On the Face of It Questions & Answers | Class 12 English | CBSE NCERT

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1. Q1. Mr Lamb warns "Mind the apples!" because: (a) he wants to frighten Derry away (b) windfall crab apples hidden in the long grass could trip Derry (c) the apples are poisonous (d) he wants Derry to pick them for him

Scene One. Mr Lamb's garden. [There is the occasional sound of birdsong and of tree leaves rustling. Derry's footsteps are heard as he walks slowly and tentatively through the long grass. He pauses, then walks on again. He comes round a screen of bushes, so that when Mr Lamb speaks to him he is close at hand and Derry is startled]

Mr Lamb: Mind the apples!

Derry: What? Who's that? Who's there?

Mr Lamb: Lamb's my name. Mind the apples. Crab apples those are. Windfalls in the long grass. You could trip.

Derry: I....there....I thought this was an empty place. I didn't know there was anybody here....

Mr Lamb: That's all right. I'm here. What are you afraid of, boy? That's all right.

Derry: I thought it was empty....an empty house.

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2. Q2. The old man's name in the extract is: (a) Derry (b) Lamb (c) Derek (d) Lamey

Scene One. Mr Lamb's garden. [There is the occasional sound of birdsong and of tree leaves rustling. Derry's footsteps are heard as he walks slowly and tentatively through the long grass. He pauses, then walks on again. He comes round a screen of bushes, so that when Mr Lamb speaks to him he is close at hand and Derry is startled]

Mr Lamb: Mind the apples!

Derry: What? Who's that? Who's there?

Mr Lamb: Lamb's my name. Mind the apples. Crab apples those are. Windfalls in the long grass. You could trip.

Derry: I....there....I thought this was an empty place. I didn't know there was anybody here....

Mr Lamb: That's all right. I'm here. What are you afraid of, boy? That's all right.

Derry: I thought it was empty....an empty house.

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3. Q3. According to the stage directions, Derry walks through the long grass: (a) quickly and confidently (b) slowly and tentatively (c) singing happily (d) in a great hurry

Scene One. Mr Lamb's garden. [There is the occasional sound of birdsong and of tree leaves rustling. Derry's footsteps are heard as he walks slowly and tentatively through the long grass. He pauses, then walks on again. He comes round a screen of bushes, so that when Mr Lamb speaks to him he is close at hand and Derry is startled]

Mr Lamb: Mind the apples!

Derry: What? Who's that? Who's there?

Mr Lamb: Lamb's my name. Mind the apples. Crab apples those are. Windfalls in the long grass. You could trip.

Derry: I....there....I thought this was an empty place. I didn't know there was anybody here....

Mr Lamb: That's all right. I'm here. What are you afraid of, boy? That's all right.

Derry: I thought it was empty....an empty house.

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4. Q4. The word 'tentatively' as used in the stage directions means: (a) hesitantly and cautiously (b) boldly and fast (c) angrily (d) joyfully

Scene One. Mr Lamb's garden. [There is the occasional sound of birdsong and of tree leaves rustling. Derry's footsteps are heard as he walks slowly and tentatively through the long grass. He pauses, then walks on again. He comes round a screen of bushes, so that when Mr Lamb speaks to him he is close at hand and Derry is startled]

Mr Lamb: Mind the apples!

Derry: What? Who's that? Who's there?

Mr Lamb: Lamb's my name. Mind the apples. Crab apples those are. Windfalls in the long grass. You could trip.

Derry: I....there....I thought this was an empty place. I didn't know there was anybody here....

Mr Lamb: That's all right. I'm here. What are you afraid of, boy? That's all right.

Derry: I thought it was empty....an empty house.

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5. Q5. Derry is startled when Mr Lamb speaks because: (a) the old man shouts at him (b) Mr Lamb comes round a screen of bushes and speaks from close at hand (c) a bird cries out suddenly (d) the garden gate bangs

Scene One. Mr Lamb's garden. [There is the occasional sound of birdsong and of tree leaves rustling. Derry's footsteps are heard as he walks slowly and tentatively through the long grass. He pauses, then walks on again. He comes round a screen of bushes, so that when Mr Lamb speaks to him he is close at hand and Derry is startled]

Mr Lamb: Mind the apples!

Derry: What? Who's that? Who's there?

Mr Lamb: Lamb's my name. Mind the apples. Crab apples those are. Windfalls in the long grass. You could trip.

Derry: I....there....I thought this was an empty place. I didn't know there was anybody here....

Mr Lamb: That's all right. I'm here. What are you afraid of, boy? That's all right.

Derry: I thought it was empty....an empty house.

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6. Q6. Derry's words "I thought this was an empty place" suggest that he: (a) had come looking for Mr Lamb (b) expected to be alone and prefers places where there are no people (c) wanted to buy the house (d) was completely lost

Scene One. Mr Lamb's garden. [There is the occasional sound of birdsong and of tree leaves rustling. Derry's footsteps are heard as he walks slowly and tentatively through the long grass. He pauses, then walks on again. He comes round a screen of bushes, so that when Mr Lamb speaks to him he is close at hand and Derry is startled]

Mr Lamb: Mind the apples!

Derry: What? Who's that? Who's there?

Mr Lamb: Lamb's my name. Mind the apples. Crab apples those are. Windfalls in the long grass. You could trip.

Derry: I....there....I thought this was an empty place. I didn't know there was anybody here....

Mr Lamb: That's all right. I'm here. What are you afraid of, boy? That's all right.

Derry: I thought it was empty....an empty house.

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7. Q1. Mr Lamb does not object to Derry's climbing the wall because: (a) he never saw Derry climb (b) the gate's always open and all are welcome (c) he is too old to stop anyone (d) Derry promised to pay him

Mr Lamb: So it is. Since I'm out here in the garden. It is empty. Until I go back inside. In the meantime, I'm out here and likely to stop. A day like this. Beautiful day. Not a day to be indoors.

Derry: [Panic] I've got to go.

Mr Lamb: Not on my account. I don't mind who comes into the garden. The gate's always open. Only you climbed the garden wall.

Derry: [Angry] You were watching me.

Mr Lamb: I saw you. But the gate's open. All welcome. You're welcome. I sit here. I like sitting.

Derry: I'd not come to steal anything.

Mr Lamb: No, no. The young lads steal....scrump the apples. You're not so young.

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8. Q2. According to Mr Lamb, the house is 'empty': (a) because nobody has lived in it for years (b) only since he himself is out in the garden (c) because it is about to be sold (d) because it is haunted

Mr Lamb: So it is. Since I'm out here in the garden. It is empty. Until I go back inside. In the meantime, I'm out here and likely to stop. A day like this. Beautiful day. Not a day to be indoors.

Derry: [Panic] I've got to go.

Mr Lamb: Not on my account. I don't mind who comes into the garden. The gate's always open. Only you climbed the garden wall.

Derry: [Angry] You were watching me.

Mr Lamb: I saw you. But the gate's open. All welcome. You're welcome. I sit here. I like sitting.

Derry: I'd not come to steal anything.

Mr Lamb: No, no. The young lads steal....scrump the apples. You're not so young.

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9. Q3. The word 'scrump' as used in the extract means: (a) to buy fruit (b) to steal fruit (c) to cook fruit (d) to throw fruit

Mr Lamb: So it is. Since I'm out here in the garden. It is empty. Until I go back inside. In the meantime, I'm out here and likely to stop. A day like this. Beautiful day. Not a day to be indoors.

Derry: [Panic] I've got to go.

Mr Lamb: Not on my account. I don't mind who comes into the garden. The gate's always open. Only you climbed the garden wall.

Derry: [Angry] You were watching me.

Mr Lamb: I saw you. But the gate's open. All welcome. You're welcome. I sit here. I like sitting.

Derry: I'd not come to steal anything.

Mr Lamb: No, no. The young lads steal....scrump the apples. You're not so young.

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10. Q4. According to Mr Lamb, the young lads who come into gardens: (a) steal the apples (b) mend the fence (c) water the plants (d) read books

Mr Lamb: So it is. Since I'm out here in the garden. It is empty. Until I go back inside. In the meantime, I'm out here and likely to stop. A day like this. Beautiful day. Not a day to be indoors.

Derry: [Panic] I've got to go.

Mr Lamb: Not on my account. I don't mind who comes into the garden. The gate's always open. Only you climbed the garden wall.

Derry: [Angry] You were watching me.

Mr Lamb: I saw you. But the gate's open. All welcome. You're welcome. I sit here. I like sitting.

Derry: I'd not come to steal anything.

Mr Lamb: No, no. The young lads steal....scrump the apples. You're not so young.

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11. Q5. Derry at once says "I'd not come to steal anything" although no one has accused him, because: (a) he is a habitual thief (b) he expects to be suspected, being used to being judged (c) he has already taken apples (d) his mother told him to say so

Mr Lamb: So it is. Since I'm out here in the garden. It is empty. Until I go back inside. In the meantime, I'm out here and likely to stop. A day like this. Beautiful day. Not a day to be indoors.

Derry: [Panic] I've got to go.

Mr Lamb: Not on my account. I don't mind who comes into the garden. The gate's always open. Only you climbed the garden wall.

Derry: [Angry] You were watching me.

Mr Lamb: I saw you. But the gate's open. All welcome. You're welcome. I sit here. I like sitting.

Derry: I'd not come to steal anything.

Mr Lamb: No, no. The young lads steal....scrump the apples. You're not so young.

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12. Q6. Mr Lamb's tone throughout the extract is best described as: (a) suspicious and cold (b) angry and rude (c) calm, welcoming and good-humoured (d) formal and distant

Mr Lamb: So it is. Since I'm out here in the garden. It is empty. Until I go back inside. In the meantime, I'm out here and likely to stop. A day like this. Beautiful day. Not a day to be indoors.

Derry: [Panic] I've got to go.

Mr Lamb: Not on my account. I don't mind who comes into the garden. The gate's always open. Only you climbed the garden wall.

Derry: [Angry] You were watching me.

Mr Lamb: I saw you. But the gate's open. All welcome. You're welcome. I sit here. I like sitting.

Derry: I'd not come to steal anything.

Mr Lamb: No, no. The young lads steal....scrump the apples. You're not so young.

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13. Q1. How old is Derry? (a) thirteen (b) fourteen (c) fifteen (d) twelve

Derry: I just....wanted to come in. Into the garden.

Mr Lamb: So you did. Here we are, then.

Derry: You don't know who I am.

Mr Lamb: A boy. Thirteen or so.

Derry: Fourteen. [Pause] But I've got to go now. Good-bye.

Mr Lamb: Nothing to be afraid of. Just a garden. Just me.

Derry: But I'm not....I'm not afraid. [Pause] People are afraid of me.

Mr Lamb: Why should that be?

Derry: Everyone is. It doesn't matter who they are, or what they say, or how they look. How they pretend. I know. I can see.

Mr Lamb: See what?

Derry: What they think.

Mr Lamb: What do they think, then?

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14. Q2. According to Derry, when people meet him: (a) they admire his courage (b) they ignore him politely (c) everyone is afraid of him (d) they pity Mr Lamb

Derry: I just....wanted to come in. Into the garden.

Mr Lamb: So you did. Here we are, then.

Derry: You don't know who I am.

Mr Lamb: A boy. Thirteen or so.

Derry: Fourteen. [Pause] But I've got to go now. Good-bye.

Mr Lamb: Nothing to be afraid of. Just a garden. Just me.

Derry: But I'm not....I'm not afraid. [Pause] People are afraid of me.

Mr Lamb: Why should that be?

Derry: Everyone is. It doesn't matter who they are, or what they say, or how they look. How they pretend. I know. I can see.

Mr Lamb: See what?

Derry: What they think.

Mr Lamb: What do they think, then?

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15. Q3. Mr Lamb's reassurance "Nothing to be afraid of. Just a garden. Just me." assumes that Derry is afraid of: (a) being caught trespassing (b) the bees (c) the dark (d) the apples

Derry: I just....wanted to come in. Into the garden.

Mr Lamb: So you did. Here we are, then.

Derry: You don't know who I am.

Mr Lamb: A boy. Thirteen or so.

Derry: Fourteen. [Pause] But I've got to go now. Good-bye.

Mr Lamb: Nothing to be afraid of. Just a garden. Just me.

Derry: But I'm not....I'm not afraid. [Pause] People are afraid of me.

Mr Lamb: Why should that be?

Derry: Everyone is. It doesn't matter who they are, or what they say, or how they look. How they pretend. I know. I can see.

Mr Lamb: See what?

Derry: What they think.

Mr Lamb: What do they think, then?

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16. Q4. The repetition of 'Just' in "Just a garden. Just me." serves to: (a) make the garden sound grand (b) play down any threat and put Derry at ease (c) insult the garden (d) describe the flowers

Derry: I just....wanted to come in. Into the garden.

Mr Lamb: So you did. Here we are, then.

Derry: You don't know who I am.

Mr Lamb: A boy. Thirteen or so.

Derry: Fourteen. [Pause] But I've got to go now. Good-bye.

Mr Lamb: Nothing to be afraid of. Just a garden. Just me.

Derry: But I'm not....I'm not afraid. [Pause] People are afraid of me.

Mr Lamb: Why should that be?

Derry: Everyone is. It doesn't matter who they are, or what they say, or how they look. How they pretend. I know. I can see.

Mr Lamb: See what?

Derry: What they think.

Mr Lamb: What do they think, then?

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17. Q5. The irony of this exchange is that: (a) Derry is the real trespasser (b) Mr Lamb is secretly afraid (c) it is Derry whom people fear, not the garden or its owner (d) the garden is not really empty

Derry: I just....wanted to come in. Into the garden.

Mr Lamb: So you did. Here we are, then.

Derry: You don't know who I am.

Mr Lamb: A boy. Thirteen or so.

Derry: Fourteen. [Pause] But I've got to go now. Good-bye.

Mr Lamb: Nothing to be afraid of. Just a garden. Just me.

Derry: But I'm not....I'm not afraid. [Pause] People are afraid of me.

Mr Lamb: Why should that be?

Derry: Everyone is. It doesn't matter who they are, or what they say, or how they look. How they pretend. I know. I can see.

Mr Lamb: See what?

Derry: What they think.

Mr Lamb: What do they think, then?

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18. Q6. Derry's claim "I can see....What they think" reveals that he: (a) believes he reads people's real thoughts and reactions to his face (b) has problems with his eyesight (c) is daydreaming (d) dislikes all gardens

Derry: I just....wanted to come in. Into the garden.

Mr Lamb: So you did. Here we are, then.

Derry: You don't know who I am.

Mr Lamb: A boy. Thirteen or so.

Derry: Fourteen. [Pause] But I've got to go now. Good-bye.

Mr Lamb: Nothing to be afraid of. Just a garden. Just me.

Derry: But I'm not....I'm not afraid. [Pause] People are afraid of me.

Mr Lamb: Why should that be?

Derry: Everyone is. It doesn't matter who they are, or what they say, or how they look. How they pretend. I know. I can see.

Mr Lamb: See what?

Derry: What they think.

Mr Lamb: What do they think, then?

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19. Q1. According to Derry, when people look at his face they think: (a) he is handsome (b) 'That's bad. That's a terrible thing. That's the ugliest thing I ever saw.' (c) he is Mr Lamb's grandson (d) he needs money

Derry: You think.... 'Here's a boy.' You look at me...and then you see my face and you think. 'That's bad. That's a terrible thing. That's the ugliest thing I ever saw.' You think, 'Poor boy.' But I'm not. Not poor. Underneath, you are afraid. Anybody would be. I am. When I look in the mirror, and see it, I'm afraid of me.

Mr Lamb: No, Not the whole of you. Not of you.

Derry: Yes!

[Pause]

Mr Lamb: Later on, when it's a bit cooler, I'll get the ladder and a stick, and pull down those crab apples. They're ripe for it. I make jelly. It's a good time of year, September. Look at them....orange and golden. That's magic fruit. I often say. But it's best picked and made into jelly. You could give me a hand.

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20. Q2. When Derry says "I'm afraid of me....When I look in the mirror", he means that: (a) he is afraid of the dark (b) his own reflection frightens him as much as it frightens others (c) he is afraid of Mr Lamb (d) mirrors make him dizzy

Derry: You think.... 'Here's a boy.' You look at me...and then you see my face and you think. 'That's bad. That's a terrible thing. That's the ugliest thing I ever saw.' You think, 'Poor boy.' But I'm not. Not poor. Underneath, you are afraid. Anybody would be. I am. When I look in the mirror, and see it, I'm afraid of me.

Mr Lamb: No, Not the whole of you. Not of you.

Derry: Yes!

[Pause]

Mr Lamb: Later on, when it's a bit cooler, I'll get the ladder and a stick, and pull down those crab apples. They're ripe for it. I make jelly. It's a good time of year, September. Look at them....orange and golden. That's magic fruit. I often say. But it's best picked and made into jelly. You could give me a hand.

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21. Q3. Mr Lamb's reply "No. Not the whole of you. Not of you." implies that: (a) Derry is nothing but his face (b) there is more to Derry than his burned face (c) Derry should avoid mirrors (d) nobody is afraid of anything

Derry: You think.... 'Here's a boy.' You look at me...and then you see my face and you think. 'That's bad. That's a terrible thing. That's the ugliest thing I ever saw.' You think, 'Poor boy.' But I'm not. Not poor. Underneath, you are afraid. Anybody would be. I am. When I look in the mirror, and see it, I'm afraid of me.

Mr Lamb: No, Not the whole of you. Not of you.

Derry: Yes!

[Pause]

Mr Lamb: Later on, when it's a bit cooler, I'll get the ladder and a stick, and pull down those crab apples. They're ripe for it. I make jelly. It's a good time of year, September. Look at them....orange and golden. That's magic fruit. I often say. But it's best picked and made into jelly. You could give me a hand.

