Passage 8 Language Section

Passage 8 

Language Section   (2018)

              I stood in the bathroom as Mama scrubbed me with soap. It was as if she was waging a war against germs. Mama wanted me to be very clean so that I would not dirty the clean sheets that she had washed, by rubbing them on a stone. Once my bath was over, I lay alone on my bed. I talked to my pillow, then to an imaginary friend, and finally to the dragon under my bed, who was actually very friendly. My mother was obsessed with cleanliness and she did not allow even the smallest bit of dirt to remain in the house. Her fight against dirt was equal to her passion for cooking. Our house always smelt of food that she cooked with great care and of her baking. Her cakes, biscuits and cupcakes were the talk of our neighbourhood. I was very fond of her cakes and chocolate cookies that melted in my mouth. She was very generous and our neighbours always received a batch of freshly baked biscuits.

1. The word 'obsessed' means to:

(A) be angry all the time.

(C) hate everybody.

(B) be constantly worrying.

(D) like everybody.

2. How do we know that the mother liked cooking?

(A) Her house always smelt of food.

(B) She cooked regular meals.

(C) She kept her house clean.

(D) She gave generously to the neighbours.

3. Mama wanted the child to be very clean, because:

(A) she was always dirty.

(B) she did not want her to dirty her sheets.

(C) she wanted her to sleep well.

(D) she wanted her to go clean to the school.

4. What would the child not do after her bath?

(A) talk to an imaginary friend

(C) talk to the pillow

(B) talk to her mother

(D) talk to a dragon

5. What did the neighbours talk about?

(A) mother's cleanliness

(C) mother's baking

(B) the child's cleanliness

(D) child's imagination