I Give the meaning of the following phrases: a. bristling with
b. pull oneself together -
c. to call on
II. Answer the following questions in 30-40 words:
a. In what ways is the friendship between Miss Lucy and Chester unusual and remarkable?
b. How is Chester 'a most important person for Miss Lucy?
m. E4 Enrichment and Creative Challenge Programme: (Attempt any ONE)
El. Of the two characters in the story Chester and Miss Lucy, whom did you find most interesting
why?
E2. Read this sentence from the text: "The society of the town moved briskly on without her,
bristling with strange names." Do you think we as a society, are not making an effort to reach out to
people who are lonely? Justify your opinion.
E3. Compose a poem of 6-8 lines describing the most important person in your life.

Which best explains this excerpt’s purpose in the novel’s plot structure? the excerpt creates conflict between characters as part of the rising action. the excerpt provides background information on a character as part of the exposition. the excerpt returns a character to equilibrium as part of the falling action. the excerpt is the point of greatest tension and acts as the climax.

Read this excerpt from "a visit from the goon squad."that’s when he began singing the songs he’d been writing for years underground, songs no one had ever heard, or anything like them—“eyes in my head,” “x’s and o’s,” “who’s watching hardest”—ballads of paranoia and disconnection ripped from the chest of a man you knew just by looking had never had a page or a profile or a handle or a handset, who was part of no one’s data, a guy who had lived in the cracks all these years, forgotten and full of rage, in a way that now registered as pure. untouched.how does the author use satire in this excerpt? the author is criticizing media censorship.the author is criticizing the idea of isolationism.the author is mocking society’s overuse of technology.the author is mocking man’s inability to freely express himself.

At first i was afraid to approach him—then the fear left me. he was sitting looking out over the city—he was dressed in the clothes of the gods. his age was neither young nor old—i could not tell his age. but there was wisdom in his face and great sadness. you could see that he would have not run away. he had sat at his window, watching his city die—then he himself had died. but it is better to lose one's life than one's spirit—and you could see from the face that his spirit had not been lost. i knew, that, if i touched him, he would fall into dust—and yet, there was something unconquered in the face. how does the conflict at the beginning of the paragraph move the plot forward? the narrator realizes that he is scared of the gods. the narrator realizes that he distrusts the spirits the narrator realizes that the god was a man. the narrator realizes that he is powerful like the gods.