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22. Q4. Mr Lamb responds to Derry's painful outburst by: (a) lecturing him sternly (b) talking of pulling down the ripe crab apples to make jelly and offering Derry a hand (c) calling for a doctor (d) walking away silently

Derry: You think.... 'Here's a boy.' You look at me...and then you see my face and you think. 'That's bad. That's a terrible thing. That's the ugliest thing I ever saw.' You think, 'Poor boy.' But I'm not. Not poor. Underneath, you are afraid. Anybody would be. I am. When I look in the mirror, and see it, I'm afraid of me.

Mr Lamb: No, Not the whole of you. Not of you.

Derry: Yes!

[Pause]

Mr Lamb: Later on, when it's a bit cooler, I'll get the ladder and a stick, and pull down those crab apples. They're ripe for it. I make jelly. It's a good time of year, September. Look at them....orange and golden. That's magic fruit. I often say. But it's best picked and made into jelly. You could give me a hand.

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23. Q5. Mr Lamb's description of the crab apples as 'magic fruit' is an example of: (a) simile (b) pun (c) metaphor (d) onomatopoeia

Derry: You think.... 'Here's a boy.' You look at me...and then you see my face and you think. 'That's bad. That's a terrible thing. That's the ugliest thing I ever saw.' You think, 'Poor boy.' But I'm not. Not poor. Underneath, you are afraid. Anybody would be. I am. When I look in the mirror, and see it, I'm afraid of me.

Mr Lamb: No, Not the whole of you. Not of you.

Derry: Yes!

[Pause]

Mr Lamb: Later on, when it's a bit cooler, I'll get the ladder and a stick, and pull down those crab apples. They're ripe for it. I make jelly. It's a good time of year, September. Look at them....orange and golden. That's magic fruit. I often say. But it's best picked and made into jelly. You could give me a hand.

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24. Q6. According to Mr Lamb, September is: (a) too cold for jelly-making (b) a good time of year, with the apples orange, golden and ripe for it (c) the month Derry was burned (d) the end of the fruit season

Derry: You think.... 'Here's a boy.' You look at me...and then you see my face and you think. 'That's bad. That's a terrible thing. That's the ugliest thing I ever saw.' You think, 'Poor boy.' But I'm not. Not poor. Underneath, you are afraid. Anybody would be. I am. When I look in the mirror, and see it, I'm afraid of me.

Mr Lamb: No, Not the whole of you. Not of you.

Derry: Yes!

[Pause]

Mr Lamb: Later on, when it's a bit cooler, I'll get the ladder and a stick, and pull down those crab apples. They're ripe for it. I make jelly. It's a good time of year, September. Look at them....orange and golden. That's magic fruit. I often say. But it's best picked and made into jelly. You could give me a hand.

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25. Q1. Derry resents Mr Lamb's change of subject because he believes that, like everyone else, Mr Lamb: (a) finds crab apples boring (b) is pretending the face isn't there and is afraid to ask about it (c) wants him to leave at once (d) cannot hear him properly

Derry: What have you changed the subject for? People always do that. Why don't you ask me? Why do you do what they all do and pretend it isn't true and isn't there? In case I see you looking and mind and get upset? I'll tell....you don't ask me because you're afraid to.

Mr Lamb: You want me to ask....say so, then.

Derry: I don't like being with people. Any people.

Mr Lamb: I should say....to look at it.... I should say, you got burned in a fire.

Derry: Not in a fire. I got acid all down that side of my face and it burned it all away. It ate my face up. It ate me up. And now it's like this and it won't ever be any different.

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26. Q2. How was Derry's face disfigured? (a) it was burned in a house fire (b) acid fell down one side of his face and burned it away (c) he was born with the disfigurement (d) he was hurt in a road accident

Derry: What have you changed the subject for? People always do that. Why don't you ask me? Why do you do what they all do and pretend it isn't true and isn't there? In case I see you looking and mind and get upset? I'll tell....you don't ask me because you're afraid to.

Mr Lamb: You want me to ask....say so, then.

Derry: I don't like being with people. Any people.

Mr Lamb: I should say....to look at it.... I should say, you got burned in a fire.

Derry: Not in a fire. I got acid all down that side of my face and it burned it all away. It ate my face up. It ate me up. And now it's like this and it won't ever be any different.

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27. Q3. The repetition of 'ate' in "It ate my face up. It ate me up." emphasises that: (a) the acid destroyed not just Derry's face but his whole inner self (b) Derry was hungry that day (c) the acid was weak (d) the accident happened twice

Derry: What have you changed the subject for? People always do that. Why don't you ask me? Why do you do what they all do and pretend it isn't true and isn't there? In case I see you looking and mind and get upset? I'll tell....you don't ask me because you're afraid to.

Mr Lamb: You want me to ask....say so, then.

Derry: I don't like being with people. Any people.

Mr Lamb: I should say....to look at it.... I should say, you got burned in a fire.

Derry: Not in a fire. I got acid all down that side of my face and it burned it all away. It ate my face up. It ate me up. And now it's like this and it won't ever be any different.

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28. Q4. Derry's remark "it won't ever be any different" shows his: (a) hope of a complete cure (b) despairing certainty that his face can never change (c) faith in doctors (d) plans for plastic surgery

Derry: What have you changed the subject for? People always do that. Why don't you ask me? Why do you do what they all do and pretend it isn't true and isn't there? In case I see you looking and mind and get upset? I'll tell....you don't ask me because you're afraid to.

Mr Lamb: You want me to ask....say so, then.

Derry: I don't like being with people. Any people.

Mr Lamb: I should say....to look at it.... I should say, you got burned in a fire.

Derry: Not in a fire. I got acid all down that side of my face and it burned it all away. It ate my face up. It ate me up. And now it's like this and it won't ever be any different.

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29. Q5. Mr Lamb's "You want me to ask....say so, then." shows his tone to be: (a) threatening (b) direct and unafraid, willing to face the subject openly (c) mocking (d) indifferent

Derry: What have you changed the subject for? People always do that. Why don't you ask me? Why do you do what they all do and pretend it isn't true and isn't there? In case I see you looking and mind and get upset? I'll tell....you don't ask me because you're afraid to.

Mr Lamb: You want me to ask....say so, then.

Derry: I don't like being with people. Any people.

Mr Lamb: I should say....to look at it.... I should say, you got burned in a fire.

Derry: Not in a fire. I got acid all down that side of my face and it burned it all away. It ate my face up. It ate me up. And now it's like this and it won't ever be any different.

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30. Q6. Derry's statement "I don't like being with people. Any people." reveals: (a) his love of quiet study (b) the deep isolation and distrust that rejection has bred in him (c) his dislike of gardens (d) a medical condition

Derry: What have you changed the subject for? People always do that. Why don't you ask me? Why do you do what they all do and pretend it isn't true and isn't there? In case I see you looking and mind and get upset? I'll tell....you don't ask me because you're afraid to.

Mr Lamb: You want me to ask....say so, then.

Derry: I don't like being with people. Any people.

Mr Lamb: I should say....to look at it.... I should say, you got burned in a fire.

Derry: Not in a fire. I got acid all down that side of my face and it burned it all away. It ate my face up. It ate me up. And now it's like this and it won't ever be any different.

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31. Q1. According to Mr Lamb, he is interested in: (a) only visitors of his own age (b) anybody and anything — nothing God made fails to interest him (c) only his own garden (d) nobody at all

Mr Lamb: No.

Derry: Aren't you interested?

Mr Lamb: You're a boy who came into the garden. Plenty do. I'm interested in anybody. Anything. There's nothing God made that doesn't interest me. Look over there....over beside the far wall. What can you see?

Derry: Rubbish.

Mr Lamb: Rubbish? Look, boy, look....what do you see?

Derry: Just....grass and stuff. Weeds.

Mr Lamb: Some call them weeds. If you like, then....a weed garden, that. There's fruit and there are flowers, and trees and herbs. All sorts. But over there....weeds. I grow weeds there. Why is one green, growing plant called a weed and another 'flower'? Where's the difference. It's all life.... growing. Same as you and me.

Derry: We're not the same.

Mr Lamb: I'm old. You're young. You've got a burned face, I've got a tin leg. Not important. You're standing there.... I'm sitting here. Where's the difference?

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32. Q2. Mr Lamb grows weeds in part of his garden because: (a) he is too lazy to pull them out (b) he cannot bend down to weed (c) for him a weed is just a green growing plant, no different from a 'flower' (d) the weeds attract bees

Mr Lamb: No.

Derry: Aren't you interested?

Mr Lamb: You're a boy who came into the garden. Plenty do. I'm interested in anybody. Anything. There's nothing God made that doesn't interest me. Look over there....over beside the far wall. What can you see?

Derry: Rubbish.

Mr Lamb: Rubbish? Look, boy, look....what do you see?

Derry: Just....grass and stuff. Weeds.

Mr Lamb: Some call them weeds. If you like, then....a weed garden, that. There's fruit and there are flowers, and trees and herbs. All sorts. But over there....weeds. I grow weeds there. Why is one green, growing plant called a weed and another 'flower'? Where's the difference. It's all life.... growing. Same as you and me.

Derry: We're not the same.

Mr Lamb: I'm old. You're young. You've got a burned face, I've got a tin leg. Not important. You're standing there.... I'm sitting here. Where's the difference?

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33. Q3. The question "Why is one green, growing plant called a weed and another 'flower'?" implies that such labels are: (a) scientifically fixed (b) laid down by God (c) arbitrary human judgments imposed on living things (d) written into law

Mr Lamb: No.

Derry: Aren't you interested?

Mr Lamb: You're a boy who came into the garden. Plenty do. I'm interested in anybody. Anything. There's nothing God made that doesn't interest me. Look over there....over beside the far wall. What can you see?

Derry: Rubbish.

Mr Lamb: Rubbish? Look, boy, look....what do you see?

Derry: Just....grass and stuff. Weeds.

Mr Lamb: Some call them weeds. If you like, then....a weed garden, that. There's fruit and there are flowers, and trees and herbs. All sorts. But over there....weeds. I grow weeds there. Why is one green, growing plant called a weed and another 'flower'? Where's the difference. It's all life.... growing. Same as you and me.

Derry: We're not the same.

Mr Lamb: I'm old. You're young. You've got a burned face, I've got a tin leg. Not important. You're standing there.... I'm sitting here. Where's the difference?

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34. Q4. The weed garden in this extract functions as a symbol of: (a) Mr Lamb's neglect of his property (b) the arbitrary labels society attaches to living things — like 'beautiful' and 'ugly' (c) the coldness of the neighbours (d) the month of September

Mr Lamb: No.

Derry: Aren't you interested?

Mr Lamb: You're a boy who came into the garden. Plenty do. I'm interested in anybody. Anything. There's nothing God made that doesn't interest me. Look over there....over beside the far wall. What can you see?

Derry: Rubbish.

Mr Lamb: Rubbish? Look, boy, look....what do you see?

Derry: Just....grass and stuff. Weeds.

Mr Lamb: Some call them weeds. If you like, then....a weed garden, that. There's fruit and there are flowers, and trees and herbs. All sorts. But over there....weeds. I grow weeds there. Why is one green, growing plant called a weed and another 'flower'? Where's the difference. It's all life.... growing. Same as you and me.

Derry: We're not the same.

Mr Lamb: I'm old. You're young. You've got a burned face, I've got a tin leg. Not important. You're standing there.... I'm sitting here. Where's the difference?

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35. Q5. When Mr Lamb says "I'm old. You're young. You've got a burned face, I've got a tin leg. Not important.", he means that: (a) age is the only real difference (b) outward differences do not matter — both share the same life (c) legs are useless things (d) Derry should act his age

Mr Lamb: No.

Derry: Aren't you interested?

Mr Lamb: You're a boy who came into the garden. Plenty do. I'm interested in anybody. Anything. There's nothing God made that doesn't interest me. Look over there....over beside the far wall. What can you see?

Derry: Rubbish.

Mr Lamb: Rubbish? Look, boy, look....what do you see?

Derry: Just....grass and stuff. Weeds.

Mr Lamb: Some call them weeds. If you like, then....a weed garden, that. There's fruit and there are flowers, and trees and herbs. All sorts. But over there....weeds. I grow weeds there. Why is one green, growing plant called a weed and another 'flower'? Where's the difference. It's all life.... growing. Same as you and me.

Derry: We're not the same.

Mr Lamb: I'm old. You're young. You've got a burned face, I've got a tin leg. Not important. You're standing there.... I'm sitting here. Where's the difference?

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36. Q6. Derry's flat response "We're not the same." shows that at this point he: (a) agrees entirely with Mr Lamb (b) rejects the idea of shared humanity, insisting on his separateness (c) is making a joke (d) wants to change the subject politely

Mr Lamb: No.

Derry: Aren't you interested?

Mr Lamb: You're a boy who came into the garden. Plenty do. I'm interested in anybody. Anything. There's nothing God made that doesn't interest me. Look over there....over beside the far wall. What can you see?

Derry: Rubbish.

Mr Lamb: Rubbish? Look, boy, look....what do you see?

Derry: Just....grass and stuff. Weeds.

Mr Lamb: Some call them weeds. If you like, then....a weed garden, that. There's fruit and there are flowers, and trees and herbs. All sorts. But over there....weeds. I grow weeds there. Why is one green, growing plant called a weed and another 'flower'? Where's the difference. It's all life.... growing. Same as you and me.

Derry: We're not the same.

Mr Lamb: I'm old. You're young. You've got a burned face, I've got a tin leg. Not important. You're standing there.... I'm sitting here. Where's the difference?

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37. Q1. Mr Lamb's real leg: (a) was missing from birth (b) got blown off, years back (c) was crushed in an accident at work (d) was amputated after a long illness

Derry: Why have you got a tin leg?

Mr Lamb: Real one got blown off, years back. Lamey-Lamb, some kids say. Haven't you heard them? You will. Lamey-Lamb. It fits. Doesn't trouble me.

Derry: But you can put on trousers and cover it up and no one sees, they don't have to notice and stare.

Mr Lamb: Some do. Some don't. They get tired of it, in the end. There's plenty of other things to stare at.

Derry: Like my face.

Mr Lamb: Like crab apples or the weeds or a spider climbing up a silken ladder, or my tall sun-flowers.

Derry: Things.

Mr Lamb: It's all relative. Beauty and the beast.

Derry: What's that supposed to mean?

Mr Lamb: You tell me.

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38. Q2. The nickname the children use for Mr Lamb is: (a) Tin Man (b) Lamey-Lamb (c) Old Crab (d) Jelly Man

Derry: Why have you got a tin leg?

Mr Lamb: Real one got blown off, years back. Lamey-Lamb, some kids say. Haven't you heard them? You will. Lamey-Lamb. It fits. Doesn't trouble me.

Derry: But you can put on trousers and cover it up and no one sees, they don't have to notice and stare.

Mr Lamb: Some do. Some don't. They get tired of it, in the end. There's plenty of other things to stare at.

Derry: Like my face.

Mr Lamb: Like crab apples or the weeds or a spider climbing up a silken ladder, or my tall sun-flowers.

Derry: Things.

Mr Lamb: It's all relative. Beauty and the beast.

Derry: What's that supposed to mean?

Mr Lamb: You tell me.

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39. Q3. Mr Lamb's attitude to the mocking nickname is that: (a) he is deeply wounded by it (b) it fits, and it doesn't trouble him (c) he complains to their parents (d) he hides indoors to avoid it

Derry: Why have you got a tin leg?

Mr Lamb: Real one got blown off, years back. Lamey-Lamb, some kids say. Haven't you heard them? You will. Lamey-Lamb. It fits. Doesn't trouble me.

Derry: But you can put on trousers and cover it up and no one sees, they don't have to notice and stare.

Mr Lamb: Some do. Some don't. They get tired of it, in the end. There's plenty of other things to stare at.

Derry: Like my face.

Mr Lamb: Like crab apples or the weeds or a spider climbing up a silken ladder, or my tall sun-flowers.

Derry: Things.

Mr Lamb: It's all relative. Beauty and the beast.

Derry: What's that supposed to mean?

Mr Lamb: You tell me.

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40. Q4. Derry envies Mr Lamb's tin leg because: (a) it shines in the sun (b) it can be covered with trousers so people don't have to notice and stare (c) it is made of steel (d) it never aches

Derry: Why have you got a tin leg?

Mr Lamb: Real one got blown off, years back. Lamey-Lamb, some kids say. Haven't you heard them? You will. Lamey-Lamb. It fits. Doesn't trouble me.

Derry: But you can put on trousers and cover it up and no one sees, they don't have to notice and stare.

Mr Lamb: Some do. Some don't. They get tired of it, in the end. There's plenty of other things to stare at.

Derry: Like my face.

Mr Lamb: Like crab apples or the weeds or a spider climbing up a silken ladder, or my tall sun-flowers.

Derry: Things.

Mr Lamb: It's all relative. Beauty and the beast.

Derry: What's that supposed to mean?

Mr Lamb: You tell me.

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41. Q5. By "It's all relative. Beauty and the beast.", Mr Lamb means that: (a) everything depends on one's relatives (b) beauty and ugliness are matters of comparison and viewpoint, not fixed qualities (c) fairy tales are always true (d) beasts are always beautiful

Derry: Why have you got a tin leg?

Mr Lamb: Real one got blown off, years back. Lamey-Lamb, some kids say. Haven't you heard them? You will. Lamey-Lamb. It fits. Doesn't trouble me.

Derry: But you can put on trousers and cover it up and no one sees, they don't have to notice and stare.

Mr Lamb: Some do. Some don't. They get tired of it, in the end. There's plenty of other things to stare at.

