The Address - English

How did Mrs. Dorling treat the author when the author visited her?

• Warm and welcoming

• Cold and inhospitable

• Overjoyed

• Both a and b

In what attire did the author find Mrs. Dorling?

• Author’s mother’s green knitted cardigan

• Author’s green knitted cardigan

• Author is unable to recognise it

• Not mentioned in story

“I thought that no one had come back.” Why does Mrs. Dorling say this?

• Because she was happy to see the protagonist

• Because she had been waiting for the protagonist for a long time

• Because she thought everyone in the protagonist’s family were dead

• None of the above

Mrs. Dorling took the possessions of the things on the pretence of __________.

• Using them

• Selling them

• Keeping them safe

• Both a and b

How does the author describe Mrs. Dorling when she saw her the first time during the war?

• A woman with a broad back.

• A woman with a round back

• A woman with long neck

• None of these

Why did the author wait for such a long time before visiting “The Address”?

• Because she was not interested

• Because she was afraid to confront her mother’s belongings

• Both A and B

• None of these

Unlike Mrs. Dorling, her daughter was __________ towards the author.

• Rude

• Mature

• Hospitable

• Mean

“I was in a room I knew and did not know.” What does author mean by this?

• She saw familiar things but in unfamiliar surroundings

• She saw unfamiliar things but in familiar surroundings

• She did not recognize the things she saw

• She did not want to remember these things

The author remembered that the woollen table-cloth had _________.

• An ink mark

• A defect

• A burnmark

• None of the above

According to the author, when do we notice the things in the house?

• When they are out of our sight

• When they are used

• When they are shown

• None of the above