Class X – English Practice Paper – 5 – Answers

Subject: English Language and Literature

Class X

Time Allowed: 3 hours

Max. Marks: 80

SECTION A: READING SKILLS

The Indian pharmacy industry is flourishing overseas, touching almost every part of the world. With low cost, speed and high quality advantage, India is gearing up to become the hub for contract research and manufacturing. Having a competitive edge is, one thing and maintaining it is another. Canada provides tax benefits up to 6 percent for research carried out within the country. Others like Korea and China without a large pool of scientists make up by facilitating foreign research in every conceivable way. India does not do any of this and faces many hurdles – diseases that it has been inflicted with since independence like Malaria and TB while Indian companies have only focused on reverse engineering blockbuster drugs from MNCs, overseas scientists have displayed little interest in researching subcontinent specific diseases as there are more profits and public interest in lifestyle drugs such as obesity which in turn fund their research. In the interest of Indian research industry a decision must be taken quickly on the implementation of data protection laws.

India is one of the few countries where data exclusivity provisions are not prevalent. Data protection is a contentious issue, wholly debated by the government and the industry. A pharma company wishing to market a drug is required to submit data to the drug controller to show that the drug is both effective and safe. The first (originator) company that makes the application for marketing approval has to submit its data relating to the clinical trials to the drug controller, who once satisfied that the drug is safe and effective will register it. Another drug company wishing to market the same drug only requires to show a bio-equivalence company. Thus, as per the prevailing laws, the regulator in India can rely on an innovator‘s data to approve the competitor‘s product. While the system in general is responsible for maintaining the necessary secrecy, itis not accountable for the same—the competitor gets an unfair advantage over the innovator even when he is clandestinely abusing an innovator‘s intellectual property. Consequently, research-based pharma companies are being forced to undertake vital clinical trials abroad. Huge expenditures are incurred overseas, draining precious foreign exchange when this could be done at home at a fraction of the cost.

The product patent law protections required by the TRIPS agreement and brought about by the 2005 amendment to the Patent Act require India to protect undisclosed test data from disclosure and unfair commercial use by competitors. Effective 2005, Indian companies can no longer copy patent-protected foreign drugs. Some negate the necessity to make data exclusivity a law. They argue that the advocates of making it a law, the MNCs, want the data to be protected absolutely for a period of 5 years. However, incase certain drugs are not available or unaffordable, should the government for the common good not be able to exercise power to get another company to make such drugs?

Based on your understanding of the passage, answer the questions given below

1) What are the major advantages that help India to flourish in Indian Pharmacy?

a) Marketing

b) Low cost, speed and high quality drugs

c) facilitating foreign research

d) implementation of Protection laws

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2) Based on your reading of the passage, list 2 reasons why India faces many hurdles

i) _________________

ii) _________________

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3) Which of the following is/are TRUE in the context of the passage?

1. Countries like China prefer to outsource research to avoid exorbitant cost of research at home.

2. Multinational pharma companies are pressurising India to have product patent laws.

3. The Indian pharmaceutical industry is booming.

a) Only 1

b) Only 3

c) Both 2 & 3

d) Both 1 & 2

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4) According to the passage, what is the main purpose of data protection laws?

a) To ensure that foreign countries invest in research for drugs to treat diseases like TB

b) To attract Indian scientists back to the country

c) To prevent misuse of research to make profit by competing companies

d) To make clinical trials more acceptable to the public

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5) Which of the following measures has Korea taken to be competitive in the pharmacy industry?

a) It offers blockbuster drugs at highly subsidized rates.

b) It collaborates with foreign research firms.

c) It provides regulatory approvals.

d) It makes foreign research easier on its own land in every possible way.

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6) According to the author, what is the disadvantage of holding clinical trials abroad?

a) Research facilities in India are far more sophisticated.

b) Authenticity of research methodology cannot be monitored.

c) Delayed processing of test data.

d) Higher cost resulting in the drain of financial resources

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7) What is the objective of the TRIPS agreement?

a) To allow the government to determine the focus of drug research conducted.

b) To ensure India meets international legal requirements.

c) To give developed countries an edge in pharma manufacturing.

d) To ensure that competing companies do not benefit commercially from using each other‘s clinical data

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8) What is the requirement of the pharmacy company to market its product?