Derry: Like my face.

Mr Lamb: Like crab apples or the weeds or a spider climbing up a silken ladder, or my tall sun-flowers.

Derry: Things.

Mr Lamb: It's all relative. Beauty and the beast.

Derry: What's that supposed to mean?

Mr Lamb: You tell me.

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42. Q6. The list "crab apples or the weeds or a spider climbing up a silken ladder, or my tall sun-flowers" suggests that: (a) the garden is badly neglected (b) the world holds countless things worth staring at besides a burned face (c) Mr Lamb fears spiders (d) Derry should take up gardening

Derry: Why have you got a tin leg?

Mr Lamb: Real one got blown off, years back. Lamey-Lamb, some kids say. Haven't you heard them? You will. Lamey-Lamb. It fits. Doesn't trouble me.

Derry: But you can put on trousers and cover it up and no one sees, they don't have to notice and stare.

Mr Lamb: Some do. Some don't. They get tired of it, in the end. There's plenty of other things to stare at.

Derry: Like my face.

Mr Lamb: Like crab apples or the weeds or a spider climbing up a silken ladder, or my tall sun-flowers.

Derry: Things.

Mr Lamb: It's all relative. Beauty and the beast.

Derry: What's that supposed to mean?

Mr Lamb: You tell me.

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43. Q1. Derry dismisses the fairy story of Beauty and the Beast because he believes: (a) the beast really did become a prince (b) the beast would have stayed a monstrous beast — and he too will not change (c) fairy stories are badly written (d) the story was never told to him

Derry: You needn't think they haven't all told me that fairy story before. 'It's not what you look like, it's what you are inside. Handsome is as handsome does. Beauty loved the monstrous beast for himself and when she kissed him he changed into a handsome prince.' Only he wouldn't, he'd have stayed a monstrous beast. I won't change.

Mr Lamb: In that way? No, you won't.

Derry: And no one'll kiss me, ever. Only my mother, and she kisses me on the other side of my face, and I don't like my mother to kiss me, she does it because she has to. Why should I like that? I don't care if nobody ever kisses me.

Mr Lamb: Ah, but do you care if you never kiss them.

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44. Q2. Derry's mother kisses him: (a) on the burned side of his face (b) on the other side of his face, and he feels she does it because she has to (c) on his forehead every night (d) not at all

Derry: You needn't think they haven't all told me that fairy story before. 'It's not what you look like, it's what you are inside. Handsome is as handsome does. Beauty loved the monstrous beast for himself and when she kissed him he changed into a handsome prince.' Only he wouldn't, he'd have stayed a monstrous beast. I won't change.

Mr Lamb: In that way? No, you won't.

Derry: And no one'll kiss me, ever. Only my mother, and she kisses me on the other side of my face, and I don't like my mother to kiss me, she does it because she has to. Why should I like that? I don't care if nobody ever kisses me.

Mr Lamb: Ah, but do you care if you never kiss them.

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45. Q3. Derry resents even his mother's kiss because: (a) she never kisses him at all (b) her avoidance of the burned side makes her affection feel like duty and pity (c) she kisses him in public places (d) she asks him for money first

Derry: You needn't think they haven't all told me that fairy story before. 'It's not what you look like, it's what you are inside. Handsome is as handsome does. Beauty loved the monstrous beast for himself and when she kissed him he changed into a handsome prince.' Only he wouldn't, he'd have stayed a monstrous beast. I won't change.

Mr Lamb: In that way? No, you won't.

Derry: And no one'll kiss me, ever. Only my mother, and she kisses me on the other side of my face, and I don't like my mother to kiss me, she does it because she has to. Why should I like that? I don't care if nobody ever kisses me.

Mr Lamb: Ah, but do you care if you never kiss them.

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46. Q4. "Handsome is as handsome does" is quoted by Derry as: (a) advice he follows daily (b) one of the hollow consolations people offer him, like the fairy story (c) his school's motto (d) his mother's favourite saying

Derry: You needn't think they haven't all told me that fairy story before. 'It's not what you look like, it's what you are inside. Handsome is as handsome does. Beauty loved the monstrous beast for himself and when she kissed him he changed into a handsome prince.' Only he wouldn't, he'd have stayed a monstrous beast. I won't change.

Mr Lamb: In that way? No, you won't.

Derry: And no one'll kiss me, ever. Only my mother, and she kisses me on the other side of my face, and I don't like my mother to kiss me, she does it because she has to. Why should I like that? I don't care if nobody ever kisses me.

Mr Lamb: Ah, but do you care if you never kiss them.

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47. Q5. With "Ah, but do you care if you never kiss them", Mr Lamb turns Derry's thoughts towards: (a) what others will never give him (b) what Derry himself may never give or share with others (c) his schoolwork (d) his mother's feelings

Derry: You needn't think they haven't all told me that fairy story before. 'It's not what you look like, it's what you are inside. Handsome is as handsome does. Beauty loved the monstrous beast for himself and when she kissed him he changed into a handsome prince.' Only he wouldn't, he'd have stayed a monstrous beast. I won't change.

Mr Lamb: In that way? No, you won't.

Derry: And no one'll kiss me, ever. Only my mother, and she kisses me on the other side of my face, and I don't like my mother to kiss me, she does it because she has to. Why should I like that? I don't care if nobody ever kisses me.

Mr Lamb: Ah, but do you care if you never kiss them.

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48. Q6. The dominant tone of Derry's speech in this extract is: (a) cheerful gratitude (b) bitter self-pity mixed with anger (c) calm reasoning (d) polite enquiry

Derry: You needn't think they haven't all told me that fairy story before. 'It's not what you look like, it's what you are inside. Handsome is as handsome does. Beauty loved the monstrous beast for himself and when she kissed him he changed into a handsome prince.' Only he wouldn't, he'd have stayed a monstrous beast. I won't change.

Mr Lamb: In that way? No, you won't.

Derry: And no one'll kiss me, ever. Only my mother, and she kisses me on the other side of my face, and I don't like my mother to kiss me, she does it because she has to. Why should I like that? I don't care if nobody ever kisses me.

Mr Lamb: Ah, but do you care if you never kiss them.

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49. Q1. By "the world's got a whole face, and the world's there to be looked at", Mr Lamb means that: (a) the world is a face in the clouds (b) Derry should stop brooding on his own half-face and look outward at the whole world (c) the world will pity his face (d) faces do not matter to anyone

Derry: What?

Mr Lamb: Girls. Pretty girls. Long hair and large eyes. People you love.

Derry: Who'd let me? Not one.

Mr Lamb: Who can tell?

Derry: I won't ever look different. When I'm as old as you, I'll look the same. I'll still only have half a face.

Mr Lamb: So you will. But the world won't. The world's got a whole face, and the world's there to be looked at.

Derry: Do you think this is the world? This old garden?

Mr Lamb: When I'm here. Not the only one. But the world, as much as anywhere.

Derry: Does your leg hurt you?

Mr Lamb: Tin doesn't hurt, boy!

Derry: When it came off, did it?

Mr Lamb: Certainly.

Derry: And now? I mean, where the tin stops, at the top?

Mr Lamb: Now and then. In wet weather. It doesn't signify.

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50. Q2. Derry believes that when he is as old as Mr Lamb he will: (a) have a whole face (b) still look the same, with only half a face (c) live in a garden himself (d) have forgotten his face

Derry: What?

Mr Lamb: Girls. Pretty girls. Long hair and large eyes. People you love.

Derry: Who'd let me? Not one.

Mr Lamb: Who can tell?

Derry: I won't ever look different. When I'm as old as you, I'll look the same. I'll still only have half a face.

Mr Lamb: So you will. But the world won't. The world's got a whole face, and the world's there to be looked at.

Derry: Do you think this is the world? This old garden?

Mr Lamb: When I'm here. Not the only one. But the world, as much as anywhere.

Derry: Does your leg hurt you?

Mr Lamb: Tin doesn't hurt, boy!

Derry: When it came off, did it?

Mr Lamb: Certainly.

Derry: And now? I mean, where the tin stops, at the top?

Mr Lamb: Now and then. In wet weather. It doesn't signify.

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51. Q3. When asked about his tin leg, Mr Lamb answers in a way that shows he is: (a) a chronic complainer (b) honestly cheerful, accepting pain as something that 'doesn't signify' (c) telling lies about it (d) in constant agony

Derry: What?

Mr Lamb: Girls. Pretty girls. Long hair and large eyes. People you love.

Derry: Who'd let me? Not one.

Mr Lamb: Who can tell?

Derry: I won't ever look different. When I'm as old as you, I'll look the same. I'll still only have half a face.

Mr Lamb: So you will. But the world won't. The world's got a whole face, and the world's there to be looked at.

Derry: Do you think this is the world? This old garden?

Mr Lamb: When I'm here. Not the only one. But the world, as much as anywhere.

Derry: Does your leg hurt you?

Mr Lamb: Tin doesn't hurt, boy!

Derry: When it came off, did it?

Mr Lamb: Certainly.

Derry: And now? I mean, where the tin stops, at the top?

Mr Lamb: Now and then. In wet weather. It doesn't signify.

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52. Q4. The word 'signify' as used in "It doesn't signify" means: (a) to matter or be of importance (b) to sign a paper (c) to shine brightly (d) to sink slowly

Derry: What?

Mr Lamb: Girls. Pretty girls. Long hair and large eyes. People you love.

Derry: Who'd let me? Not one.

Mr Lamb: Who can tell?

Derry: I won't ever look different. When I'm as old as you, I'll look the same. I'll still only have half a face.

Mr Lamb: So you will. But the world won't. The world's got a whole face, and the world's there to be looked at.

Derry: Do you think this is the world? This old garden?

Mr Lamb: When I'm here. Not the only one. But the world, as much as anywhere.

Derry: Does your leg hurt you?

Mr Lamb: Tin doesn't hurt, boy!

Derry: When it came off, did it?

Mr Lamb: Certainly.

Derry: And now? I mean, where the tin stops, at the top?

Mr Lamb: Now and then. In wet weather. It doesn't signify.

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53. Q5. Derry's question "Do you think this is the world? This old garden?" shows that he is: (a) testing whether the quiet, accepting garden can really count as the world (b) planning to buy the garden (c) mocking Mr Lamb's flowers (d) afraid of open spaces

Derry: What?

Mr Lamb: Girls. Pretty girls. Long hair and large eyes. People you love.

Derry: Who'd let me? Not one.

Mr Lamb: Who can tell?

Derry: I won't ever look different. When I'm as old as you, I'll look the same. I'll still only have half a face.

Mr Lamb: So you will. But the world won't. The world's got a whole face, and the world's there to be looked at.

Derry: Do you think this is the world? This old garden?

Mr Lamb: When I'm here. Not the only one. But the world, as much as anywhere.

Derry: Does your leg hurt you?

Mr Lamb: Tin doesn't hurt, boy!

Derry: When it came off, did it?

Mr Lamb: Certainly.

Derry: And now? I mean, where the tin stops, at the top?

Mr Lamb: Now and then. In wet weather. It doesn't signify.

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54. Q6. Mr Lamb's answer about the garden — "The world, as much as anywhere" — conveys that: (a) only faraway places count as the world (b) any place is the world if one truly looks and listens while living in it (c) the garden is separate from the world (d) Derry should travel abroad

Derry: What?

Mr Lamb: Girls. Pretty girls. Long hair and large eyes. People you love.

Derry: Who'd let me? Not one.

Mr Lamb: Who can tell?

Derry: I won't ever look different. When I'm as old as you, I'll look the same. I'll still only have half a face.

Mr Lamb: So you will. But the world won't. The world's got a whole face, and the world's there to be looked at.

Derry: Do you think this is the world? This old garden?

Mr Lamb: When I'm here. Not the only one. But the world, as much as anywhere.

Derry: Does your leg hurt you?

Mr Lamb: Tin doesn't hurt, boy!

Derry: When it came off, did it?

Mr Lamb: Certainly.

Derry: And now? I mean, where the tin stops, at the top?

Mr Lamb: Now and then. In wet weather. It doesn't signify.

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55. Q1. The woman at the bus-stop whispered that Derry had: (a) a face only a mother could love (b) the face of an angel (c) a face she wished to paint (d) a strangely lucky face

Derry: Oh, that's something else they all say. 'Look at all those people who are in pain and brave and never cry and never complain and don't feel sorry for themselves.'

Mr Lamb: I haven't said it.

Derry: And think of all those people worse off than you. Think, you might have been blinded, or born deaf, or have to live in a wheelchair, or be daft in your head and dribble.

Mr Lamb: And that's all true, and you know it.

Derry: It won't make my face change. Do you know, one day, a woman went by me in the street — I was at a bus-stop — and she was with another woman, and she looked at me, and she said.... whispered....only I heard her.... she said, "Look at that, that's a terrible thing. That's a face only a mother could love."

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56. Q2. What made the whispered remark especially wounding was that: (a) it was shouted across the street (b) it was said quietly to another woman, as if Derry could not hear — and only he did hear (c) his mother was standing beside him (d) it was spoken in a foreign language

Derry: Oh, that's something else they all say. 'Look at all those people who are in pain and brave and never cry and never complain and don't feel sorry for themselves.'

Mr Lamb: I haven't said it.

Derry: And think of all those people worse off than you. Think, you might have been blinded, or born deaf, or have to live in a wheelchair, or be daft in your head and dribble.

Mr Lamb: And that's all true, and you know it.

Derry: It won't make my face change. Do you know, one day, a woman went by me in the street — I was at a bus-stop — and she was with another woman, and she looked at me, and she said.... whispered....only I heard her.... she said, "Look at that, that's a terrible thing. That's a face only a mother could love."

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57. Q3. Derry rejects the consolation "think of all those people worse off than you" because: (a) the statement is untrue (b) it will not make his face change (c) he dislikes all strangers (d) Mr Lamb forbade such talk

Derry: Oh, that's something else they all say. 'Look at all those people who are in pain and brave and never cry and never complain and don't feel sorry for themselves.'

Mr Lamb: I haven't said it.

Derry: And think of all those people worse off than you. Think, you might have been blinded, or born deaf, or have to live in a wheelchair, or be daft in your head and dribble.

Mr Lamb: And that's all true, and you know it.

Derry: It won't make my face change. Do you know, one day, a woman went by me in the street — I was at a bus-stop — and she was with another woman, and she looked at me, and she said.... whispered....only I heard her.... she said, "Look at that, that's a terrible thing. That's a face only a mother could love."

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58. Q4. Mr Lamb's response "And that's all true, and you know it" shows that he: (a) agrees such statements are false (b) accepts their truth while knowing they give Derry no comfort (c) is annoyed with Derry's attitude (d) wants to end the conversation

Derry: Oh, that's something else they all say. 'Look at all those people who are in pain and brave and never cry and never complain and don't feel sorry for themselves.'

Mr Lamb: I haven't said it.

Derry: And think of all those people worse off than you. Think, you might have been blinded, or born deaf, or have to live in a wheelchair, or be daft in your head and dribble.

Mr Lamb: And that's all true, and you know it.

Derry: It won't make my face change. Do you know, one day, a woman went by me in the street — I was at a bus-stop — and she was with another woman, and she looked at me, and she said.... whispered....only I heard her.... she said, "Look at that, that's a terrible thing. That's a face only a mother could love."

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59. Q5. The list "you might have been blinded, or born deaf, or have to live in a wheelchair, or be daft in your head and dribble" is Derry's summary of: (a) his plans for the future (b) the standard consolations people offer the disabled (c) the condition of his friends (d) a doctor's diagnosis of him

Derry: Oh, that's something else they all say. 'Look at all those people who are in pain and brave and never cry and never complain and don't feel sorry for themselves.'

Mr Lamb: I haven't said it.

Derry: And think of all those people worse off than you. Think, you might have been blinded, or born deaf, or have to live in a wheelchair, or be daft in your head and dribble.

Mr Lamb: And that's all true, and you know it.

Derry: It won't make my face change. Do you know, one day, a woman went by me in the street — I was at a bus-stop — and she was with another woman, and she looked at me, and she said.... whispered....only I heard her.... she said, "Look at that, that's a terrible thing. That's a face only a mother could love."

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60. Q6. The woman's whisper reveals the attitude of strangers towards Derry as: (a) warmly supportive (b) pitying and thoughtlessly cruel (c) completely indifferent (d) protective and kind

Derry: Oh, that's something else they all say. 'Look at all those people who are in pain and brave and never cry and never complain and don't feel sorry for themselves.'

Mr Lamb: I haven't said it.

Derry: And think of all those people worse off than you. Think, you might have been blinded, or born deaf, or have to live in a wheelchair, or be daft in your head and dribble.

Mr Lamb: And that's all true, and you know it.

Derry: It won't make my face change. Do you know, one day, a woman went by me in the street — I was at a bus-stop — and she was with another woman, and she looked at me, and she said.... whispered....only I heard her.... she said, "Look at that, that's a terrible thing. That's a face only a mother could love."

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61. Q1. Mr Lamb's remark "So now you keep your ears shut" implies that Derry: (a) is deaf in one ear (b) has chosen to close himself to the good things people say as well as the cruel (c) is afraid of the bees (d) dislikes Mr Lamb's voice

Mr Lamb: So you believe everything you hear, then?

Derry: It was cruel.

Mr Lamb: Maybe not meant as such. Just something said between them.

Derry: Only I heard it. I heard.

Mr Lamb: And is that the only thing you ever heard anyone say, in your life?

Derry: Oh no! I've heard a lot of things.

Mr Lamb: So now you keep your ears shut.

Derry: You're....peculiar. You say peculiar things. You ask questions I don't understand.

Mr Lamb: I like to talk. Have company. You don't have to answer questions. You don't have to stop here at all. The gate's open.

