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Class 8 English - Honeydrew
The Best Christmas Present In The World
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The narrator bought the desk from a junk shop because
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such a desk was not available anywhere else
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the author wanted an ancient roll-top desk
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its roll-top was in several pieces
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the narrator could not afford a new roll-top desk
“I began work on it on Christmas Eve”. In the above sentence ‘it’ stands for
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a junk shop
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the garage
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the roll-top desk
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the drawers
The narrator found a shallow space below a secret drawer when he
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pulled out the first drawer
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began to mend the desk
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pulled out the last drawer
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had finished working
January 25, 1915 was the date on which
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the narrator pulled out the drawers
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Jim’s letter came to Connie
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Jim wrote the letter
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Jim met Hans Wolf
According to Jim, a Christmas morning should be
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cold and frosty
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warm and comfortable
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beautiful with the sun-shining
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rainy
“But the truth, I am ashamed to say, is that Fritz began it.” In the above sentence ‘Fritz’ refers to
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the German soldier
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the German commander in the story
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the British soldier
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the British commander in the story
The Christmas celebrations were initiated by
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the British
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the Germans
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both of the above
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chance
Jim’s first reaction to the ‘Happy Christmas’ by the Germans was one of
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suspicion
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surprise
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anger
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disgust
Schnapps is
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a kind of meat
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a German wine
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a sauce
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a British dish
Sausage is
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a wine
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slice of meat and bread
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a sauce
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a British dish
It was going for very little money. I thought I could restore it. It would be a risk a challenge, but I had to have it.
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the narrator
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the author
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Jim
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Connie
It was going for very little money. I thought I could restore it. It would be a risk a challenge, but I had to have it. The ‘it’ in the first sentence refers to
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a country
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a chair
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a desk
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a letter
It was going for very little money. I thought I could restore it. It would be a risk a challenge, but I had to have it. The temptation to buy it was
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a risk
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a challenge
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the quality
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the cheap price
When we had got over the surprise, some of us shouted back. “Same to you, Fritz ! Same to you !” I thought that would be that. We all did. But then one of them was up there in his grey greatcoat and waving a white flag. ‘We’ in the first line refers to
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French soldiers
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the British soldiers
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Jim and Connie
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the narrator and his friend
When we had got over the surprise, some of us shouted back. “Same to you, Fritz ! Same to you !” I thought that would be that. We all did. But then one of them was up there in his grey greatcoat and waving a white flag. ‘Same to you’ here means
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Happy Christmas
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good feelings
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we are same
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we are fine
When we had got over the surprise, some of us shouted back. “Same to you, Fritz ! Same to you !” I thought that would be that. We all did. But then one of them was up there in his grey greatcoat and waving a white flag. ‘I thought that would be that’. It means that I thought that
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it was all
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it was a mistake
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it was a joy
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it was dangerous
Our boys gave them a rousing chorus of While Shepherds Watched. We exchanged carols for a while and then we all fell silent. We had had our time of peace and goodwill, a time I will treasure as long as I live. The phrase ‘our boys’ refers to
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the students
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German soldiers
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some British soldiers
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the author’s sons
Our boys gave them a rousing chorus of While Shepherds Watched. We exchanged carols for a while and then we all fell silent. We had had our time of peace and goodwill, a time I will treasure as long as I live. Who prompted these boys to sing ?
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their boss
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their commander
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their friends
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the German soldiers
As I was speaking her eyes never left my face. I opened the tin box and gave it to her. That was the moment her eyes lit up with recognition and her face became suffused with a sudden glow of happiness. I explained about the desk, about how I had found it, but I don’t think she was listening. The speaker of the above passage is
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the author
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the narrator
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Jim
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Hans Wolf
As I was speaking her eyes never left my face. I opened the tin box and gave it to her. That was the moment her eyes lit up with recognition and her face became suffused with a sudden glow of happiness. I explained about the desk, about how I had found it, but I don’t think she was listening. The lady being talked to, is
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Connie
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the matron
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Hans Wolf’s wife
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none of the above three
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