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10) Select the option that displays with reference to the following:

“To prevent misuse of research to make profit by competing companies”

a) Protection

b) contentious

c) experience

d) directive

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1. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow

Technological evolution is a certainty. Cyber-physical systems, Big Data and the Internet of Things (IoT) have been changing the infrastructure of our world. In the 2020s, these phenomena, which are still in their nascency, will rapidly accelerate due to the increasing digitization of key areas such as health, science, transport, communications, and energy. The ubiquity of technology, and its increased ability to connect and communicate, has paved the way for this tipping point. Beneath the surface, we are moving towards an explosion of change. Over 50% of our global population is now online, and the other half is following fast. To be precise, around 726 million people joined the web in the last three years. These new users will change the shape of the internet. Many of them will be lower income. They are choosing smartphones over laptops and tablets and are more likely to use voice commands.

Geo data and the IoT will create new markets and supply chains. The automation of manufacturing, services, and mobility has already begun. Artificial Intelligence (AI) will reach what Gartner terms the ‘Plateau of Productivity, in which the technology becomes both mainstream and viable. McKinsey estimates that 70% of companies may adopt at least one AI technology by 2030. It is unlikely they will all use it well, but those that do could manage to take us to a place where man and machine are indistinguishable. Bioscience has the potential to be transformative in the 2020s. Gene editing (CRISPR) technology will likely soon be able to edit genomes to allow animal organsto be accepted into human bodies – transforming, and perhaps saving, the lives of people currently waiting for organ transplants. Similar technology can also be used to combat inherited diseases and even cancer. Elsewhere, gene therapy experiments are using the body’s immune system to fight cancer through re-engineering our cells. Technology has inarguably improved science, health, communications, and transport. However, technology has not necessarily corresponded to increased economic productivity. Indeed, many of the most technologically advanced countries have seen productivity stagnate and stall, as discussed in growing inequality and opportunity. In the 2020s many questions around technology will be resolved. The scaffolding is in place. This will be the decade in which AI, geodata, the IoT, bioscience, and quantum computing are allowed to change our world. Whether this change will be surface-level or truly transformative remains to be seen.

Based on your understanding of the passage attempt ANY TEN questions

1) In the line “The ubiquity of technology, and its ……”, the word “ubiquity” DOES NOT refer to

a) Ever present

b) Omnipresent

c) Pervasive

d) Usage

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2) According to Mckinsey,

a) 70% of companies will employ more labor force by the year 2030

b) Nearly 70% of the companies will adopt the use of one AI by the end of this decade

c) Nearly 70% of all companies will stop using AI by the end of 2030

d) 70% of all companies will depend on people who can use computers by the end of 2030

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3) One of the important predictions in the passage is that we are going to reach, the ‘Plateau of Productivity’ with respect to digitization. Which option most reflects the meaning?

a) There will be a widespread market use of AI even if it is not viable

b) There will be no more resources left to develop AI

c) The production and use of AI will be extensive and practicable

d) The use of AI will stop as it will become more expensive

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4) According to the report, the number of 52% of US house-holds become smart from18% in

a) 8 years

b) 6 years

c) 7 years

d) 9 years

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5) According to the report, how many homes are smart in the year 2020?

a) 33%

b) 40%

c) 25%

d) 30%

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6) According to the report, what will generate a new market chain and supply?

a) Artificial Intelligence

b) Artificial Intelligence and the Internet

c) Geo-data and Internet of Things

d) Access to meta-data

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7) Based on our understanding of the passage, choose the option that best lists the inherent benefits of biosciences.