Derry: Yes, but...

Mr Lamb: I've a hive of bees behind those trees over there. Some hear bees and they say, bees buzz. But when you listen to bees for a long while, they humm....and hum means 'sing'. I hear them singing, my bees.

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62. Q2. When Mr Lamb asks whether the whisper is "the only thing you ever heard anyone say, in your life", he is pointing out that: (a) Derry never listens to anyone (b) Derry has heard many things, and dwelling only on the cruel one is his own doing (c) people have always been kind to Derry (d) Derry is too young to remember

Mr Lamb: So you believe everything you hear, then?

Derry: It was cruel.

Mr Lamb: Maybe not meant as such. Just something said between them.

Derry: Only I heard it. I heard.

Mr Lamb: And is that the only thing you ever heard anyone say, in your life?

Derry: Oh no! I've heard a lot of things.

Mr Lamb: So now you keep your ears shut.

Derry: You're....peculiar. You say peculiar things. You ask questions I don't understand.

Mr Lamb: I like to talk. Have company. You don't have to answer questions. You don't have to stop here at all. The gate's open.

Derry: Yes, but...

Mr Lamb: I've a hive of bees behind those trees over there. Some hear bees and they say, bees buzz. But when you listen to bees for a long while, they humm....and hum means 'sing'. I hear them singing, my bees.

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63. Q3. According to Mr Lamb, when you listen to bees for a long while they humm, and hum means: (a) buzz angrily (b) sing (c) sting (d) sleep

Mr Lamb: So you believe everything you hear, then?

Derry: It was cruel.

Mr Lamb: Maybe not meant as such. Just something said between them.

Derry: Only I heard it. I heard.

Mr Lamb: And is that the only thing you ever heard anyone say, in your life?

Derry: Oh no! I've heard a lot of things.

Mr Lamb: So now you keep your ears shut.

Derry: You're....peculiar. You say peculiar things. You ask questions I don't understand.

Mr Lamb: I like to talk. Have company. You don't have to answer questions. You don't have to stop here at all. The gate's open.

Derry: Yes, but...

Mr Lamb: I've a hive of bees behind those trees over there. Some hear bees and they say, bees buzz. But when you listen to bees for a long while, they humm....and hum means 'sing'. I hear them singing, my bees.

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64. Q4. Mr Lamb's remark about the bees reveals that he: (a) keeps bees only for profit (b) listens patiently and generously, finding delight in ordinary things (c) cannot hear very well anymore (d) is afraid of being stung

Mr Lamb: So you believe everything you hear, then?

Derry: It was cruel.

Mr Lamb: Maybe not meant as such. Just something said between them.

Derry: Only I heard it. I heard.

Mr Lamb: And is that the only thing you ever heard anyone say, in your life?

Derry: Oh no! I've heard a lot of things.

Mr Lamb: So now you keep your ears shut.

Derry: You're....peculiar. You say peculiar things. You ask questions I don't understand.

Mr Lamb: I like to talk. Have company. You don't have to answer questions. You don't have to stop here at all. The gate's open.

Derry: Yes, but...

Mr Lamb: I've a hive of bees behind those trees over there. Some hear bees and they say, bees buzz. But when you listen to bees for a long while, they humm....and hum means 'sing'. I hear them singing, my bees.

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65. Q5. The word 'peculiar' as used by Derry means: (a) proud and noble (b) strange or odd (c) rich and generous (d) very old

Mr Lamb: So you believe everything you hear, then?

Derry: It was cruel.

Mr Lamb: Maybe not meant as such. Just something said between them.

Derry: Only I heard it. I heard.

Mr Lamb: And is that the only thing you ever heard anyone say, in your life?

Derry: Oh no! I've heard a lot of things.

Mr Lamb: So now you keep your ears shut.

Derry: You're....peculiar. You say peculiar things. You ask questions I don't understand.

Mr Lamb: I like to talk. Have company. You don't have to answer questions. You don't have to stop here at all. The gate's open.

Derry: Yes, but...

Mr Lamb: I've a hive of bees behind those trees over there. Some hear bees and they say, bees buzz. But when you listen to bees for a long while, they humm....and hum means 'sing'. I hear them singing, my bees.

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66. Q6. By repeating "The gate's open", Mr Lamb shows that: (a) he has misplaced his key (b) he places no obligation on Derry, who is free to stay or go (c) he is selling the garden (d) he wants Derry to leave now

Mr Lamb: So you believe everything you hear, then?

Derry: It was cruel.

Mr Lamb: Maybe not meant as such. Just something said between them.

Derry: Only I heard it. I heard.

Mr Lamb: And is that the only thing you ever heard anyone say, in your life?

Derry: Oh no! I've heard a lot of things.

Mr Lamb: So now you keep your ears shut.

Derry: You're....peculiar. You say peculiar things. You ask questions I don't understand.

Mr Lamb: I like to talk. Have company. You don't have to answer questions. You don't have to stop here at all. The gate's open.

Derry: Yes, but...

Mr Lamb: I've a hive of bees behind those trees over there. Some hear bees and they say, bees buzz. But when you listen to bees for a long while, they humm....and hum means 'sing'. I hear them singing, my bees.

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67. Q1. Derry says he came into the garden because: (a) he was chasing a ball (b) he liked the place when he looked over the wall (c) he was hiding from someone (d) Mr Lamb had invited him

Derry: But....I like it here. I came in because I liked it....when I looked over the wall.

Mr Lamb: If you'd seen me, you'd not have come in.

Derry: No.

Mr Lamb: No.

Derry: It'd have been trespassing.

Mr Lamb: Ah. That's not why.

Derry: I don't like being near people. When they stare....when I see them being afraid of me.

Mr Lamb: You could lock yourself up in a room and never leave it.

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68. Q2. Mr Lamb believes that if Derry had seen him first, Derry: (a) would have rung the bell politely (b) would not have come in, since he dislikes being near people who stare at him (c) would have brought a friend along (d) would have asked for apples

Derry: But....I like it here. I came in because I liked it....when I looked over the wall.

Mr Lamb: If you'd seen me, you'd not have come in.

Derry: No.

Mr Lamb: No.

Derry: It'd have been trespassing.

Mr Lamb: Ah. That's not why.

Derry: I don't like being near people. When they stare....when I see them being afraid of me.

Mr Lamb: You could lock yourself up in a room and never leave it.

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69. Q3. When Derry says "It'd have been trespassing", Mr Lamb's "Ah. That's not why" strips the excuse away to reveal the real reason: (a) the garden was locked (b) Derry's fear of people and their fear of him (c) the long walk home (d) the crab apples

Derry: But....I like it here. I came in because I liked it....when I looked over the wall.

Mr Lamb: If you'd seen me, you'd not have come in.

Derry: No.

Mr Lamb: No.

Derry: It'd have been trespassing.

Mr Lamb: Ah. That's not why.

Derry: I don't like being near people. When they stare....when I see them being afraid of me.

Mr Lamb: You could lock yourself up in a room and never leave it.

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70. Q4. Mr Lamb's words "You could lock yourself up in a room and never leave it" foreshadow: (a) the story of the fearful man who shut himself in his room (b) Derry's new school (c) a change of house for Derry's family (d) the coming of winter

Derry: But....I like it here. I came in because I liked it....when I looked over the wall.

Mr Lamb: If you'd seen me, you'd not have come in.

Derry: No.

Mr Lamb: No.

Derry: It'd have been trespassing.

Mr Lamb: Ah. That's not why.

Derry: I don't like being near people. When they stare....when I see them being afraid of me.

Mr Lamb: You could lock yourself up in a room and never leave it.

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71. Q5. The word 'trespassing' means: (a) entering another's property without permission (b) telling a deliberate lie (c) climbing a tall tree (d) walking very slowly

Derry: But....I like it here. I came in because I liked it....when I looked over the wall.

Mr Lamb: If you'd seen me, you'd not have come in.

Derry: No.

Mr Lamb: No.

Derry: It'd have been trespassing.

Mr Lamb: Ah. That's not why.

Derry: I don't like being near people. When they stare....when I see them being afraid of me.

Mr Lamb: You could lock yourself up in a room and never leave it.

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72. Q6. Derry's admission "I like it here" is significant because it: (a) is the first time he openly admits liking a place occupied by another person (b) shows he wants to buy the garden (c) proves he came to steal apples (d) annoys Mr Lamb deeply

Derry: But....I like it here. I came in because I liked it....when I looked over the wall.

Mr Lamb: If you'd seen me, you'd not have come in.

Derry: No.

Mr Lamb: No.

Derry: It'd have been trespassing.

Mr Lamb: Ah. That's not why.

Derry: I don't like being near people. When they stare....when I see them being afraid of me.

Mr Lamb: You could lock yourself up in a room and never leave it.

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73. Q1. The man in Mr Lamb's story locked himself in his room because he: (a) was afraid of everything in the world (b) was too ill to walk (c) had committed a crime (d) hated the sunlight

There was a man who did that. He was afraid, you see. Of everything. Everything in this world. A bus might run him over, or a man might breathe deadly germs onto him, or a donkey might kick him to death, or lightning might strike him down, or he might love a girl and the girl would leave him, and he might slip on a banana skin and fall and people who saw him would laugh their heads off. So he went into this room, and locked the door, and got into his bed, and stayed there.

Derry: For ever?

Mr Lamb: For a while.

Derry: Then what?

Mr Lamb: A picture fell off the wall on to his head and killed him.

[Derry laughs a lot]

Mr Lamb: You see?

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74. Q2. What finally killed the man was: (a) a bus that ran him over (b) a picture that fell off the wall onto his head (c) a donkey that kicked him (d) lightning that struck him down

There was a man who did that. He was afraid, you see. Of everything. Everything in this world. A bus might run him over, or a man might breathe deadly germs onto him, or a donkey might kick him to death, or lightning might strike him down, or he might love a girl and the girl would leave him, and he might slip on a banana skin and fall and people who saw him would laugh their heads off. So he went into this room, and locked the door, and got into his bed, and stayed there.

Derry: For ever?

Mr Lamb: For a while.

Derry: Then what?

Mr Lamb: A picture fell off the wall on to his head and killed him.

[Derry laughs a lot]

Mr Lamb: You see?

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75. Q3. The irony of the story's ending is that: (a) the man lived happily ever after (b) the danger that killed him came from inside his own sealed room, not from the world he feared (c) the picture was a valuable one (d) the man had never existed at all

There was a man who did that. He was afraid, you see. Of everything. Everything in this world. A bus might run him over, or a man might breathe deadly germs onto him, or a donkey might kick him to death, or lightning might strike him down, or he might love a girl and the girl would leave him, and he might slip on a banana skin and fall and people who saw him would laugh their heads off. So he went into this room, and locked the door, and got into his bed, and stayed there.

Derry: For ever?

Mr Lamb: For a while.

Derry: Then what?

Mr Lamb: A picture fell off the wall on to his head and killed him.

[Derry laughs a lot]

Mr Lamb: You see?

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76. Q4. Mr Lamb tells this story in order to: (a) frighten Derry into obedience (b) make Derry see the foolishness and danger of shutting himself away from life (c) boast of his wide experience (d) change the subject from faces

There was a man who did that. He was afraid, you see. Of everything. Everything in this world. A bus might run him over, or a man might breathe deadly germs onto him, or a donkey might kick him to death, or lightning might strike him down, or he might love a girl and the girl would leave him, and he might slip on a banana skin and fall and people who saw him would laugh their heads off. So he went into this room, and locked the door, and got into his bed, and stayed there.

Derry: For ever?

Mr Lamb: For a while.

Derry: Then what?

Mr Lamb: A picture fell off the wall on to his head and killed him.

[Derry laughs a lot]

Mr Lamb: You see?

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77. Q5. Derry's long laugh at the story suggests that: (a) the absurd ending amuses him and momentarily frees him from his bitterness (b) he is mocking the old man (c) he has not understood the story (d) he is actually weeping

There was a man who did that. He was afraid, you see. Of everything. Everything in this world. A bus might run him over, or a man might breathe deadly germs onto him, or a donkey might kick him to death, or lightning might strike him down, or he might love a girl and the girl would leave him, and he might slip on a banana skin and fall and people who saw him would laugh their heads off. So he went into this room, and locked the door, and got into his bed, and stayed there.

Derry: For ever?

Mr Lamb: For a while.

Derry: Then what?

Mr Lamb: A picture fell off the wall on to his head and killed him.

[Derry laughs a lot]

Mr Lamb: You see?

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78. Q6. In the play, the story of the man in the room works as: (a) pure comic relief with no meaning (b) a parable of Derry's own temptation to withdraw from the world (c) a news item from the papers (d) a bedtime story for children

There was a man who did that. He was afraid, you see. Of everything. Everything in this world. A bus might run him over, or a man might breathe deadly germs onto him, or a donkey might kick him to death, or lightning might strike him down, or he might love a girl and the girl would leave him, and he might slip on a banana skin and fall and people who saw him would laugh their heads off. So he went into this room, and locked the door, and got into his bed, and stayed there.

Derry: For ever?

Mr Lamb: For a while.

Derry: Then what?

Mr Lamb: A picture fell off the wall on to his head and killed him.

[Derry laughs a lot]

Mr Lamb: You see?

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79. Q1. Mr Lamb does not keep curtains at his windows because he is not fond of: (a) coloured cloth (b) shutting things out and shutting things in (c) washing linens (d) his neighbours' presents

Derry: But....you still say peculiar things.

Mr Lamb: Peculiar to some.

Derry: What do you do all day?

Mr Lamb: Sit in the sun. Read books. Ah, you thought it was an empty house, but inside, it's full. Books and other things. Full.

Derry: But there aren't any curtains at the windows.

Mr Lamb: I'm not fond of curtains. Shutting things out, shutting things in. I like the light and the darkness, and the windows open, to hear the wind.

Derry: Yes. I like that. When it's raining, I like to hear it on the roof.

Mr Lamb: So you're not lost, are you? Not altogether? You do hear things. You listen.

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80. Q2. The house that seemed empty from outside is described by Mr Lamb as: (a) hollow and bare (b) full — of books and other things (c) locked and barred (d) newly painted

Derry: But....you still say peculiar things.

Mr Lamb: Peculiar to some.

Derry: What do you do all day?

Mr Lamb: Sit in the sun. Read books. Ah, you thought it was an empty house, but inside, it's full. Books and other things. Full.

Derry: But there aren't any curtains at the windows.

Mr Lamb: I'm not fond of curtains. Shutting things out, shutting things in. I like the light and the darkness, and the windows open, to hear the wind.

Derry: Yes. I like that. When it's raining, I like to hear it on the roof.

Mr Lamb: So you're not lost, are you? Not altogether? You do hear things. You listen.

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81. Q3. Derry says that when it is raining he likes: (a) drawing the curtains (b) hearing the rain on the roof (c) playing loud music (d) staying in bed all day

Derry: But....you still say peculiar things.

Mr Lamb: Peculiar to some.

Derry: What do you do all day?

Mr Lamb: Sit in the sun. Read books. Ah, you thought it was an empty house, but inside, it's full. Books and other things. Full.

Derry: But there aren't any curtains at the windows.

Mr Lamb: I'm not fond of curtains. Shutting things out, shutting things in. I like the light and the darkness, and the windows open, to hear the wind.

Derry: Yes. I like that. When it's raining, I like to hear it on the roof.

Mr Lamb: So you're not lost, are you? Not altogether? You do hear things. You listen.

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82. Q4. By "So you're not lost, are you? Not altogether?", Mr Lamb means that Derry: (a) has lost his way home in the dark (b) still hears and listens to the world, and so is not wholly cut off (c) has forgotten his own name (d) needs a map of the town

Derry: But....you still say peculiar things.

Mr Lamb: Peculiar to some.

Derry: What do you do all day?

Mr Lamb: Sit in the sun. Read books. Ah, you thought it was an empty house, but inside, it's full. Books and other things. Full.

Derry: But there aren't any curtains at the windows.

Mr Lamb: I'm not fond of curtains. Shutting things out, shutting things in. I like the light and the darkness, and the windows open, to hear the wind.

Derry: Yes. I like that. When it's raining, I like to hear it on the roof.

Mr Lamb: So you're not lost, are you? Not altogether? You do hear things. You listen.

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83. Q5. The curtainless windows and open house symbolise: (a) Mr Lamb's poverty (b) Mr Lamb's openness to life — nothing shut out, nothing shut in (c) the mildness of the weather (d) the coming sale of the house

Derry: But....you still say peculiar things.

Mr Lamb: Peculiar to some.

Derry: What do you do all day?

Mr Lamb: Sit in the sun. Read books. Ah, you thought it was an empty house, but inside, it's full. Books and other things. Full.

Derry: But there aren't any curtains at the windows.

Mr Lamb: I'm not fond of curtains. Shutting things out, shutting things in. I like the light and the darkness, and the windows open, to hear the wind.

Derry: Yes. I like that. When it's raining, I like to hear it on the roof.

Mr Lamb: So you're not lost, are you? Not altogether? You do hear things. You listen.

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84. Q6. Mr Lamb spends his days: (a) working in an office (b) sitting in the sun and reading books (c) travelling far from home (d) sleeping in his chair

Derry: But....you still say peculiar things.

Mr Lamb: Peculiar to some.

Derry: What do you do all day?

Mr Lamb: Sit in the sun. Read books. Ah, you thought it was an empty house, but inside, it's full. Books and other things. Full.

Derry: But there aren't any curtains at the windows.

Mr Lamb: I'm not fond of curtains. Shutting things out, shutting things in. I like the light and the darkness, and the windows open, to hear the wind.

Derry: Yes. I like that. When it's raining, I like to hear it on the roof.

