The narrator bought the desk from a junk shop because
  • such a desk was not available anywhere else
  • the author wanted an ancient roll-top desk
  • its roll-top was in several pieces
  • 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
  • a junk shop
  • the garage
  • the roll-top desk
  • the drawers
The narrator found a shallow space below a secret drawer when he
  • pulled out the first drawer
  • began to mend the desk
  • pulled out the last drawer
  • had finished working
January 25, 1915 was the date on which
  • the narrator pulled out the drawers
  • Jim’s letter came to Connie
  • Jim wrote the letter
  • Jim met Hans Wolf
According to Jim, a Christmas morning should be
  • cold and frosty
  • warm and comfortable
  • beautiful with the sun-shining
  • rainy
“But the truth, I am ashamed to say, is that Fritz began it.” In the above sentence ‘Fritz’ refers to
  • the German soldier
  • the German commander in the story
  • the British soldier
  • the British commander in the story
The Christmas celebrations were initiated by
  • the British
  • the Germans
  • both of the above
  • chance
Jim’s first reaction to the ‘Happy Christmas’ by the Germans was one of
  • suspicion
  • surprise
  • anger
  • disgust
Schnapps is
  • a kind of meat
  • a German wine
  • a sauce
  • a British dish
Sausage is
  • a wine
  • slice of meat and bread
  • a sauce
  • 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.
  • the narrator
  • the author
  • Jim
  • 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
  • a country
  • a chair
  • a desk
  • 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
  • a risk
  • a challenge
  • the quality
  • 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
  • French soldiers
  • the British soldiers
  • Jim and Connie
  • 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
  • Happy Christmas
  • good feelings
  • we are same
  • 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
  • it was all
  • it was a mistake
  • it was a joy
  • 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
  • the students
  • German soldiers
  • some British soldiers
  • 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 ?
  • their boss
  • their commander
  • their friends
  • 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 
  • the author
  • the narrator
  • Jim
  • 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
  • Connie
  • the matron
  • Hans Wolf’s wife
  • none of the above three
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