I cried aloud, shaking my head all the while until I felt the cold blades of the scissors against my neck, and heard them gnaw off one of my thick braids. Then I lost my spirit. Since the day I was taken from my mother I had suffered extreme indignities. People had stared at me. I had been tossed about in the air like a wooden puppet. And now my long hair was shingled like a coward’s! In my anguish I moaned for my mother, but no one came to comfort me. Not a soul reasoned quietly with me, as my own mother used to do; for now I was only one of many little animals driven by a herder. i ‘Then I lost my spirit’. Choose the option that DOES NOT refer to ‘spirit’. 1. resolve 2. energy 3. determination 4. indifference 5. enthusiasm 6. will power a) 1, 2 and 5 b) 2, 4 and 6 c) 1, 3 and 6 d) 3, 4 and 6 ii Look at the given images of books. Which of the following conveys the idea of the extract?a) Option 1 b) Option 2 c) Option 3 d) Option 4iii How would you describe the author’s tone when she says, “I was only one of many little animals driven by a herder”? a) austere b) apathetic c) dismal d) resentful iv Choose the correct option with reference to the two statements given below. Statement 1: The author had been subjected to humiliation when she was separated from her mother. Statement 2: Nobody was able to ease her distress and empathise with her. a) Statement 1 is true but Statement 2 is false. b) Statement 1 is false but Statement 2 is true. c) Both Statement 1 and Statement cannot be inferred from the passage d) Both Statement 1 and Statement 2 can be inferred from the passage.