Mr Lamb: So you're not lost, are you? Not altogether? You do hear things. You listen.

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85. Q1. The people 'downstairs' say about Derry: (a) they praise his courage (b) they ask what he will ever do and how he will get on in the world 'looking like that' (c) they plan his marriage (d) they discuss his school results

Derry: They talk about me. Downstairs, When I'm not there. 'What'll he ever do? What's going to happen to him when we've gone? How ever will he get on in this world? Looking like that? With that on his face?' That's what they say.

Mr Lamb: Lord, boy, you've got two arms, two legs and eyes and ears, you've got a tongue and a brain. You'll get on the way you want, like all the rest. And if you chose, and set your mind to it, you could get on better than all the rest.

Derry: How?

Mr Lamb: Same way as I do.

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86. Q2. Mr Lamb counters their despair by pointing out that Derry has: (a) plenty of money (b) two arms, two legs, eyes and ears, a tongue and a brain (c) a house of his own (d) many friends already

Derry: They talk about me. Downstairs, When I'm not there. 'What'll he ever do? What's going to happen to him when we've gone? How ever will he get on in this world? Looking like that? With that on his face?' That's what they say.

Mr Lamb: Lord, boy, you've got two arms, two legs and eyes and ears, you've got a tongue and a brain. You'll get on the way you want, like all the rest. And if you chose, and set your mind to it, you could get on better than all the rest.

Derry: How?

Mr Lamb: Same way as I do.

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87. Q3. According to Mr Lamb, if Derry chose and set his mind to it, he could: (a) get on like all the rest (b) get on better than all the rest (c) never manage alone (d) only work at home

Derry: They talk about me. Downstairs, When I'm not there. 'What'll he ever do? What's going to happen to him when we've gone? How ever will he get on in this world? Looking like that? With that on his face?' That's what they say.

Mr Lamb: Lord, boy, you've got two arms, two legs and eyes and ears, you've got a tongue and a brain. You'll get on the way you want, like all the rest. And if you chose, and set your mind to it, you could get on better than all the rest.

Derry: How?

Mr Lamb: Same way as I do.

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88. Q4. The overheard conversation shows that Derry's family regards him as: (a) a problem whose future looks hopeless (b) a brilliant, promising boy (c) a useful helper around the house (d) a future doctor

Derry: They talk about me. Downstairs, When I'm not there. 'What'll he ever do? What's going to happen to him when we've gone? How ever will he get on in this world? Looking like that? With that on his face?' That's what they say.

Mr Lamb: Lord, boy, you've got two arms, two legs and eyes and ears, you've got a tongue and a brain. You'll get on the way you want, like all the rest. And if you chose, and set your mind to it, you could get on better than all the rest.

Derry: How?

Mr Lamb: Same way as I do.

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89. Q5. When Derry asks "How?", Mr Lamb replies that he will get on: (a) with money (b) the same way as he himself does (c) by asking his mother (d) by pure luck

Derry: They talk about me. Downstairs, When I'm not there. 'What'll he ever do? What's going to happen to him when we've gone? How ever will he get on in this world? Looking like that? With that on his face?' That's what they say.

Mr Lamb: Lord, boy, you've got two arms, two legs and eyes and ears, you've got a tongue and a brain. You'll get on the way you want, like all the rest. And if you chose, and set your mind to it, you could get on better than all the rest.

Derry: How?

Mr Lamb: Same way as I do.

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90. Q6. The phrase 'get on' as used in the extract means: (a) to board a bus (b) to manage or succeed in life (c) to climb a ladder (d) to wake up early

Derry: They talk about me. Downstairs, When I'm not there. 'What'll he ever do? What's going to happen to him when we've gone? How ever will he get on in this world? Looking like that? With that on his face?' That's what they say.

Mr Lamb: Lord, boy, you've got two arms, two legs and eyes and ears, you've got a tongue and a brain. You'll get on the way you want, like all the rest. And if you chose, and set your mind to it, you could get on better than all the rest.

Derry: How?

Mr Lamb: Same way as I do.

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91. Q1. How many friends does Mr Lamb claim to have? (a) none (b) a dozen (c) hundreds (d) exactly two

Derry: Do you have any friends?

Mr Lamb: Hundreds.

Derry: But you live by yourself in that house. It's a big house, too.

Mr Lamb: Friends everywhere. People come in.... everybody knows me. The gate's always open. They come and sit here. And in front of the fire in winter. Kids come for the apples and pears. And for toffee. I make toffee with honey. Anybody comes. So have you.

Derry: But I'm not a friend.

Mr Lamb: Certainly you are. So far as I'm concerned. What have you done to make me think you're not?

Derry: You don't know me. You don't know where I come from or even what my name is.

Mr Lamb: Why should that signify? Do I have to write all your particulars down and put them in a filing box, before you can be a friend?

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92. Q2. Children come to Mr Lamb's garden for: (a) apples and pears, and for toffee made with honey (b) cricket matches (c) private lessons (d) pocket money

Derry: Do you have any friends?

Mr Lamb: Hundreds.

Derry: But you live by yourself in that house. It's a big house, too.

Mr Lamb: Friends everywhere. People come in.... everybody knows me. The gate's always open. They come and sit here. And in front of the fire in winter. Kids come for the apples and pears. And for toffee. I make toffee with honey. Anybody comes. So have you.

Derry: But I'm not a friend.

Mr Lamb: Certainly you are. So far as I'm concerned. What have you done to make me think you're not?

Derry: You don't know me. You don't know where I come from or even what my name is.

Mr Lamb: Why should that signify? Do I have to write all your particulars down and put them in a filing box, before you can be a friend?

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93. Q3. Derry objects "But I'm not a friend" because: (a) Mr Lamb has insulted him (b) Mr Lamb does not know where he comes from or even what his name is (c) he dislikes the garden (d) he is leaving immediately

Derry: Do you have any friends?

Mr Lamb: Hundreds.

Derry: But you live by yourself in that house. It's a big house, too.

Mr Lamb: Friends everywhere. People come in.... everybody knows me. The gate's always open. They come and sit here. And in front of the fire in winter. Kids come for the apples and pears. And for toffee. I make toffee with honey. Anybody comes. So have you.

Derry: But I'm not a friend.

Mr Lamb: Certainly you are. So far as I'm concerned. What have you done to make me think you're not?

Derry: You don't know me. You don't know where I come from or even what my name is.

Mr Lamb: Why should that signify? Do I have to write all your particulars down and put them in a filing box, before you can be a friend?

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94. Q4. Mr Lamb's 'filing box' remark mocks the idea that: (a) friendship requires written particulars and credentials (b) offices are useful places (c) Derry cannot write well (d) names should be kept secret

Derry: Do you have any friends?

Mr Lamb: Hundreds.

Derry: But you live by yourself in that house. It's a big house, too.

Mr Lamb: Friends everywhere. People come in.... everybody knows me. The gate's always open. They come and sit here. And in front of the fire in winter. Kids come for the apples and pears. And for toffee. I make toffee with honey. Anybody comes. So have you.

Derry: But I'm not a friend.

Mr Lamb: Certainly you are. So far as I'm concerned. What have you done to make me think you're not?

Derry: You don't know me. You don't know where I come from or even what my name is.

Mr Lamb: Why should that signify? Do I have to write all your particulars down and put them in a filing box, before you can be a friend?

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95. Q5. Mr Lamb's answer "Why should that signify?" shows that for him friendship depends on: (a) social position (b) openness of heart, not on knowing a person's particulars (c) similarity of age (d) shared property

Derry: Do you have any friends?

Mr Lamb: Hundreds.

Derry: But you live by yourself in that house. It's a big house, too.

Mr Lamb: Friends everywhere. People come in.... everybody knows me. The gate's always open. They come and sit here. And in front of the fire in winter. Kids come for the apples and pears. And for toffee. I make toffee with honey. Anybody comes. So have you.

Derry: But I'm not a friend.

Mr Lamb: Certainly you are. So far as I'm concerned. What have you done to make me think you're not?

Derry: You don't know me. You don't know where I come from or even what my name is.

Mr Lamb: Why should that signify? Do I have to write all your particulars down and put them in a filing box, before you can be a friend?

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96. Q6. Although Mr Lamb lives by himself in a big house, he does not feel friendless because: (a) the house keeps him busy (b) people come in, everybody knows him, and the gate's always open (c) he sleeps most of the day (d) he owns a radio

Derry: Do you have any friends?

Mr Lamb: Hundreds.

Derry: But you live by yourself in that house. It's a big house, too.

Mr Lamb: Friends everywhere. People come in.... everybody knows me. The gate's always open. They come and sit here. And in front of the fire in winter. Kids come for the apples and pears. And for toffee. I make toffee with honey. Anybody comes. So have you.

Derry: But I'm not a friend.

Mr Lamb: Certainly you are. So far as I'm concerned. What have you done to make me think you're not?

Derry: You don't know me. You don't know where I come from or even what my name is.

Mr Lamb: Why should that signify? Do I have to write all your particulars down and put them in a filing box, before you can be a friend?

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97. Q1. Derry's full name is: (a) Derek (b) Donald (c) Daniel (d) David

Derry: I suppose...not. No.

Mr Lamb: You could tell me your name. If you chose. And not, if you didn't.

Derry: Derry. Only it's Derek....but I hate that. Derry. If I'm your friend, you don't have to be mine. I choose that.

Mr Lamb: Certainly.

Derry: I might never come here again, you might never see me again and then I couldn't still be a friend.

Mr Lamb: Why not?

Derry: How could I? You pass people in the street and you might even speak to them, but you never see them again. It doesn't mean they're friends.

Mr Lamb: Doesn't mean they're enemies, either, does it?

Derry: No they're just....nothing. People. That's all.

Mr Lamb: People are never just nothing. Never.

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98. Q2. Derry insists on being called 'Derry' because: (a) Derek is too long a name (b) he hates the name Derek and chooses the name he is called by (c) his mother forbids 'Derek' (d) Mr Lamb cannot spell

Derry: I suppose...not. No.

Mr Lamb: You could tell me your name. If you chose. And not, if you didn't.

Derry: Derry. Only it's Derek....but I hate that. Derry. If I'm your friend, you don't have to be mine. I choose that.

Mr Lamb: Certainly.

Derry: I might never come here again, you might never see me again and then I couldn't still be a friend.

Mr Lamb: Why not?

Derry: How could I? You pass people in the street and you might even speak to them, but you never see them again. It doesn't mean they're friends.

Mr Lamb: Doesn't mean they're enemies, either, does it?

Derry: No they're just....nothing. People. That's all.

Mr Lamb: People are never just nothing. Never.

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99. Q3. By "If I'm your friend, you don't have to be mine. I choose that.", Derry: (a) rejects friendship entirely (b) makes his first assertion of choice and control over a relationship (c) insults Mr Lamb's kindness (d) promises to return every day

Derry: I suppose...not. No.

Mr Lamb: You could tell me your name. If you chose. And not, if you didn't.

Derry: Derry. Only it's Derek....but I hate that. Derry. If I'm your friend, you don't have to be mine. I choose that.

Mr Lamb: Certainly.

Derry: I might never come here again, you might never see me again and then I couldn't still be a friend.

Mr Lamb: Why not?

Derry: How could I? You pass people in the street and you might even speak to them, but you never see them again. It doesn't mean they're friends.

Mr Lamb: Doesn't mean they're enemies, either, does it?

Derry: No they're just....nothing. People. That's all.

Mr Lamb: People are never just nothing. Never.

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100. Q4. Derry argues that people passed in the street and never seen again are: (a) enemies (b) friends (c) 'just....nothing' — people, that's all (d) relatives

Derry: I suppose...not. No.

Mr Lamb: You could tell me your name. If you chose. And not, if you didn't.

Derry: Derry. Only it's Derek....but I hate that. Derry. If I'm your friend, you don't have to be mine. I choose that.

Mr Lamb: Certainly.

Derry: I might never come here again, you might never see me again and then I couldn't still be a friend.

Mr Lamb: Why not?

Derry: How could I? You pass people in the street and you might even speak to them, but you never see them again. It doesn't mean they're friends.

Mr Lamb: Doesn't mean they're enemies, either, does it?

Derry: No they're just....nothing. People. That's all.

Mr Lamb: People are never just nothing. Never.

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101. Q5. Mr Lamb's reply "Doesn't mean they're enemies, either, does it?" leads to his insistence that: (a) people are never just nothing — every person matters (b) the street is a dangerous place (c) Derry should stay indoors (d) names decide friendship

Derry: I suppose...not. No.

Mr Lamb: You could tell me your name. If you chose. And not, if you didn't.

Derry: Derry. Only it's Derek....but I hate that. Derry. If I'm your friend, you don't have to be mine. I choose that.

Mr Lamb: Certainly.

Derry: I might never come here again, you might never see me again and then I couldn't still be a friend.

Mr Lamb: Why not?

Derry: How could I? You pass people in the street and you might even speak to them, but you never see them again. It doesn't mean they're friends.

Mr Lamb: Doesn't mean they're enemies, either, does it?

Derry: No they're just....nothing. People. That's all.

Mr Lamb: People are never just nothing. Never.

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102. Q6. Mr Lamb's short replies in this extract — "Certainly", "Why not?" — convey his: (a) irritation with the boy (b) easy acceptance of and respect for Derry's choices (c) difficulty in hearing (d) boredom with the talk

Derry: I suppose...not. No.

Mr Lamb: You could tell me your name. If you chose. And not, if you didn't.

Derry: Derry. Only it's Derek....but I hate that. Derry. If I'm your friend, you don't have to be mine. I choose that.

Mr Lamb: Certainly.

Derry: I might never come here again, you might never see me again and then I couldn't still be a friend.

Mr Lamb: Why not?

Derry: How could I? You pass people in the street and you might even speak to them, but you never see them again. It doesn't mean they're friends.

Mr Lamb: Doesn't mean they're enemies, either, does it?

Derry: No they're just....nothing. People. That's all.

Mr Lamb: People are never just nothing. Never.

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103. Q1. According to Mr Lamb, hating some people would harm Derry more than a bottle of acid because: (a) acid is expensive to buy (b) acid only burns the face, but hatred burns a person away inside (c) acid is actually harmless (d) hatred is against the law

Derry: There are some people I hate.

Mr Lamb: That'd do you more harm than any bottle of acid. Acid only burns your face.

Derry: Only....

Mr Lamb: Like a bomb only blew up my leg. There's worse things can happen. You can burn yourself away inside.

Derry: After I'd come home, one person said, "He'd have been better off stopping in there. In the hospital. He'd be better off with others like himself." She thinks blind people only ought to be with other blind people and idiot boys with idiot boys.

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104. Q2. Mr Lamb compares the acid that burned Derry's face with: (a) the bomb that blew off his own leg (b) a hot kettle (c) the rays of the sun (d) a bee sting

Derry: There are some people I hate.

Mr Lamb: That'd do you more harm than any bottle of acid. Acid only burns your face.

Derry: Only....

Mr Lamb: Like a bomb only blew up my leg. There's worse things can happen. You can burn yourself away inside.

Derry: After I'd come home, one person said, "He'd have been better off stopping in there. In the hospital. He'd be better off with others like himself." She thinks blind people only ought to be with other blind people and idiot boys with idiot boys.

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105. Q3. "You can burn yourself away inside" means that: (a) houses catch fire very easily (b) bitterness and hatred slowly consume one's mind and soul (c) one should do one's own cooking (d) fire exists inside every person

Derry: There are some people I hate.

Mr Lamb: That'd do you more harm than any bottle of acid. Acid only burns your face.

Derry: Only....

Mr Lamb: Like a bomb only blew up my leg. There's worse things can happen. You can burn yourself away inside.

Derry: After I'd come home, one person said, "He'd have been better off stopping in there. In the hospital. He'd be better off with others like himself." She thinks blind people only ought to be with other blind people and idiot boys with idiot boys.

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106. Q4. One person suggested, after Derry came home, that he would have been better off: (a) stopping in the hospital, with others like himself (b) at a school abroad (c) with his grandmother (d) at the seaside

Derry: There are some people I hate.

Mr Lamb: That'd do you more harm than any bottle of acid. Acid only burns your face.

Derry: Only....

Mr Lamb: Like a bomb only blew up my leg. There's worse things can happen. You can burn yourself away inside.

Derry: After I'd come home, one person said, "He'd have been better off stopping in there. In the hospital. He'd be better off with others like himself." She thinks blind people only ought to be with other blind people and idiot boys with idiot boys.

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107. Q5. The suggestion that blind people ought to be only with other blind people reveals a view that the disabled should be: (a) given good jobs (b) segregated and kept apart from ordinary society (c) given medals for bravery (d) taught music

Derry: There are some people I hate.

Mr Lamb: That'd do you more harm than any bottle of acid. Acid only burns your face.

Derry: Only....

Mr Lamb: Like a bomb only blew up my leg. There's worse things can happen. You can burn yourself away inside.

Derry: After I'd come home, one person said, "He'd have been better off stopping in there. In the hospital. He'd be better off with others like himself." She thinks blind people only ought to be with other blind people and idiot boys with idiot boys.

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108. Q6. When Mr Lamb likens the harm hatred does to the harm acid did, he uses: (a) an analogy between an outer injury and an inner destruction (b) alliteration (c) a rhyme (d) a pun on 'bottle'

Derry: There are some people I hate.

Mr Lamb: That'd do you more harm than any bottle of acid. Acid only burns your face.

Derry: Only....

Mr Lamb: Like a bomb only blew up my leg. There's worse things can happen. You can burn yourself away inside.

Derry: After I'd come home, one person said, "He'd have been better off stopping in there. In the hospital. He'd be better off with others like himself." She thinks blind people only ought to be with other blind people and idiot boys with idiot boys.

