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Based on your reading of the story answer the following questions by ticking the correct options. 1. The driver did not approve of the narrator buying fruit from the two boys because the boys were untidy and poorly dressed the strawberries were not fresh they were asking for a heavy price the driver did not approve of small boys who worked 2. The narrator was most impressed by the boys' desire to earn money willingness to work ability to perform many tasks sense of fun 3. Nicola was not pleased when Jacopo asked the narrator to drive them to Poleta as he did not want a stranger to become involved with their plans preferred going to Poleta by train so that he could enjoy the scenery did not want to ask anyone for favours did not want to take help from someone he did not know well 4. The narrator did not go inside Lucia's room as he did not want to intrude into their privacy he thought that the boys would object Lucia would not welcome a stranger the boys would feel he was spying on them 5. The boys were the first to join the resistance movement against the Germans because the Germans had hurt their sister the Germans ruled the city the Germans had ruined their family the Germans had destroyed their home 6. The author did not speak to the boys on their return journey because he thought the boys would prefer to keep their secret he thought the boys were ashamed of their sister's condition he thought they wouldn't tell him the truth he thought the boys might ask him for money for their sister

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Based on
your reading of the story answer the following questions by ticking
the correct options.



1. The driver did not approve of the
narrator buying fruit from the two boys because



  1. the
    boys were untidy and poorly dressed


  2. the
    strawberries were not fresh


  3. they
    were asking for a heavy price


  4. the
    driver did not approve of small boys who worked




2.
The narrator was most impressed by the boys'



  1. desire
    to earn money


  2. willingness
    to work


  3. ability
    to perform many tasks


  4. sense
    of fun





3. Nicola was not pleased when Jacopo asked
the narrator to drive them to Poleta as he



  1. did
    not want a stranger to become involved with their plans


  2. preferred
    going to Poleta by train so that he could enjoy the scenery


  3. did
    not want to ask anyone for favours


  4. did
    not want to take help from someone he did not know well




4.
The narrator did not go inside Lucia's room as



  1. he
    did not want to intrude into their privacy


  2. he
    thought that the boys would object


  3. Lucia
    would not welcome a stranger


  4. the
    boys would feel he was spying on them





5. The boys were the first to join the
resistance movement against the Germans because



  1. the
    Germans had hurt their sister


  2. the
    Germans ruled the city


  3. the
    Germans had ruined their family


  4. the
    Germans had destroyed their home




6.
The author did not speak to the boys on their return journey because



  1. he
    thought the boys would prefer to keep their secret


  2. he
    thought the boys were ashamed of their sister's condition


  3. he
    thought they wouldn't tell him the truth


  4. he
    thought the boys might ask him for money for their sister




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