1.Will revolutionize the field of cancer treatment

2. Will revolutionize the use of computers and phones

3. Will revolutionize the industry and its development

4. Will revolutionize the development of new phones

5. Will allow for genome transformation of animals

6. Will help patients who need organ transplants

a) 1,2,3

b) 1,5,6

c) 2,3,4

d) 3,4,5

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8) What will gene therapy accomplish?

a) Fight cancer by making changes in our cells

b) Improve the body’s immune system

c) Fight cancer by making new cells in the body

d) Fight cancer by creating a new immune system

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9) Choose the option which is not true.

a) Technology advancement will improve economic productivity

b) Technology advancement may not improve economic productivity

c) Technology advancement will improve medical facilities

d) Technology advancement will change the way we use communication

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10) According to the report what is the most appropriate conclusion:

a) There will be a lot of changes in technology development

b) There will be technological development but its impact on society needs to be seen

c) There will be technological development but no significant change in society

d) Technological development may lead to social inequality

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SECTION B –GRAMMAR

Attempt ANY TEN of the following questions.

1) Fill in the blank by choosing the correct option. When Juan was two, he _____________already speak very well.

a) might

b) could

c) can

d) should

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2) Read the following dialogue between Garima and Karan. Complete the paragraph that follows by filling in the gaps appropriately.

Garima: So, after a decade in the industry, are you truly ‘satisfied’?

Karan: I love the film industry. It has its flaws though.

Garima asked Karan if after a decade in the industry (a) ____________

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3) Select the correct option to fill in the blank.

If I get the required assistance, I pass the exam in the first attempt.

a) shall

b) cannot

c) might

d) could

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4) Select the option that identifies the error and supplies the correction for the following line, from a news report:

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5) Many people believe that (A) /the nationalisation of banks in (B) / the 1960s have protected India (C)/ from the current financial crisis (D)/ No error (E)

a) from the current financial crisis

b) the nationalisation of banks in

c) Many people believe that

d) the 1960s have protected India

e) No error.

6) Complete the given narrative, by filling in the blank with the correct option

You ___________ have read the terms and conditions before you signed the document.

a) could

b) should

c) would

d) might

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7) Fill in the blank by using the correct form of the word in the bracket, for the given portion of a letter:

Hurry up lest you ——miss the train.

a) Must

b) Will

c) should

d) Might

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8) Read the following dialogue between a mother and her son.

Complete the paragraph that follows by filling in the gaps appropriately

Marie: Did you see my new umbrella? Isn’t it fine?

Tony: Yes, it is! Did you buy it from the mall?

Marie: No, your father has brought it for me.

Marie asked her son Tony (a)…………………and she wanted to know whether it was a fine one.

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9) Identify the error in the given sentence and supply the correction

He went to the doctor because he had not been feeling well since several weeks.

a) since several weeks

b) because he had not been feeling well

c) He went to the doctor

d) No error

10) Complete the sentences in reported speech.

“Don’t try this at home,” the stuntman told the audience.

→ The stuntman advised the audience……………………………………………………………

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11) Fill in the blank by choosing the correct option.

Rohan the movie before he read the review.

a) watches

b) have watched

c) had watched

d) was watching

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12) Read the conversation between a teacher and student and complete the passage that follows.

Neha: I’m really looking forward to the class picnic tomorrow.

Namita: Yes, after a long time we will be meeting our friends and teachers.

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A13) Identify the error on a shop’s hoarding and supply the correction, for the following sales offer:1M

Electronic mail or E-mail (1)/ are a method of exchanging (2)/digital messages. (3)/ No error (4). Neha told Namita (1) ___________ looking forward to the class picnic (2) __________

a) are a method of exchanging

b) digital messages

c) Electronic mail or E- mail

d) No error

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SECTION B –CREATIVE WRITING SKILLS

Attempt ANY ONE from A and B given below.

1 A. You are Amit /Anita of Kendriya Vidyalaya no. 1, Port Blair. You have recently read following articles: As the world celebrates World Environmental Health Day on September 26, we must remind ourselves of the need for environmental awareness in all ages and in every section of society. The Supreme Court of India, while hearing MC Mehta vs Union of India case in 1991, had given directions that environment should be taught as a compulsory subject at every level of education. It had also directed University Grants Commission to “prescribe a course on the environment as a compulsory subject in college education.”

” Write a letter to the Editor of The Hindu, in not more than 120 words, drawing attention towards environmental issues. Describe changes needs to be made for spreading environmental awareness in education.