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109. Q1. Mr Lamb's question "What kind of a world would that be?" refers to: (a) a world without gardens or gates (b) a world where each kind of disabled person is segregated with their own kind (c) a world after the war has ended (d) a world without hospitals

Mr Lamb: And people with no legs altogether?

Derry: That's right.

Mr Lamb: What kind of a world would that be?

Derry: At least there'd be nobody to stare at you because you weren't like them.

Mr Lamb: So you think you're just the same as all the other people with burned faces? Just by what you look like? Ah....everything's different. Everything's the same, but everything is different. Itself.

Derry: How do you make all that out?

Mr Lamb: Watching. Listening. Thinking.

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110. Q2. Derry welcomes such a world because there: (a) would be plenty of apples for everyone (b) nobody would stare at him for being unlike them (c) everyone would be rich (d) his mother would also live

Mr Lamb: And people with no legs altogether?

Derry: That's right.

Mr Lamb: What kind of a world would that be?

Derry: At least there'd be nobody to stare at you because you weren't like them.

Mr Lamb: So you think you're just the same as all the other people with burned faces? Just by what you look like? Ah....everything's different. Everything's the same, but everything is different. Itself.

Derry: How do you make all that out?

Mr Lamb: Watching. Listening. Thinking.

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111. Q3. By "Everything's the same, but everything is different. Itself.", Mr Lamb means that: (a) nothing ever changes (b) all things share the sameness of life, yet each thing is uniquely itself (c) all burned faces are exactly alike (d) nothing can ever be known

Mr Lamb: And people with no legs altogether?

Derry: That's right.

Mr Lamb: What kind of a world would that be?

Derry: At least there'd be nobody to stare at you because you weren't like them.

Mr Lamb: So you think you're just the same as all the other people with burned faces? Just by what you look like? Ah....everything's different. Everything's the same, but everything is different. Itself.

Derry: How do you make all that out?

Mr Lamb: Watching. Listening. Thinking.

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112. Q4. Mr Lamb has learned his way of seeing the world by: (a) reading philosophy books (b) watching, listening and thinking (c) travelling to foreign countries (d) attending school

Mr Lamb: And people with no legs altogether?

Derry: That's right.

Mr Lamb: What kind of a world would that be?

Derry: At least there'd be nobody to stare at you because you weren't like them.

Mr Lamb: So you think you're just the same as all the other people with burned faces? Just by what you look like? Ah....everything's different. Everything's the same, but everything is different. Itself.

Derry: How do you make all that out?

Mr Lamb: Watching. Listening. Thinking.

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113. Q5. Mr Lamb rejects Derry's belief that he is 'just the same as all the other people with burned faces' because a person is: (a) nothing but a face (b) more than an appearance — each individual is different in himself (c) always lonely at heart (d) always a victim of fate

Mr Lamb: And people with no legs altogether?

Derry: That's right.

Mr Lamb: What kind of a world would that be?

Derry: At least there'd be nobody to stare at you because you weren't like them.

Mr Lamb: So you think you're just the same as all the other people with burned faces? Just by what you look like? Ah....everything's different. Everything's the same, but everything is different. Itself.

Derry: How do you make all that out?

Mr Lamb: Watching. Listening. Thinking.

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114. Q6. The tone of Mr Lamb's "Ah....everything's different" is best described as: (a) reflective and philosophical (b) furious (c) mocking (d) indifferent

Mr Lamb: And people with no legs altogether?

Derry: That's right.

Mr Lamb: What kind of a world would that be?

Derry: At least there'd be nobody to stare at you because you weren't like them.

Mr Lamb: So you think you're just the same as all the other people with burned faces? Just by what you look like? Ah....everything's different. Everything's the same, but everything is different. Itself.

Derry: How do you make all that out?

Mr Lamb: Watching. Listening. Thinking.

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115. Q1. Derry says he would like: (a) a place like this garden and a house with no curtains (b) a house in the city (c) curtains on every window (d) a locked room of his own

Derry: I'd like a place like this. A garden. I'd like a house with no curtains.

Mr Lamb: The gate's always open.

Derry: But this isn't mine.

Mr Lamb: Everything's yours if you want it. What's mine is anybody's.

Derry: So I could come here again? Even if you were out....I could come here.

Mr Lamb: Certainly. You might find others here, of course.

Derry: Oh....

Mr Lamb: Well, that needn't stop you, you needn't mind.

Derry: It'd stop them. They'd mind me. When they saw me here. They look at my face and run.

Mr Lamb: They might. They might not. You'd have to take the risk. So would they.

Derry: No, you would. You might have me and lose all your other friends, because nobody wants to stay near me if they can help it.

Mr Lamb: I've not moved.

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116. Q2. "What's mine is anybody's" tells us that Mr Lamb: (a) is careless and wasteful (b) holds nothing as private property and shares everything freely (c) has lost his ownership papers (d) is planning to sell the house

Derry: I'd like a place like this. A garden. I'd like a house with no curtains.

Mr Lamb: The gate's always open.

Derry: But this isn't mine.

Mr Lamb: Everything's yours if you want it. What's mine is anybody's.

Derry: So I could come here again? Even if you were out....I could come here.

Mr Lamb: Certainly. You might find others here, of course.

Derry: Oh....

Mr Lamb: Well, that needn't stop you, you needn't mind.

Derry: It'd stop them. They'd mind me. When they saw me here. They look at my face and run.

Mr Lamb: They might. They might not. You'd have to take the risk. So would they.

Derry: No, you would. You might have me and lose all your other friends, because nobody wants to stay near me if they can help it.

Mr Lamb: I've not moved.

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117. Q3. When Derry fears that visitors would run on seeing his face, Mr Lamb replies: (a) they certainly will (b) they might, they might not — you'd have to take the risk (c) nobody ever visits anyway (d) he will lock the gate then

Derry: I'd like a place like this. A garden. I'd like a house with no curtains.

Mr Lamb: The gate's always open.

Derry: But this isn't mine.

Mr Lamb: Everything's yours if you want it. What's mine is anybody's.

Derry: So I could come here again? Even if you were out....I could come here.

Mr Lamb: Certainly. You might find others here, of course.

Derry: Oh....

Mr Lamb: Well, that needn't stop you, you needn't mind.

Derry: It'd stop them. They'd mind me. When they saw me here. They look at my face and run.

Mr Lamb: They might. They might not. You'd have to take the risk. So would they.

Derry: No, you would. You might have me and lose all your other friends, because nobody wants to stay near me if they can help it.

Mr Lamb: I've not moved.

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118. Q4. Derry warns that Mr Lamb might lose all his other friends because: (a) the garden is too small for visitors (b) nobody wants to stay near him if they can help it (c) Mr Lamb is unkind to guests (d) the apples are all sour

Derry: I'd like a place like this. A garden. I'd like a house with no curtains.

Mr Lamb: The gate's always open.

Derry: But this isn't mine.

Mr Lamb: Everything's yours if you want it. What's mine is anybody's.

Derry: So I could come here again? Even if you were out....I could come here.

Mr Lamb: Certainly. You might find others here, of course.

Derry: Oh....

Mr Lamb: Well, that needn't stop you, you needn't mind.

Derry: It'd stop them. They'd mind me. When they saw me here. They look at my face and run.

Mr Lamb: They might. They might not. You'd have to take the risk. So would they.

Derry: No, you would. You might have me and lose all your other friends, because nobody wants to stay near me if they can help it.

Mr Lamb: I've not moved.

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119. Q5. Mr Lamb's brief reply "I've not moved" shows his: (a) physical inability to walk (b) steadfast, unruffled friendship in the face of the warning (c) failure to hear the warning (d) intention to follow Derry home

Derry: I'd like a place like this. A garden. I'd like a house with no curtains.

Mr Lamb: The gate's always open.

Derry: But this isn't mine.

Mr Lamb: Everything's yours if you want it. What's mine is anybody's.

Derry: So I could come here again? Even if you were out....I could come here.

Mr Lamb: Certainly. You might find others here, of course.

Derry: Oh....

Mr Lamb: Well, that needn't stop you, you needn't mind.

Derry: It'd stop them. They'd mind me. When they saw me here. They look at my face and run.

Mr Lamb: They might. They might not. You'd have to take the risk. So would they.

Derry: No, you would. You might have me and lose all your other friends, because nobody wants to stay near me if they can help it.

Mr Lamb: I've not moved.

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120. Q6. The lesson of "You'd have to take the risk. So would they." is that: (a) all human contact involves a risk, which must be accepted to live among people (b) risks should always be avoided (c) only old people can afford risks (d) gardens are dangerous places

Derry: I'd like a place like this. A garden. I'd like a house with no curtains.

Mr Lamb: The gate's always open.

Derry: But this isn't mine.

Mr Lamb: Everything's yours if you want it. What's mine is anybody's.

Derry: So I could come here again? Even if you were out....I could come here.

Mr Lamb: Certainly. You might find others here, of course.

Derry: Oh....

Mr Lamb: Well, that needn't stop you, you needn't mind.

Derry: It'd stop them. They'd mind me. When they saw me here. They look at my face and run.

Mr Lamb: They might. They might not. You'd have to take the risk. So would they.

Derry: No, you would. You might have me and lose all your other friends, because nobody wants to stay near me if they can help it.

Mr Lamb: I've not moved.

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121. Q1. According to Mr Lamb, children shout 'Lamey-Lamb' but are not afraid of him because: (a) he shouts back at them (b) he is not afraid of them (c) they never actually see him (d) he pays them to be friendly

Derry: No....

Mr Lamb: When I go down the street, the kids shout 'Lamey-Lamb.' But they still come into the garden, into my house; it's a game. They're not afraid of me. Why should they be? Because I'm not afraid of them, that's why not.

Derry: Did you get your leg blown off in the war?

Mr Lamb: Certainly.

Derry: How will you climb on a ladder and get the crab apples down, then?

Mr Lamb: Oh, there's a lot of things I've learned to do, and plenty of time for it. Years. I take it steady.

Derry: If you fell and broke your neck, you could lie on the grass and die. If you were on your own.

Mr Lamb: I could.

Derry: You said I could help you.

Mr Lamb: If you want to.

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122. Q2. Derry asks whether Mr Lamb got his leg blown off: (a) in a mine (b) in the war (c) in a street riot (d) in the garden

Derry: No....

Mr Lamb: When I go down the street, the kids shout 'Lamey-Lamb.' But they still come into the garden, into my house; it's a game. They're not afraid of me. Why should they be? Because I'm not afraid of them, that's why not.

Derry: Did you get your leg blown off in the war?

Mr Lamb: Certainly.

Derry: How will you climb on a ladder and get the crab apples down, then?

Mr Lamb: Oh, there's a lot of things I've learned to do, and plenty of time for it. Years. I take it steady.

Derry: If you fell and broke your neck, you could lie on the grass and die. If you were on your own.

Mr Lamb: I could.

Derry: You said I could help you.

Mr Lamb: If you want to.

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123. Q3. About climbing the ladder for the crab apples, Mr Lamb says: (a) it is impossible for him now (b) there's a lot of things he's learned to do, and he takes it steady (c) Derry must do it in his place (d) he will hire a man

Derry: No....

Mr Lamb: When I go down the street, the kids shout 'Lamey-Lamb.' But they still come into the garden, into my house; it's a game. They're not afraid of me. Why should they be? Because I'm not afraid of them, that's why not.

Derry: Did you get your leg blown off in the war?

Mr Lamb: Certainly.

Derry: How will you climb on a ladder and get the crab apples down, then?

Mr Lamb: Oh, there's a lot of things I've learned to do, and plenty of time for it. Years. I take it steady.

Derry: If you fell and broke your neck, you could lie on the grass and die. If you were on your own.

Mr Lamb: I could.

Derry: You said I could help you.

Mr Lamb: If you want to.

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124. Q4. When Derry paints the picture of Mr Lamb falling and dying alone on the grass, Mr Lamb replies: (a) with terror (b) with a calm "I could" — accepting risk as part of living (c) by denying that he could fall (d) by changing the subject angrily

Derry: No....

Mr Lamb: When I go down the street, the kids shout 'Lamey-Lamb.' But they still come into the garden, into my house; it's a game. They're not afraid of me. Why should they be? Because I'm not afraid of them, that's why not.

Derry: Did you get your leg blown off in the war?

Mr Lamb: Certainly.

Derry: How will you climb on a ladder and get the crab apples down, then?

Mr Lamb: Oh, there's a lot of things I've learned to do, and plenty of time for it. Years. I take it steady.

Derry: If you fell and broke your neck, you could lie on the grass and die. If you were on your own.

Mr Lamb: I could.

Derry: You said I could help you.

Mr Lamb: If you want to.

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125. Q5. Mr Lamb's "If you want to", about helping with the crab apples: (a) orders Derry to stay and work (b) keeps the offer open as Derry's own free choice (c) proves he urgently needs help (d) forbids Derry to return

Derry: No....

Mr Lamb: When I go down the street, the kids shout 'Lamey-Lamb.' But they still come into the garden, into my house; it's a game. They're not afraid of me. Why should they be? Because I'm not afraid of them, that's why not.

Derry: Did you get your leg blown off in the war?

Mr Lamb: Certainly.

Derry: How will you climb on a ladder and get the crab apples down, then?

Mr Lamb: Oh, there's a lot of things I've learned to do, and plenty of time for it. Years. I take it steady.

Derry: If you fell and broke your neck, you could lie on the grass and die. If you were on your own.

Mr Lamb: I could.

Derry: You said I could help you.

Mr Lamb: If you want to.

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126. Q6. The children's teasing of Mr Lamb is described as: (a) a serious insult he resents (b) a game — they still come into the garden and the house (c) a criminal act (d) a daily battle

Derry: No....

Mr Lamb: When I go down the street, the kids shout 'Lamey-Lamb.' But they still come into the garden, into my house; it's a game. They're not afraid of me. Why should they be? Because I'm not afraid of them, that's why not.

Derry: Did you get your leg blown off in the war?

Mr Lamb: Certainly.

Derry: How will you climb on a ladder and get the crab apples down, then?

Mr Lamb: Oh, there's a lot of things I've learned to do, and plenty of time for it. Years. I take it steady.

Derry: If you fell and broke your neck, you could lie on the grass and die. If you were on your own.

Mr Lamb: I could.

Derry: You said I could help you.

Mr Lamb: If you want to.

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127. Q1. How far is Derry's home from the garden? (a) one mile (b) three miles across the fields (c) ten miles by road (d) next door

Derry: But my mother'll want to know where I am. It's three miles home, across the fields. I'm fourteen. but they still want to know where I am.

Mr Lamb: People worry.

Derry: People fuss.

Mr Lamb: Go back and tell them.

Derry: It's three miles.

Mr Lamb: It's a fine evening. You've got legs.

Derry: Once I got home, they'd never let me come back.

Mr Lamb: Once you got home, you'd never let yourself come back.

Derry: You don't know....you don't know what I could do.

Mr Lamb: No. Only you know that.

Derry: If I chose....

Mr Lamb: Ah....if you chose. I don't know everything, boy. I can't tell you what to do.

Derry: They tell me.

Mr Lamb: Do you have to agree?

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128. Q2. Mr Lamb's "People worry", said in reply to Derry's "People fuss", shows that he reads the family's concern as: (a) needless interference (b) ordinary care (c) hatred of the boy (d) a plot against him

Derry: But my mother'll want to know where I am. It's three miles home, across the fields. I'm fourteen. but they still want to know where I am.

Mr Lamb: People worry.

Derry: People fuss.

Mr Lamb: Go back and tell them.

Derry: It's three miles.

Mr Lamb: It's a fine evening. You've got legs.

Derry: Once I got home, they'd never let me come back.

Mr Lamb: Once you got home, you'd never let yourself come back.

Derry: You don't know....you don't know what I could do.

Mr Lamb: No. Only you know that.

Derry: If I chose....

Mr Lamb: Ah....if you chose. I don't know everything, boy. I can't tell you what to do.

Derry: They tell me.

Mr Lamb: Do you have to agree?

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129. Q3. "Once you got home, you'd never let yourself come back" means the real obstacle to Derry's return would be: (a) his mother locking the door (b) Derry's own loss of courage (c) the distance of three miles (d) the cold weather

Derry: But my mother'll want to know where I am. It's three miles home, across the fields. I'm fourteen. but they still want to know where I am.

Mr Lamb: People worry.

Derry: People fuss.

Mr Lamb: Go back and tell them.

Derry: It's three miles.

Mr Lamb: It's a fine evening. You've got legs.

Derry: Once I got home, they'd never let me come back.

Mr Lamb: Once you got home, you'd never let yourself come back.

Derry: You don't know....you don't know what I could do.

Mr Lamb: No. Only you know that.

Derry: If I chose....

Mr Lamb: Ah....if you chose. I don't know everything, boy. I can't tell you what to do.

Derry: They tell me.

Mr Lamb: Do you have to agree?

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130. Q4. "It's a fine evening. You've got legs" is Mr Lamb's way of: (a) mocking Derry's limp (b) brushing aside excuses and encouraging him to act (c) remarking on Derry's shoes (d) offering him a lift home

Derry: But my mother'll want to know where I am. It's three miles home, across the fields. I'm fourteen. but they still want to know where I am.

Mr Lamb: People worry.

Derry: People fuss.

Mr Lamb: Go back and tell them.

Derry: It's three miles.

Mr Lamb: It's a fine evening. You've got legs.

Derry: Once I got home, they'd never let me come back.

Mr Lamb: Once you got home, you'd never let yourself come back.

Derry: You don't know....you don't know what I could do.

Mr Lamb: No. Only you know that.

Derry: If I chose....

Mr Lamb: Ah....if you chose. I don't know everything, boy. I can't tell you what to do.

