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Bliss

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many guests came to dinner at Harry and Bertha's house?

a)

3

b)

4

c)

5

d)

6

2.

Why had Bertha bought the purple grapes?

a)

It is because her daughter liked them.

b)

It is because she liked purple colour.

c)

It is because they were not expensive.

d)

It is because they matched the colour of the dinning-room carpet.

3.

What had little B done when she was in the park?

a)

She pulled a big dog's ear.

b)

She kissed a strange dog.

c)

She picked some flower for her mother.

d)

She said she liked Nurse the most.

4.

Which of the following about the Norman Knights is correct?

a)

He was going to start a school, and she was interested in music.

b)

He was going to start a company, and she was interested in art.

c)

He was going to start a theatre, and she was interested in furniture.

d)

He was going to start a clinic, and she was interested in fashion.

5.

Which of the following is NOT true about Eddie Warren?

a)

He was a young man.

b)

He had just written a little book of poems.

c)

Everybody was asking Eddie Warren to dinner.

d)

Every woman liked Eddie Warren a lot.

6.

Which of the following was NOT Harry's impression on Miss Fulton?

a)

She was an interesting woman.

b)

She was boring.

c)

She was cold, like all fair-haired women.

d)

She perhaps was not very intelligent.

7.

Mrs Norman Knight dressed like...

a)

a cute puppy.

b)

an intelligent monkey.

c)

a fierce lion.

d)

a cunning wolf.

8.

Who said the following?

'I have had such a terrible time with a taxi driver; he was most strange. I couldn't get him to stop. The more I tried, the faster he went.'

a)

The Norman Knights

b)

Harry

c)

Pearl Fulton

d)

Eddie Warren

9.

Miss Fulton dressed in ... like ...

a)

silver...a moon.

b)

yellow...a banana.

c)

red...an apple.

d)

white...a pearl.

10.

How many people lived in Bertha's house including herself?

a)

4

b)

5

c)

6

d)

7

11.

Bertha wore a white dress, a string of green stones around her neck, green shoes and stockings. She looked like...but this was accidental.

a)

the leeks,

b)

the cauliflower,

c)

the pear tree,

d)

the guava tree,

12.

Who had an affair with someone?

a)

Bertha and Mr Norman Knight

b)

Bertha and Eddie Warren

c)

Harry and Mrs Norman Knight

d)

Harry and Miss Fulton

13.

'...the way she has of sitting with her head a little on one side, and smiling, has something behind it, Harry, and I must find out what it is.' said Bertha.

'Most likely it's a good stomach,' answered Harry.

What is the meaning of Harry's saying?

a)

Harry satirizes this idea by suggesting that nothing lies behind Miss Fulton’s manner except her physical body.

b)

Harry also agreed that there was something behind Miss Fulton.

c)

Harry thought that Miss Fulton was rude and boring so Bertha should not be friends with her.

d)

Harry thought that Miss Fulton has a good and healthy stomach.

14.

Which matches the meaning bliss?

a)

a light and pleasant wind

b)

a severe snow storm

c)

to ask for God's protection

d)

perfect happiness

15.

In the end of the story, 'But the pear tree was as lovely as ever and as full of flowers and as still.'

What does it indicate?

a)

Bertha and Harry will get divorced.

b)

Nothing will change in Bertha and Harry’s marriage.

c)

Bertha will have an affair too.

d)

Bertha will talk to Harry about his affair.