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B. There is an orphanage near your home which is neglected and in a bad condition. Write a letter to NGO(BHUMI), 3/2, Karpaga Vinayagar Koil St, Mela Ilandaikulam, Alandur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600016 throwing light on the poor conditions and the need to help the orphanage.

*Indicate the poor condition of children in the orphanage.

* Highlight the lack of basic amenities in the orphanage.

*Tell about the poor management.

* Show that help from Government and Private individuals is required to save the orphanage.

2. Attempt ANY ONE from A and B given below

A. The table given below is extracted from the CBSE’s Annual Report 2018-2019. Study the table of region wise, gender wise pass percentage in the years 2018 and 2019. Make a comparative analysis of the data pertaining to Delhi and Thiruvananthapuram regions and present your The table given below is extracted from the CBSE’s Annual Report 2018-2019. Study the table of region wise, gender wise pass percentage in the years 2018 and 2019. Make a comparative analysis of the data pertaining to Delhi and Thiruvananthapuram regions and present your observations in the form of a short paragraph.

B Read the following excerpt from an article that appeared in the magazine section of a local daily: Not literacy but education makes a person wise. An educated person can only bring around positive changes in society and contribute to the development of society, which leads to the development of the country. In India, almost all literate individuals know the saying “honesty is the best policy”. But the question arises as to whether they follow it all in their lives and in their daily activities. The answer to this question is known to each of us. In reality very few people implement it, though everyone knows. We deliberately try to avoid fact and this is the difference between an educated mind and a literate mind.

Write a paragraph in about 100–120 words to analyse the given argument. You could think about alternative explanations and include rationale / evidence that would strengthen / counter the given argument.

SECTION C – LITERATURE

V. Reference to the Context

1. Attempt ANY ONE of two extracts given.

1. A When I returned, there was an appalling spectacle. There was complete silence from the box, but from its air holes and chinks around the lid, blood had trickled and dried. I whipped off the lock and tore open the lid, and Mij, exhausted and blood spattered, Whimpered and caught at my leg. He had torn the lining of the box to shreds; when I removed the last of it so that there were no cutting edges left, it was just ten minutes until the time of the flight, and the airport was five miles distant. I put the miserable Mij back into the box, holding down the lid with my hand.

(Mijbil The Otter)

1) Select the option that DOES NOT state the possible reason for Maxwell’s cutting the box edges off.

a) Mij could have injured himself further.

b) It could have made the place untidy.

c) Mij could have accidently swallowed the torn pieces

d) It could have obstructed the shutting of the lid.

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2) Where was Mijbil?

a) Out of the box

b) On the box

c) Under the box

d) In the box

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3) What appalling spectacle did the narrator find?

a) A great noise

b) Complete silence

c) A broken box

d) A broken lid

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4) Choose the option that is closest in resemblance to the box’s condition in which Mij was kept

a) Option (1)

b) Option (2)

c) Option (3)

d) Option (4)

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5) Choose the option that correctly states Maxwell’s likely feelings, in the situation below.

“… I put the miserable Mij back into the box, holding down the lid with my hand.”

(1) anxious (2) disappointed (3) terrified (4) guilty (5) insulted

a) 1 and 5

b) 2 and 3

c) 1 and 4

d) 3 and 5

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1. A Shivering with cold he hurried to Drury Lane, the centre of the theatre world. He soon found a suitable shop. He made his way, invisible, upstairs and came out a little later wearing bandages round his forehead, dark glasses, false nose, big bushy side-whiskers, and a large hat. To escape without being seen, he callously attacked the shopkeeper from behind, after which he robbed him of all the money he could find.

(Footprints without Feet)

1) Why did Griffin hurry to Drury Lane?

a) To get house on rent.

b) To disguise himself.

c) To find food to eat.

d) To get the bandage for dressing the wound.

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2) Find the word which means ‘having an insensitive and cruel disregard for others’

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4) Which statement/s is/are not true in the context?

a) Griffin robbed the shopkeeper.

b) Griffin attacked warm-hearted on shopkeeper.

c) Griffin found the suitable store.

d) Griffin was noticed by shopkeeper

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5) All these people and horses seemed driven forward by some unable to be seen power. Find the one-word substitute for the underlined phrase.

