My Father Goes to Court

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Now, this rich man’s servants were always frying and cooking something good, and the aroma of the food was wafted down to us form the windows of the big house.

• a. moved lightly through air

• b. moved lightly in ripples

• c. moved swiftly through iron

• d. moved swiftly on the ground

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He looked at my sisters, who had grown fat from laughing, then at my brothers, whose arms and legs were like the molave.

• a. a kind of flower

• b. a kind of tree

• c. a kind of small plant

• d. a kind of fruit

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One morning a policeman from the presidencia came to our house with a sealed paper.

• a. office of the ombudsman

• b. office of the mayor

• c. office of the senate

• d. office of the principal

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The rich man arrived. He had grown old and feeble; his face was scarred with deep lines.

• a. strong

• b. weak

• c. powerful

• d. healthy

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Spectators came in and almost filled the courtroom.

• a. audience

• b. jury

• c. judge

• d. witness