Derry: They tell me.

Mr Lamb: Do you have to agree?

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131. Q5. The key question "Do you have to agree?" implies that: (a) being told something does not oblige Derry to obey — his life is his own choice (b) Derry must always agree with elders (c) parents are always right (d) questions are a waste of time

Derry: But my mother'll want to know where I am. It's three miles home, across the fields. I'm fourteen. but they still want to know where I am.

Mr Lamb: People worry.

Derry: People fuss.

Mr Lamb: Go back and tell them.

Derry: It's three miles.

Mr Lamb: It's a fine evening. You've got legs.

Derry: Once I got home, they'd never let me come back.

Mr Lamb: Once you got home, you'd never let yourself come back.

Derry: You don't know....you don't know what I could do.

Mr Lamb: No. Only you know that.

Derry: If I chose....

Mr Lamb: Ah....if you chose. I don't know everything, boy. I can't tell you what to do.

Derry: They tell me.

Mr Lamb: Do you have to agree?

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132. Q6. Throughout this exchange, Mr Lamb's method is to: (a) command and threaten the boy (b) ask short questions that hand the choice back to Derry (c) plead and beg him to stay (d) send for Derry's mother

Derry: But my mother'll want to know where I am. It's three miles home, across the fields. I'm fourteen. but they still want to know where I am.

Mr Lamb: People worry.

Derry: People fuss.

Mr Lamb: Go back and tell them.

Derry: It's three miles.

Mr Lamb: It's a fine evening. You've got legs.

Derry: Once I got home, they'd never let me come back.

Mr Lamb: Once you got home, you'd never let yourself come back.

Derry: You don't know....you don't know what I could do.

Mr Lamb: No. Only you know that.

Derry: If I chose....

Mr Lamb: Ah....if you chose. I don't know everything, boy. I can't tell you what to do.

Derry: They tell me.

Mr Lamb: Do you have to agree?

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133. Q1. Derry's wish for "something no one else has got or ever will have" expresses his longing for: (a) a large fortune (b) an identity or self that is wholly his own (c) a new face (d) Mr Lamb's house

Derry: I don't know what I want. I want....something no one else has got or ever will have. Something just mine. Like this garden. I don't know what it is.

Mr Lamb: You could find out.

Derry: How?

Mr Lamb: Waiting. Watching. Listening. Sitting here or going there. I'll have to see to the bees.

Derry: Those other people who come here....do they talk to you? Ask you things?

Mr Lamb: Some do, some don't. I ask them. I like to learn.

Derry: I don't believe in them. I don't think anybody ever comes. You're here all by yourself and miserable and no one would know if you were alive or dead and nobody cares.

Mr Lamb: You think what you please.

Derry: All right then, tell me some of their names.

Mr Lamb: What are names? Tom, Dick or Harry.

[Getting up] I'm off down to the bees.

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134. Q2. According to Mr Lamb, Derry can find out what he wants by: (a) locking himself away and thinking hard (b) waiting, watching, listening — sitting here or going there (c) asking his mother (d) reading his school books

Derry: I don't know what I want. I want....something no one else has got or ever will have. Something just mine. Like this garden. I don't know what it is.

Mr Lamb: You could find out.

Derry: How?

Mr Lamb: Waiting. Watching. Listening. Sitting here or going there. I'll have to see to the bees.

Derry: Those other people who come here....do they talk to you? Ask you things?

Mr Lamb: Some do, some don't. I ask them. I like to learn.

Derry: I don't believe in them. I don't think anybody ever comes. You're here all by yourself and miserable and no one would know if you were alive or dead and nobody cares.

Mr Lamb: You think what you please.

Derry: All right then, tell me some of their names.

Mr Lamb: What are names? Tom, Dick or Harry.

[Getting up] I'm off down to the bees.

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135. Q3. Derry refuses to believe that anyone ever comes to the garden, concluding that Mr Lamb is: (a) a liar (b) all by himself and miserable, with nobody caring whether he is alive or dead (c) a rich man hiding his wealth (d) afraid of visitors

Derry: I don't know what I want. I want....something no one else has got or ever will have. Something just mine. Like this garden. I don't know what it is.

Mr Lamb: You could find out.

Derry: How?

Mr Lamb: Waiting. Watching. Listening. Sitting here or going there. I'll have to see to the bees.

Derry: Those other people who come here....do they talk to you? Ask you things?

Mr Lamb: Some do, some don't. I ask them. I like to learn.

Derry: I don't believe in them. I don't think anybody ever comes. You're here all by yourself and miserable and no one would know if you were alive or dead and nobody cares.

Mr Lamb: You think what you please.

Derry: All right then, tell me some of their names.

Mr Lamb: What are names? Tom, Dick or Harry.

[Getting up] I'm off down to the bees.

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136. Q4. Mr Lamb's reply "You think what you please" shows that he: (a) is angry at being doubted (b) is unruffled, needing no proof of his contentment (c) agrees with Derry's conclusion (d) will call witnesses to prove otherwise

Derry: I don't know what I want. I want....something no one else has got or ever will have. Something just mine. Like this garden. I don't know what it is.

Mr Lamb: You could find out.

Derry: How?

Mr Lamb: Waiting. Watching. Listening. Sitting here or going there. I'll have to see to the bees.

Derry: Those other people who come here....do they talk to you? Ask you things?

Mr Lamb: Some do, some don't. I ask them. I like to learn.

Derry: I don't believe in them. I don't think anybody ever comes. You're here all by yourself and miserable and no one would know if you were alive or dead and nobody cares.

Mr Lamb: You think what you please.

Derry: All right then, tell me some of their names.

Mr Lamb: What are names? Tom, Dick or Harry.

[Getting up] I'm off down to the bees.

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137. Q5. "What are names? Tom, Dick or Harry." suggests that for Mr Lamb names are: (a) very important (b) unimportant — any name stands for anybody, and friendship needs no particulars (c) secret things (d) sacred things

Derry: I don't know what I want. I want....something no one else has got or ever will have. Something just mine. Like this garden. I don't know what it is.

Mr Lamb: You could find out.

Derry: How?

Mr Lamb: Waiting. Watching. Listening. Sitting here or going there. I'll have to see to the bees.

Derry: Those other people who come here....do they talk to you? Ask you things?

Mr Lamb: Some do, some don't. I ask them. I like to learn.

Derry: I don't believe in them. I don't think anybody ever comes. You're here all by yourself and miserable and no one would know if you were alive or dead and nobody cares.

Mr Lamb: You think what you please.

Derry: All right then, tell me some of their names.

Mr Lamb: What are names? Tom, Dick or Harry.

[Getting up] I'm off down to the bees.

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138. Q6. Derry's belief that nobody visits Mr Lamb actually reveals: (a) the truth about the garden (b) Derry's own loneliness projected onto the old man (c) Mr Lamb's deceitfulness (d) the mother's warning coming true

Derry: I don't know what I want. I want....something no one else has got or ever will have. Something just mine. Like this garden. I don't know what it is.

Mr Lamb: You could find out.

Derry: How?

Mr Lamb: Waiting. Watching. Listening. Sitting here or going there. I'll have to see to the bees.

Derry: Those other people who come here....do they talk to you? Ask you things?

Mr Lamb: Some do, some don't. I ask them. I like to learn.

Derry: I don't believe in them. I don't think anybody ever comes. You're here all by yourself and miserable and no one would know if you were alive or dead and nobody cares.

Mr Lamb: You think what you please.

Derry: All right then, tell me some of their names.

Mr Lamb: What are names? Tom, Dick or Harry.

[Getting up] I'm off down to the bees.

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139. Q1. The 'good excuse' Mr Lamb speaks of is an excuse for: (a) not helping with the apples (b) not coming back to the garden (c) not answering questions (d) not going home

Derry: I think you're daft....crazy....

Mr Lamb: That's a good excuse.

Derry: What for? You don't talk sense.

Mr Lamb: Good excuse not to come back. And you've got a burned-up face, and that's other people's excuse.

Derry: You're like the others, you like to say things like that. If you don't feel sorry for my face, you're frightened of it, and if you're not frightened, you think I'm ugly as a devil. I am a devil. Don't you? [Shouts]

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140. Q2. According to Mr Lamb, Derry's burned face is: (a) a reason for pity (b) other people's ready-made excuse for keeping away from him (c) proof of his guilt (d) a medical curiosity

Derry: I think you're daft....crazy....

Mr Lamb: That's a good excuse.

Derry: What for? You don't talk sense.

Mr Lamb: Good excuse not to come back. And you've got a burned-up face, and that's other people's excuse.

Derry: You're like the others, you like to say things like that. If you don't feel sorry for my face, you're frightened of it, and if you're not frightened, you think I'm ugly as a devil. I am a devil. Don't you? [Shouts]

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141. Q3. Derry assumes that any person must either pity his face, fear it, or find it: (a) beautiful (b) ugly as a devil (c) invisible (d) funny

Derry: I think you're daft....crazy....

Mr Lamb: That's a good excuse.

Derry: What for? You don't talk sense.

Mr Lamb: Good excuse not to come back. And you've got a burned-up face, and that's other people's excuse.

Derry: You're like the others, you like to say things like that. If you don't feel sorry for my face, you're frightened of it, and if you're not frightened, you think I'm ugly as a devil. I am a devil. Don't you? [Shouts]

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142. Q4. The stage direction [Shouts] signals a shift in Derry's tone from wary caution to: (a) joyful laughter (b) angry provocation (c) polite apology (d) quiet sleep

Derry: I think you're daft....crazy....

Mr Lamb: That's a good excuse.

Derry: What for? You don't talk sense.

Mr Lamb: Good excuse not to come back. And you've got a burned-up face, and that's other people's excuse.

Derry: You're like the others, you like to say things like that. If you don't feel sorry for my face, you're frightened of it, and if you're not frightened, you think I'm ugly as a devil. I am a devil. Don't you? [Shouts]

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143. Q5. Derry's cry "I am a devil" shows that he: (a) has accepted the worst judgment people make of him and almost invites it (b) believes Mr Lamb is a devil (c) feels calm and happy at last (d) wants to be loved at any cost

Derry: I think you're daft....crazy....

Mr Lamb: That's a good excuse.

Derry: What for? You don't talk sense.

Mr Lamb: Good excuse not to come back. And you've got a burned-up face, and that's other people's excuse.

Derry: You're like the others, you like to say things like that. If you don't feel sorry for my face, you're frightened of it, and if you're not frightened, you think I'm ugly as a devil. I am a devil. Don't you? [Shouts]

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144. Q6. Derry turns fiercely on the one person who has shown him only kindness because: (a) he has always hated gardens (b) Mr Lamb's fearlessness threatens his certainty of being rejected — it is easier to drive people away than to trust acceptance (c) his mother instructed him to (d) he wants the crab apples

Derry: I think you're daft....crazy....

Mr Lamb: That's a good excuse.

Derry: What for? You don't talk sense.

Mr Lamb: Good excuse not to come back. And you've got a burned-up face, and that's other people's excuse.

Derry: You're like the others, you like to say things like that. If you don't feel sorry for my face, you're frightened of it, and if you're not frightened, you think I'm ugly as a devil. I am a devil. Don't you? [Shouts]

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145. Q1. When Derry speaks his quiet admission, Mr Lamb has: (a) gone into the house (b) gone to his bees (c) fallen asleep in the chair (d) left the garden forever

[Mr Lamb does not reply. He has gone to his bees.]

Derry: [Quietly] No. You don't. I like it here.

[Pause. Derry gets up and shouts.]

I'm going. But I'll come back. You see. You wait. I can run. I haven't got a tin leg. I'll be back.

[Derry runs off. Silence. The sounds of the garden again.]

Mr Lamb: [To himself] There my dears. That's you seen to. Ah....you know. We all know. I'll come back. They never do, though. Not them. Never do come back.

[The garden noises fade.]

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146. Q2. Derry's quiet admission "No. You don't. I like it here" reveals: (a) that Mr Lamb is like the others after all (b) that Derry retracts his accusation and genuinely likes the garden and its owner (c) that Derry is talking to the bees (d) that Derry is lying as usual

[Mr Lamb does not reply. He has gone to his bees.]

Derry: [Quietly] No. You don't. I like it here.

[Pause. Derry gets up and shouts.]

I'm going. But I'll come back. You see. You wait. I can run. I haven't got a tin leg. I'll be back.

[Derry runs off. Silence. The sounds of the garden again.]

Mr Lamb: [To himself] There my dears. That's you seen to. Ah....you know. We all know. I'll come back. They never do, though. Not them. Never do come back.

[The garden noises fade.]

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147. Q3. "I can run. I haven't got a tin leg" is Derry's: (a) complaint about his aching legs (b) triumphant boyish boast that he can return quickly under his own power (c) deliberate insult to Mr Lamb (d) excuse for leaving at once

[Mr Lamb does not reply. He has gone to his bees.]

Derry: [Quietly] No. You don't. I like it here.

[Pause. Derry gets up and shouts.]

I'm going. But I'll come back. You see. You wait. I can run. I haven't got a tin leg. I'll be back.

[Derry runs off. Silence. The sounds of the garden again.]

Mr Lamb: [To himself] There my dears. That's you seen to. Ah....you know. We all know. I'll come back. They never do, though. Not them. Never do come back.

[The garden noises fade.]

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148. Q4. Mr Lamb's closing words "They never do, though. Not them. Never do come back" reveal: (a) his anger at ungrateful visitors (b) his hidden loneliness and long disappointment — people promise to return but never do (c) his difficulty in hearing (d) his plans to move away

[Mr Lamb does not reply. He has gone to his bees.]

Derry: [Quietly] No. You don't. I like it here.

[Pause. Derry gets up and shouts.]

I'm going. But I'll come back. You see. You wait. I can run. I haven't got a tin leg. I'll be back.

[Derry runs off. Silence. The sounds of the garden again.]

Mr Lamb: [To himself] There my dears. That's you seen to. Ah....you know. We all know. I'll come back. They never do, though. Not them. Never do come back.

[The garden noises fade.]

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149. Q5. The repetition of 'never' in Mr Lamb's final speech emphasises: (a) his hope (b) the depth of his quiet disappointment (c) his wealth (d) the good weather

[Mr Lamb does not reply. He has gone to his bees.]

Derry: [Quietly] No. You don't. I like it here.

[Pause. Derry gets up and shouts.]

I'm going. But I'll come back. You see. You wait. I can run. I haven't got a tin leg. I'll be back.

[Derry runs off. Silence. The sounds of the garden again.]

Mr Lamb: [To himself] There my dears. That's you seen to. Ah....you know. We all know. I'll come back. They never do, though. Not them. Never do come back.

[The garden noises fade.]

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150. Q6. Derry's running off at the end of the scene marks: (a) his flight from people, as before (b) the first time he runs towards something rather than away from people (c) his final defeat (d) his fear of the bees

[Mr Lamb does not reply. He has gone to his bees.]

Derry: [Quietly] No. You don't. I like it here.

[Pause. Derry gets up and shouts.]

I'm going. But I'll come back. You see. You wait. I can run. I haven't got a tin leg. I'll be back.

[Derry runs off. Silence. The sounds of the garden again.]

Mr Lamb: [To himself] There my dears. That's you seen to. Ah....you know. We all know. I'll come back. They never do, though. Not them. Never do come back.

[The garden noises fade.]

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151. Q1. Derry's mother forbids the return to the garden because she: (a) has met Mr Lamb and disliked him (b) has been told things and warned, though they have lived there only three months (c) thinks the walk is too long (d) wants Derry to study

Scene Two. Derry's house.

Mother: You think I don't know about him, you think. I haven't heard things?

Derry: You shouldn't believe all you hear.

Mother: Been told. Warned. We've not lived here three months, but I know what there is to know and you're not to go back there.

Derry: What are you afraid of? What do you think he is? An old man with a tin leg and he lives in a huge house without curtains and has a garden. And I want to be there, and sit and....listen to things. Listen and look.

Mother: Listen to what?

Derry: Bees singing. Him talking.

Mother: And what's he got to say to you?

Derry: Things that matter. Things nobody else has ever said. Things I want to think about.

Mother: Then you stay here and do your thinking. You're best off here.

Derry: I hate it here.

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152. Q2. How does Derry describe Mr Lamb to his mother? (a) a dangerous stranger (b) an old man with a tin leg who lives in a huge house without curtains and has a garden (c) a rich relative (d) a retired schoolmaster

Scene Two. Derry's house.

Mother: You think I don't know about him, you think. I haven't heard things?

Derry: You shouldn't believe all you hear.

Mother: Been told. Warned. We've not lived here three months, but I know what there is to know and you're not to go back there.

Derry: What are you afraid of? What do you think he is? An old man with a tin leg and he lives in a huge house without curtains and has a garden. And I want to be there, and sit and....listen to things. Listen and look.

Mother: Listen to what?

Derry: Bees singing. Him talking.

Mother: And what's he got to say to you?

Derry: Things that matter. Things nobody else has ever said. Things I want to think about.

Mother: Then you stay here and do your thinking. You're best off here.

Derry: I hate it here.

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153. Q3. What draws Derry back to the garden is: (a) the apples (b) listening and looking — bees singing and Mr Lamb talking (c) games with the children (d) the view from the wall

Scene Two. Derry's house.

Mother: You think I don't know about him, you think. I haven't heard things?

Derry: You shouldn't believe all you hear.

Mother: Been told. Warned. We've not lived here three months, but I know what there is to know and you're not to go back there.

Derry: What are you afraid of? What do you think he is? An old man with a tin leg and he lives in a huge house without curtains and has a garden. And I want to be there, and sit and....listen to things. Listen and look.

Mother: Listen to what?

Derry: Bees singing. Him talking.

