apply. (2 marks)
A. Audience's reaction
B. Audience seating
C. Dialogue delivery
D. Stage directions

14. How can you make the main characters in your narrative interesting? (2 marks)

15. Choose ALL that can be classified as a postscript. (2 marks)

A. P.S. I have decided to buy Mom a new pair of earrings with the pocket money I have
saved up.
B. I will go to my music class today.
C. Post Script: I will not fight with Rhea anymore.
D. P.S. I've realized that my pet dog Mojo is my best friend.
16. What do you think happens to men like Shmuel's grandfather and father who are taken
to work somewhere in the camp at Out-With and are not seen again? (2 marks)
A. They work elsewhere.
B. They are hiding.
C. They are killed.
D. They manage to escape.

17. Choose ALL the details that we can add to a news report. (2 marks)
A. Personality traits of the people involved in the event
B. Date and place where the event took place
C. Signature of the writer at the end of the article
D. The reason behind a particular event
E. Well-researched information about the event

18. Match the sentence with the correct function. (2 marks)

I went swimming even though it Shows similarity
was snowing.

I had to clean the floor because I had Shows cause and effect
spilled the entire bottle of juice.

The illness caused by the new virus Shows contrast

was like influenza.

19. Read the stanza and summarize it in 2–3 sentences. (4 marks)

"I cannot go to school today!"
Said little Peggy Ann McKay
"I have the measles and the mumps
A gash, a rash, and purple bumps
My mouth is wet, my throat is dry
I'm going blind in my right eye …

20. Match the underlined idioms with their meanings. (2 marks)

Don’t beat about the bush! Say what make a special effort to do
you mean. something

Winning the competition was a something that makes you happy in

piece of cake for an accomplished an otherwise difficult situation
baker like Alice.

These songs add a ray of sunshine to something that is easy to do

my dull mornings.

Allie is so compassionate that she avoid talking about something

would go the extra mile even for a clearly and directly
stranger.

21. As they started for home, their earlier excitement disappeared, and the moonlight no
longer cheered them. They walked along in silence as though each of them was busy looking
into some inner world of his own. (4 marks)
What is implied in these lines?

22. Write the introduction to a story in any of the following genres (i) realistic fiction, (ii)
science fiction, (iii) historical fiction. Keep the following points in mind. (4 marks)

What is the genre?

What is the plot of your story?

Where are the events taking place?

How many characters does your narrative have? Who are the main characters?
 What is the narrative style?
(First-person, second-person, third-person)

What is the main crisis of your story?

How will you end the story?

23. Choose ALL the sentences that are correct and can be included in a character analysis.
(3 marks)
A. Jenny is a social worker who spends most of her time helping the homeless.
B. David is a kind doctor who provides free-of-cost medical services to many people.
C. Sanya was jealous of her friend Bella and so she stopped talking to her.
D. Francis is a disciplined man who wakes up at 5 a.m. every day.
E. Harry is bold and confident. These qualities will help him become famous.

Part 2 - Long Answer Questions (Total Marks: 42)

1. Shmuel says that Bruno is on the wrong side of the fence. Is this true? Explain with
reference to the context. (6 marks)

2. Complete the sentences using essential relative clauses. (3 marks)

A. The boys _________________________________________________. (1 marks)

B. The car ________________________ is out of fuel. (1 marks)

C. This is my friend ____________________________________. (1 marks)

3. Identify the issue discussed in each question and write in 1–2 sentences about how it
impacts you as a reader. (6 marks)

A. The sanitation worker's children were asked to sit near the garbage bin in the classroom.
Even in the 21st century and in the heart of the city, social discrimination was rampant in
this school. Lily went home and told her mother about this. Paula began to wonder if it had
been the right decision to leave her country, Norway, and move to India with her Indian
husband. (3 marks)

B. Mayan was shunned by society after she refused to live with her violent husband. In the
village where she lived with her husband and children, women are not entitled to any kind
of support if they separate from their husbands. Also, they could not live with their
children. Mayan was not only shunned by society for being brave but was also asked to
leave her house and the village. (3 marks)

4. Write the main paragraph of a news report about a road accident in about 80–90 words.
(4 marks)

5. Read these lines from the poem The Frog and the Nightingale. Does the Frog ever give
this advice to the Nightingale? Support your answer using 2–3 events from the poem. (4
marks)
Well, poor bird – she should have known
That your song must be your own.

6. How did you feel after reading the poem, The Frog and the Nightingale? Describe the
effect it had on you in 5–6 sentences. You can think about the characters' actions and
feelings, as well as their effect on the events of the poem. (9 marks)
7. How do authors create different fictional characters? Why are some characters so close
to being real? (4 marks)

8. Read these lines from two historical stories. (6 marks)

'And I can speak French too,' she added ...
'Yes, but why would you want to?' asked the Fury.
(from Chapter 11, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas)
'My children, this is the last time that I shall teach you. Orders have come from Berlin to teach
nothing but German in the schools of Alsace and Lorraine. The new teacher arrives tomorrow.
This is the last class in French, so I beg you to be very attentive.'
(from The Last Lesson by Alphonse Daudet)
What aspect do these two extracts have in common?