Extract Based Questions
Q. Read the following extract carefully and choose the correct option.
1. I was sent, not to prepare legal briefs, but to serve summons, like a cheap detective.
(i) At what post was ‘I’ working?
(a) ‘I’ was working as a Junior Assistant Clerk
(b) ‘I’ was working as a Clerk
(c) ‘I’ was working as a Head Clerk
(d) ‘I’ was working as a Junior Associate Clerk
(ii) Why was he not given legal briefs to prepare?
(a) Because he had taken a lot of leaves
(b) Because he was inexperienced
(c) Because he was not regular employee
(d) Because he opted to do other things
(iii) Find the word meaning ‘court order’ from the given extract.
(a) Detective
(b) Serve
(c) Summons
(d) Briefs
(iv) What is the present tense of ‘sent’?
(a) Seen
(b) Sending
(c) Sends
(d) Send
Answers:
(i) (a) ‘I’ was working as a Junior Assistant Clerk
(ii) (b) Because he was inexperienced
(iii) (c) Summons
(iv) (d) Send
2. He was so open and friendly that I glowed with the warmth of his affection. I knew, of course that he wanted the business, but his kindness was real.
(i) Who is ‘he’ in these lines?
(a) Gustaff
(b) Fritz
(c) Bill Magnuson
(d) Gray
(ii) Give an instance of his kindness
(a) He offered to take the narrator to the court to find Lutkins
(b) He offered to take the narrator to the city to find Lutkins
(c) He offered to find a match for the narrator
(d) He offered to take the narrator through the village to find Lutkins
(iii) Find a word from the extract which means ‘a gentle feeling of fondness’.
(a) Open
(b) Affection
(c) Warmth
(d) Kindness
(iv) What is the opposite of kindness?
(a) Unkind
(b) Benevolence
(c) Cruelty
(d) Loyalty
Answers:
(i) (c) Bill Magnuson
(ii) (d) He offered to take the narrator through the village to find Lutkins
(iii) (b) Affection
(iv) (c) Cruelty
3. So we pursued him, just behind him, but never catching him, for an hour it was past one ‘o’clock.
(i) Who was pursuing whom?
(a) The narrator was pursuing Lutkins
(b) The chief was pursuing the narrator
(c) The chief was pursuing Lutkins
(d) The narrator and Bill were pursuing Lutkins
(ii) Why were they pursuing him?
(a) Because the lawyer had to serve summons on him
(b) Because the lawyer had to take him to jail
(c) Because the lawyer wanted to meet him
(d) Because Bill had to serve summons on him
(iii) ……….in the extract is the same meaning as ‘followed.
(a) Accompanied
(b) Escorted
(c) Pursued
(d) Pushed
(iv) What is the opposite of behind’?
(a) Above
(b) Ahead
(c) Beside
(d) Alone
Answers:
(i) (d) The narrator and Bill were pursuing Lutkins
(ii) (a) Because the lawyer had to serve summons on him
(iii) (c) Pursued
(iv) (b) Ahead
4. What really hurt me was that when I served the summons, Lutkins and his mother laughed at me as though I were a bright boy of seven.
(i) What hurt the narrator?
(a) The crying of Lutkins and his mother
(b) The laughter of Lutkins
(c) The laughter of Lutkins’ mother
(d) Both (b) and (c)
(ii) Why did the two laugh?
(a) Because the young lawyer had cracked a joke
(b) Because the young lawyer had lost the summons
(c) Because they had been successful in fooling the young lawyer
(d) Because they had gone mad
(iii) Which word in the extract is same in meaning as ‘delivered’?
(a) Served
(b) Carried
(c) Distributed
(d) Gave
(iv) What is the opposite of ‘bright’?
(a) Scary
(b) Gaudy
(c) Dull
(d) Despicable
Answers:
(i) (d) Both (b) and (c)
(ii) (c) Because they had been successful in fooling the young lawyer
(iii) (a) Served
(iv) (c) Dull
5. I had to go to dirty and shadow corners of the city to seek out my victims. Some of the larger and more self-confident ones even beat me up.
(i) Who is ‘I’?
(a) The young doctor
(b) The junior assistant clerk
(c) The hack driver
(d) The chief
(ii) What was the nature of his job?
(a) To serve summons on people
(b) To prepare legal briefs
(c) To meet new clients
(d) To take interview of new joiners
(iii) Find the word from the extract which means ‘find’.
(a) Search
(b) Seek
(c) Detect
(d) Seek out
(iv) What is the opposite of ‘dirty’?
(a) Shabby
(b) Squeaky
(c) Pristine
(d) Soiled
Answers:
(i) (b) The junior assistant clerk
(ii) (a) To serve summons on people
(iii) (d) Seek out
(iv) (c) Pristine
6. When I got to New Mullion my eager expectations of a sweet and simple country village were severely disappointed. Its streets were rivers of mud, with rose of wooden shops, either painted a sour brown, or bare of any paint at all.
(i) Who is ‘I’?
(a) Bill Magnuson
(b) Oliver Lutkins
(c) The Young lawyer
(d) Fritz
(ii) Why was ‘I’ disappointed?
(a) Because he came to know that Lutkins had left
(b) Because he came to know that was no more
(c) Because he did not like the muddy streets and unpainted shops of New Mullion
(d) Because he did not want to go to New Mullion
(iii) What does the word ‘expectations’ mean?
(a) The feeling that good things are going to happen in the future
(b) The feeling that bad things are going to happen in the future
(c) The feeling of getting something different than expected
(d) The feeling of being alone
(iv) What is the opposite of ‘disappointed’?
(a) Placated
(b) Peaced
(c) Appeased
(d) Pleased
Answers:
(i) (c) The Young lawyer
(ii) (c) Because he did not like the muddy streets and unpainted shops of New Mullion
(iii) (a) The feeling that good things are going to happen in the future
(iv) (d) Pleased
