A House is Not A Home - Extracts

MY first year of high school felt awkward. After leaving junior high at the head of my class with all the seniority the upper grade levels could afford me, it felt strange starting over as a freshman. The school was twice as big as my old school, and to make matters worse, my closest friends were sent to a different high school. I felt very isolated.

Q. Why did the narrator feel awkward at high school?

• He was a freshman

• He did not like the school

• He was shy by nature

• He was not interested

What makes the matter worse?

• He was new to school

• The school was a big one

• His friend joined different school

• He did not make any new friends

The word 'closest is which degree of adjectives?'

• Positive

• Comparative

• Superlative

• None of the above

My mother kept stoking the fire to keep the house nice and

warm. Suddenly, I smelled something strange, and then I noticed it... smoke pouring in through the seams of the ceiling. The smoke began to fill the room so quickly that we could barely see.

Q. Why did the mother keep stoking the fire?

• To keep the house nice and warm

• To kill the mosquitoes of the house

• To comfort the narrator

• To keep fire alive

'I smelled something strange' What was strange?

• The smell of some incense sticks

• The fire which broke out there

• Something was burning

• There was afire outside

'pouring' What does this word mean?

• entering

• coming

• filling

• spreading

“She’s going to be okay,” said the fireman. “She just

inhaled a little smoke.” And then he ran back to fight the fire while my mother and I sat there dazed. I remember watching my house burn down and thinking that there was nothing I could do about it.

Who does 'She' refer to-

• A woman

• His mother

• A neighbor

• A pet

Why was mother not feeling good?

• She got burnt in the fire

• She was unconscious

• She was ill

• She inhaled some smoke

Why did the fire fighter run back?

• To save the house

• To extinguish the fire in the house

• To go to fire office

• He was injured

Why could the boy do something?

• He was a coward

• He was not well

• He was a small boy

• He was panicked