Question

The narrator in “The Book of Sand” describes the book he buys as infinite and __________.

(A) monstrous
(B) predictable
(C) enlightening
(D) invisible
2. The story “And of Clay Are We Created” is based on an actual Colombian __________.
(A) blizzard
(B) mudslide
(C) hurricane
(D) tsunami
3. In the story “When Greek Meets Greek,” Fraser Gives Ram_____
(A) a turban.
(B) some money.
(C) an address.
(D) a newspaper.
4. The dad thinks a laughing girl will have____ at her side in the short story “Girls Can We Educate We Dads?”
(A) glad-glad
(B) Satan
(C) friends
(D) talent
5. In the short story “The Youngest l,” the doctor uses the prawn to ____ ?
(A) earn money.
(B) make soup.
(C) become famous.
(D) study wounds.

Answer 1

1. is C: enlightening 2. is A: blizzard 3. is C: an address 4. is A: glad glad
5 is D: study wounds

Answer 2

1. The narrator in The Book of Sand describes the book he buys as infinite and monstrous.

2. The story "And of Clay Are We Created" is based on an actual Colombian mudslide

3. In the story "When Greeks Meets Greeks" Fraser gives Ram a turban.

4. The dad thinks a laughing girl will have satan at her side

5. In the short story "The Youngest I" the doctor uses the prawn to earn money

Step-by-step explanation:

1. as we can see in this quote from the text: "Summer was coming to an end and I realised that the book was monstrous. There was no consolation in the thought that no less monstrous was I"

2. Isabel Allende is a Chiliean author who wrote this story inspired by the tragedy in Colombia in 1985 and the girl Omayra who died as a victim of this mudslide.

3. Fraser gives Ram a tuben to make him look like an Indian.

4. This is a poem about stereotypes. It is a chauvinist composition about female behavior.

5. It is seen in this part of the short story: "I wanted you to see the prawn that has paid for your education these twenty years."