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| 1. Where does this story take
place? |
a) |
America |
| b) |
Arinas |
| c) |
India |
| d) |
The text doesn't say |
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| 2. How was the parcel
wrapped? |
a) |
in brown paper |
| b) |
in silver paper |
| c) |
in grey paper |
| d) |
in tape |
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| 3. Who was Savni? |
a) |
a little girl |
| b) |
the Great-Aunt |
| c) |
the mother of the family |
| d) |
the son of the family |
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| 4. Why don't the family read the
letter? |
a) |
They are too impatient to look in the container. |
| b) |
It is addressed to the doctor. |
| c) |
It is in English. |
| d) |
It is missing. |
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| 5. What does Murna think is in the
pot? |
a) |
dust |
| b) |
ashes |
| c) |
coffee |
| d) |
pepper |
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| 6. Why does Arinas think that the
powder is pepper? |
a) |
It tastes very hot. |
| b) |
It makes Murna sneeze. |
| c) |
It is written on the pot. |
| d) |
The letter says so. |
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| 7. What does the family do with the
powder? |
a) |
They keep it to give to the doctor. |
| b) |
They send it back to America. |
| c) |
They make drinks with it. |
| d) |
They put it on their food. |
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| 8. Why does Savni save the last bit
of the powder? |
a) |
as a souvenir |
| b) |
for Dr. Haret |
| c) |
to analyse it |
| d) |
to spread it on the hills |
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| 9. How does Dr. Haret solve the
mystery? |
a) |
He analyses the powder. |
| b) |
He recognizes the powder. |
| c) |
He is a friend of Pasni. |
| d) |
He translates the letter. |
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| 10. What was really in the
pot? |
a) |
coffee |
| b) |
Great-Aunt Pasni |
| c) |
dust |
| d) |
special American pepper |
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