Mother: And what's he got to say to you?

Derry: Things that matter. Things nobody else has ever said. Things I want to think about.

Mother: Then you stay here and do your thinking. You're best off here.

Derry: I hate it here.

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154. Q4. Derry values Mr Lamb's talk because it consists of: (a) things that matter, that nobody else has ever said, and that he wants to think about (b) old stories he has heard before (c) scoldings he deserves (d) comments on the weather

Scene Two. Derry's house.

Mother: You think I don't know about him, you think. I haven't heard things?

Derry: You shouldn't believe all you hear.

Mother: Been told. Warned. We've not lived here three months, but I know what there is to know and you're not to go back there.

Derry: What are you afraid of? What do you think he is? An old man with a tin leg and he lives in a huge house without curtains and has a garden. And I want to be there, and sit and....listen to things. Listen and look.

Mother: Listen to what?

Derry: Bees singing. Him talking.

Mother: And what's he got to say to you?

Derry: Things that matter. Things nobody else has ever said. Things I want to think about.

Mother: Then you stay here and do your thinking. You're best off here.

Derry: I hate it here.

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155. Q5. The mother's attitude towards Mr Lamb is: (a) warm and trusting (b) suspicious and prohibitive, based on hearsay (c) entirely indifferent (d) openly affectionate

Scene Two. Derry's house.

Mother: You think I don't know about him, you think. I haven't heard things?

Derry: You shouldn't believe all you hear.

Mother: Been told. Warned. We've not lived here three months, but I know what there is to know and you're not to go back there.

Derry: What are you afraid of? What do you think he is? An old man with a tin leg and he lives in a huge house without curtains and has a garden. And I want to be there, and sit and....listen to things. Listen and look.

Mother: Listen to what?

Derry: Bees singing. Him talking.

Mother: And what's he got to say to you?

Derry: Things that matter. Things nobody else has ever said. Things I want to think about.

Mother: Then you stay here and do your thinking. You're best off here.

Derry: I hate it here.

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156. Q6. Derry's "You shouldn't believe all you hear" shows that he now: (a) distrusts his own senses (b) questions hearsay and defends Mr Lamb against it (c) dislikes his mother intensely (d) plans never to return home

Scene Two. Derry's house.

Mother: You think I don't know about him, you think. I haven't heard things?

Derry: You shouldn't believe all you hear.

Mother: Been told. Warned. We've not lived here three months, but I know what there is to know and you're not to go back there.

Derry: What are you afraid of? What do you think he is? An old man with a tin leg and he lives in a huge house without curtains and has a garden. And I want to be there, and sit and....listen to things. Listen and look.

Mother: Listen to what?

Derry: Bees singing. Him talking.

Mother: And what's he got to say to you?

Derry: Things that matter. Things nobody else has ever said. Things I want to think about.

Mother: Then you stay here and do your thinking. You're best off here.

Derry: I hate it here.

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157. Q1. Derry tells his mother that his going back has nothing to do with: (a) Mr Lamb (b) his face and what he looks like (c) the bees (d) the crab apples

Mother: You can't help the things you say. I forgive you. It's bound to make you feel bad things....and say them. I don't blame you.

Derry: It's got nothing to do with my face and what I look like. I don't care about that and it isn't important. It's what I think and feel and what I want to see and find out and hear. And I'm going back there. Only to help him with the crab apples. Only to look at things and listen. But I'm going.

Mother: You'll stop here.

Derry: Oh no, oh no. Because if I don't go back there, I'll never go anywhere in this world again.

[The door slams. Derry runs, panting.]

And I want the world....I want it....I want it....

[The sound of his panting fades.]

1 marks · mcq

158. Q2. What matters to Derry now, by his own account, is: (a) his appearance in the mirror (b) what he thinks and feels, and what he wants to see, find out and hear (c) his mother's approval (d) his school uniform

Mother: You can't help the things you say. I forgive you. It's bound to make you feel bad things....and say them. I don't blame you.

Derry: It's got nothing to do with my face and what I look like. I don't care about that and it isn't important. It's what I think and feel and what I want to see and find out and hear. And I'm going back there. Only to help him with the crab apples. Only to look at things and listen. But I'm going.

Mother: You'll stop here.

Derry: Oh no, oh no. Because if I don't go back there, I'll never go anywhere in this world again.

[The door slams. Derry runs, panting.]

And I want the world....I want it....I want it....

[The sound of his panting fades.]

1 marks · mcq

159. Q3. Derry says he is going back to the garden: (a) to live there permanently (b) only to help Mr Lamb with the crab apples, to look at things and listen (c) to escape from the police (d) to pick flowers for his mother

Mother: You can't help the things you say. I forgive you. It's bound to make you feel bad things....and say them. I don't blame you.

Derry: It's got nothing to do with my face and what I look like. I don't care about that and it isn't important. It's what I think and feel and what I want to see and find out and hear. And I'm going back there. Only to help him with the crab apples. Only to look at things and listen. But I'm going.

Mother: You'll stop here.

Derry: Oh no, oh no. Because if I don't go back there, I'll never go anywhere in this world again.

[The door slams. Derry runs, panting.]

And I want the world....I want it....I want it....

[The sound of his panting fades.]

1 marks · mcq

160. Q4. "If I don't go back there, I'll never go anywhere in this world again" means that: (a) the garden gate will be locked forever (b) this return is the test of his whole future — if he yields to fear now, he will retreat from life altogether (c) his mother will move house immediately (d) he will lose his way in the fields

Mother: You can't help the things you say. I forgive you. It's bound to make you feel bad things....and say them. I don't blame you.

Derry: It's got nothing to do with my face and what I look like. I don't care about that and it isn't important. It's what I think and feel and what I want to see and find out and hear. And I'm going back there. Only to help him with the crab apples. Only to look at things and listen. But I'm going.

Mother: You'll stop here.

Derry: Oh no, oh no. Because if I don't go back there, I'll never go anywhere in this world again.

[The door slams. Derry runs, panting.]

And I want the world....I want it....I want it....

[The sound of his panting fades.]

1 marks · mcq

161. Q5. The repeated cry "And I want the world....I want it....I want it" expresses: (a) his hunger for money (b) his newly awakened hunger for life itself — looking, listening, belonging (c) his wish to travel by train (d) his hatred of the garden

Mother: You can't help the things you say. I forgive you. It's bound to make you feel bad things....and say them. I don't blame you.

Derry: It's got nothing to do with my face and what I look like. I don't care about that and it isn't important. It's what I think and feel and what I want to see and find out and hear. And I'm going back there. Only to help him with the crab apples. Only to look at things and listen. But I'm going.

Mother: You'll stop here.

Derry: Oh no, oh no. Because if I don't go back there, I'll never go anywhere in this world again.

[The door slams. Derry runs, panting.]

And I want the world....I want it....I want it....

[The sound of his panting fades.]

1 marks · mcq

162. Q6. The slamming door and Derry running panting show that: (a) someone is chasing him (b) he has broken free of his mother's prohibition and is rushing back three miles to keep his word (c) it has started to rain (d) he has fallen ill

Mother: You can't help the things you say. I forgive you. It's bound to make you feel bad things....and say them. I don't blame you.

Derry: It's got nothing to do with my face and what I look like. I don't care about that and it isn't important. It's what I think and feel and what I want to see and find out and hear. And I'm going back there. Only to help him with the crab apples. Only to look at things and listen. But I'm going.

Mother: You'll stop here.

Derry: Oh no, oh no. Because if I don't go back there, I'll never go anywhere in this world again.

[The door slams. Derry runs, panting.]

And I want the world....I want it....I want it....

[The sound of his panting fades.]

1 marks · mcq

163. Q1. As Scene Three opens, Mr Lamb is: (a) sitting in the sun reading (b) on a ladder, pulling down crab apples (c) talking with Derry (d) tending his bees

Scene Three. Mr Lamb's garden. [Garden sounds: the noise of a branch shifting; apples thumping down; the branch shifting again.]

Mr Lamb: Steady....that's....got it. That's it... [More apples fall] And again. That's it....and....

[A creak. A crash. The ladder falls back, Mr Lamb with it. A thump. The branch swishes back. Creaks. Then silence.]

[Derry opens the garden gate, still panting.]

Derry: You see, you see! I came back. You said I wouldn't and they said....but I came back, I wanted....

[He stops dead. Silence.]

Mr Lamb, Mr....You've.....

[He runs through the grass. Stops. Kneels]

Mr Lamb, It's all right....You fell....I'm here, Mr Lamb, It's all right.

[Silence]

I came back. Lamey-Lamb. I did.....come back.

[Derry begins to weep.]

1 marks · mcq

164. Q2. What happens to Mr Lamb in the garden? (a) a branch falls on him (b) the ladder falls back with him and he crashes to the ground (c) he is stung by the bees (d) he walks away quietly

Scene Three. Mr Lamb's garden. [Garden sounds: the noise of a branch shifting; apples thumping down; the branch shifting again.]

Mr Lamb: Steady....that's....got it. That's it... [More apples fall] And again. That's it....and....

[A creak. A crash. The ladder falls back, Mr Lamb with it. A thump. The branch swishes back. Creaks. Then silence.]

[Derry opens the garden gate, still panting.]

Derry: You see, you see! I came back. You said I wouldn't and they said....but I came back, I wanted....

[He stops dead. Silence.]

Mr Lamb, Mr....You've.....

[He runs through the grass. Stops. Kneels]

Mr Lamb, It's all right....You fell....I'm here, Mr Lamb, It's all right.

[Silence]

I came back. Lamey-Lamb. I did.....come back.

[Derry begins to weep.]

1 marks · mcq

165. Q3. When Derry arrives, he bursts out "You see, you see! I came back" because he: (a) is eager to prove Mr Lamb and the others wrong and to show he kept his word (b) has brought a gift for the old man (c) is frightened of the bees (d) thinks it is all a game

Scene Three. Mr Lamb's garden. [Garden sounds: the noise of a branch shifting; apples thumping down; the branch shifting again.]

Mr Lamb: Steady....that's....got it. That's it... [More apples fall] And again. That's it....and....

[A creak. A crash. The ladder falls back, Mr Lamb with it. A thump. The branch swishes back. Creaks. Then silence.]

[Derry opens the garden gate, still panting.]

Derry: You see, you see! I came back. You said I wouldn't and they said....but I came back, I wanted....

[He stops dead. Silence.]

Mr Lamb, Mr....You've.....

[He runs through the grass. Stops. Kneels]

Mr Lamb, It's all right....You fell....I'm here, Mr Lamb, It's all right.

[Silence]

I came back. Lamey-Lamb. I did.....come back.

[Derry begins to weep.]

1 marks · mcq

166. Q4. Derry's kneeling and saying "It's all right....I'm here, Mr Lamb" shows: (a) contempt for the old man (b) tenderness and grief at finding his friend fallen and silent (c) fear of the apples (d) suppressed anger

Scene Three. Mr Lamb's garden. [Garden sounds: the noise of a branch shifting; apples thumping down; the branch shifting again.]

Mr Lamb: Steady....that's....got it. That's it... [More apples fall] And again. That's it....and....

[A creak. A crash. The ladder falls back, Mr Lamb with it. A thump. The branch swishes back. Creaks. Then silence.]

[Derry opens the garden gate, still panting.]

Derry: You see, you see! I came back. You said I wouldn't and they said....but I came back, I wanted....

[He stops dead. Silence.]

Mr Lamb, Mr....You've.....

[He runs through the grass. Stops. Kneels]

Mr Lamb, It's all right....You fell....I'm here, Mr Lamb, It's all right.

[Silence]

I came back. Lamey-Lamb. I did.....come back.

[Derry begins to weep.]

1 marks · mcq

167. Q5. Derry's final use of the nickname "Lamey-Lamb" is significant because: (a) it is spoken now as a name of affection, not mockery (b) he has forgotten Mr Lamb's real name (c) he is teasing the old man one last time (d) the children taught him to say it

Scene Three. Mr Lamb's garden. [Garden sounds: the noise of a branch shifting; apples thumping down; the branch shifting again.]

Mr Lamb: Steady....that's....got it. That's it... [More apples fall] And again. That's it....and....

[A creak. A crash. The ladder falls back, Mr Lamb with it. A thump. The branch swishes back. Creaks. Then silence.]

[Derry opens the garden gate, still panting.]

Derry: You see, you see! I came back. You said I wouldn't and they said....but I came back, I wanted....

[He stops dead. Silence.]

Mr Lamb, Mr....You've.....

[He runs through the grass. Stops. Kneels]

Mr Lamb, It's all right....You fell....I'm here, Mr Lamb, It's all right.

[Silence]

I came back. Lamey-Lamb. I did.....come back.

[Derry begins to weep.]

1 marks · mcq

168. Q6. The ending of the play is best described as: (a) comic and cheerful (b) tragic and poignant — the boy returns to the friend who believed in him, only to find him beyond reach (c) a dream sequence (d) interrupted by rain

Scene Three. Mr Lamb's garden. [Garden sounds: the noise of a branch shifting; apples thumping down; the branch shifting again.]

Mr Lamb: Steady....that's....got it. That's it... [More apples fall] And again. That's it....and....

[A creak. A crash. The ladder falls back, Mr Lamb with it. A thump. The branch swishes back. Creaks. Then silence.]

[Derry opens the garden gate, still panting.]

Derry: You see, you see! I came back. You said I wouldn't and they said....but I came back, I wanted....

[He stops dead. Silence.]

Mr Lamb, Mr....You've.....

[He runs through the grass. Stops. Kneels]

Mr Lamb, It's all right....You fell....I'm here, Mr Lamb, It's all right.

[Silence]

I came back. Lamey-Lamb. I did.....come back.

[Derry begins to weep.]

2 marks · short

169. Q1. Who is Derry? How did he get into Mr Lamb's garden?

2 marks · short

170. Q2. How was Derry's face disfigured?

2 marks · short

171. Q3. Why do people avoid Derry, according to him?

2 marks · short

172. Q4. Who is Mr Lamb? How did he lose his leg?

2 marks · short

173. Q5. Why does Mr Lamb leave his gate always open?

2 marks · short

174. Q6. Why does Mr Lamb not have curtains at his windows?

2 marks · short

175. Q7. How does Derry feel about his mother's kisses?

2 marks · short

176. Q8. What did the woman at the bus-stop say about Derry's face?

2 marks · short

177. Q9. What story does Mr Lamb tell about the man who locked himself in a room?

2 marks · short

178. Q10. What does Mr Lamb say when Derry asks if his tin leg hurts?

2 marks · short

179. Q11. What does Mr Lamb grow in his garden? What is unusual about it?

2 marks · short

180. Q12. How does Mr Lamb spend his days?

2 marks · short

181. Q13. How does Mr Lamb react to the children who call him 'Lamey-Lamb'?

2 marks · short

182. Q14. What does Mr Lamb tell Derry about what he has got?

2 marks · short

183. Q15. Why does Derry hate being with people?

2 marks · short

184. Q16. What did the person who came to Derry's house say about him after his return from hospital?

2 marks · short

185. Q17. How does Mr Lamb describe his friends?

2 marks · short

186. Q18. Why does Derry's mother forbid him to return to Mr Lamb's garden?

2 marks · short

187. Q19. How does Derry assert his will at the end of Scene Two?

2 marks · short

188. Q20. How does the play end?

3 marks · short

189. Q1. Describe the first meeting between Derry and Mr Lamb in the garden.

3 marks · short

190. Q2. Draw a character sketch of Mr Lamb.

3 marks · short

191. Q3. Draw a character sketch of Derry.

3 marks · short

192. Q4. How does Mr Lamb try to change Derry's attitude towards his disfigurement?

3 marks · short

193. Q5. How does Derry's attitude change from the beginning to the end of the play?

3 marks · short

194. Q6. Explain the significance of Mr Lamb's remark "It's all relative. Beauty and the beast."

3 marks · short

195. Q7. "You can burn yourself away inside." Explain the statement in the context of the play.

3 marks · short

196. Q8. How do Derry and Mr Lamb deal differently with their physical disabilities?

3 marks · short

197. Q9. "People are never just nothing. Never." How does this remark express Mr Lamb's philosophy of life?

3 marks · short

198. Q10. What does Scene Two reveal about the relationship between Derry and his mother?

3 marks · short

199. Q11. Discuss the symbolic value of the open gate, the curtainless windows and the weed garden in the play.

3 marks · short

200. Q12. How does Mr Lamb cope with his loneliness, and where do we glimpse it?

3 marks · short

201. Q13. Why does Derry insist that he wants 'something no one else has got or ever will have'? What does this desire show?

3 marks · short

202. Q14. What does Derry mean when he says, "If I don't go back there, I'll never go anywhere in this world again"?

3 marks · short

203. Q15. "The actual pain or inconvenience caused by a physical impairment is often much less than the sense of alienation felt by the person with disabilities." How does the play illustrate this?

5 marks · broad

204. Q1. Draw a detailed character sketch of Mr Lamb.

5 marks · broad

205. Q2. Draw a character sketch of Derry, tracing the change he undergoes in the play.

5 marks · broad

206. Q3. 'What is it that draws Derry towards Mr Lamb in spite of himself?' Answer with reference to the play.

5 marks · broad

207. Q4. The bond between Derry and Mr Lamb heals where medicine could not. Discuss how Mr Lamb's brief association changes the course of Derry's life.

5 marks · broad

208. Q5. Will Derry go back to his old seclusion, or will Mr Lamb's brief association effect a change in the kind of life he will lead? Give a reasoned answer.

5 marks · broad

209. Q6. What is the message of the play 'On the Face of It'? Write a value-based answer.

5 marks · broad

210. Q7. Justify the title 'On the Face of It' in the light of the play.