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1. Man can be killed but not be defeated. Write two similar captions for animals in The Reason. (2) 2. The hunter in the reason fails to hunt down a rabbit because the animals help each other. Imagine that the Jungle Times, the newspaper published by the animals trade union published the newspaper. 3. Attempt a review on any one of the short stories you have read.

4. Imagine that you are a newspaper reporter. You happened to notice the blind man and the narrator at the show. After the show you interviewed the blind man on his experience. Write at least six possible exchanges between you and the blind man. 5. Read the following extract from The Reason.

And the wind was the other way. Were you all at a matinee or what? How did the rabbits know about the hunter even when the circumstances were favourable to him? Write in the words of the rabbit. (5) 6. The narrator In Lifting The Veil comes across a notice of a show to be performed in a restaurant in Thailand. How would it be? 7. The blind man touched the finger mails of the dancing girl. Though she was afraid at first, the fear gave way to sympathy when she realized that the man was blind. That night she makes a diary entry what might she write. 8. The story of the novel The Old Wives tale by Arnold Bennet takes place in Five Towns. Actually it is Staffordshire pottery towns. Imagine you visited that towns. Write a paragraph describing what you saw there.

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9. Construct a dialogue between the blind man and the dancing girl in the story Lifting the Veil.(five exchanges). You may begin like this. Blind man: Please allow me to touch your finger nails Girl: Why..? 10. Those who can see dont see, but those who cant see do see. Narrate an experience from your life to prove the statement.

Rubrics Criteria being evaluated Comprehensiveness of content Expression of ones own views Quality of language Criteria being evaluated Task is complete Answers is complete Task is incomplete Answer is not complete with some confusion Task is not completed Answer is not correct. student needs teachers support to complete the task always mostly sometimes

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