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2. Attempt ANY ONE of two extracts given.

2 A) But he’s locked in a concrete cell,

His strength behind bars,

Stalking the length of his cage,

Ignoring visitors.

He hears the last voice at night,

The patrolling cars,

And stares with his brilliant eyes

At the brilliant stars

1) The tiger is put behind the bars and hence he becomes:

a) More powerful

 b) Helpless

c) More ferocious

d) All of these

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2) Identify the rhyme scheme for both stanzas.

a) Abbc

b) Abcb

c) Abbb

d) Abcc

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3) Identify the poetic device in the given line.

“But he’s locked in a concrete cell”

a) Repetition

b) Alliteration

c) Simile

d) Metaphor

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4) The main contrasting idea suggested by the extract is that of

a) strength and weakness.

b) nature and culture.

c) beasts and mortals.

d) confinement and freedom

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5) The Tiger ignores visitors because………

a) He is scared of their constant stares.

b) The visitors don’t provide him with any food.

c) He knows that none would help him out of captivity.

d) The visitors don’t speak to him kindly.

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2 B)

The fog comes

on little cat feet.

It sits looking

over harbour and city

on silent haunches

and then moves on.

1) The way fog comes silently resembles:

a) Steps of lion

b) The steps of a cat

c) The steps of a leopard

d) None of these

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2) It sits looking over harbour and city

The poetic device used in these lines is……………………

a) Simile

b) Alliteration

c) Personification

d) Repetition

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3) ‘On silent haunches’ what does mean it ‘haunches’.

a) Folding its neck

b) Looking at a mouse

c) Looking at a dog

d) Folding its legs

Ans. (d)

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4) Which are/is the true in context with poem?

a) It is free verse poem.

b) Poem has regular rhyme.

c) Poem is an extended Metaphor.

d) All of the Above

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5) When does Fog comes?

a) During the summer

b) During the rainy season

c) During the winter season

d) None of these

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6) Answer ANY FOUR of the following in about 40-50 words each.

a) How did Mandela’s hunger for freedom change his life?

(Nelson Mandela: long walk to freedom)

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b) Explain what is the significance of ‘hemlock’ in the poem?

(Dust of snow)

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c) Who invites the comment – “he is dressed like a pader”? why?

(A baker from Goa)

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d) Describe the struggle of the roots, leaves, small twigs and long boughs to free themselves and break open the artificial barriers created by man.

(The Trees)

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e) Why did Kisa Gotami say, ‘How selfish am I in my grief!’ What did she realize about the fate of mankind?

(The Sermon At Benares)

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VI Answer ANY TWO of the following in about 40-50 words each.

1) Describe Hari Singh’s dilemma at the station. Why didn’t he jump into a compartment Of the Lucknow Express when he could?

(The Thief’s Story )

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2) When and why did the woman in red say, “Society must be protected from men like you”? Doesn’t it sound ironical

(A Question of trust)

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3) A grieved father asked Bholi: “but what about you? No one will marry you now,” What was Bholi’s reply to her grieved Father?

(Bholi)

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VII Answer ANY ONE of the following in about 100-120 words.

1) On the one hand, Anne Frank says that she is not all alone in the world. On the other hand, she says that she seems ‘to have everything, except my one true friend’. Why can’t she confide in and come closer to her friends?

(From the Diary of Anne Frank)

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2) Valli was sensitive, but at the same time she was fearless and quite determined. Think of another character from your textbook, First Flight, who displayed similar character traits. Compare and contrast the lives of Valli and the other character.

(Madam Rides the Bus)

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VIII Answer ANY ONE of the following in about 100-120 words.

1) Imagine that one of Mr Herriot’s partners can understand the language of dogs and listensto Tricki on his last night with them.

a) What might Tricki share about his experience at surgery?

b) How would he evaluate it in comparison to his home experience?

(A Triumph of Surgery)

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OR

Read the following quote

“We are too involved in materialistic things, and they don’t satisfy us. The loving relationships we have, the universe around us, we take these things for granted.” -Mitch Albom Matilda was never satisfied with her life and desired more. The given quote reflects her character. Justify. 

(The Necklace)

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