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A Chair for my Mother

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does the narrator's mother work as ?

a)

cashier

b)

waitress

c)

manager

2.

How does Josephine help the narrator?

a)

She pays her for tasks done around the restaurant

b)

She pays her for being a temporary waitress

c)

She pays her for singing to the guests

3.

What does the narrator do with the coins earned ?

a)

She spends them on ice-cream

b)

She saves them to buy her favourite toy

c)

She saves them to buy a chair for her mother

4.

How does her grandmother help her ?

a)

By putting in all her cash

b)

By putting in any spare changes

c)

By offering to sell her things

5.

What happened to the writer's old chairs ?

a)

It was burnt in a fire

b)

It was soaked by the water

c)

It vanished

6.

Which tulip does the writer's mother prefer?

a)

blue

b)

white

c)

red

7.

How did the writer's neighbours help her when their house caught fire ?

a)

They helped to spring clean

b)

They contributed money

c)

They brought them items to make their new house cosy

8.

How did the grandmother feel to witness their neighbours' kind acts ?

a)

She was touched and felt grateful

b)

She was happy but sad

c)

She was indifferent

9.

Why did the narrator's mother bring the biggest jar she could find at the diner ?

a)

It was to save up for a new home

b)

It was to save up for rent

c)

It was to save up for a chair

10.

How did the chair help the family ?

a)

The narrator's mother could rest her back after a long day at work.

b)

The narrator could sleep on it

c)

The narrator's grandmother loved to knit while sitting on it

11.

Name an incident where you have helped someone else . How did you help them and why did you do so ?

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