In Time for a Tiger, a novel set in Malaysia, Anthony Burgess uses some Malay words.

Can you work

out their meanings.
He watched with pleasure the food-sellers swirling the frying mee around in their kualis over primitive charcoal
fires.... Ibrahim, watching the swirling mee in thekuali, had suddenly remembered his wife.... Fatima had
tracked him down and tried to hit him with a kuali in the mess kitchen.
They were sitting in a kedai in the single street of Gila, acting, it seemed, a sort of play for the entire population
of the town and the nearest kampong.
So now, this smiling winter morning, I drink this very strong chai with moloko and spoon after spoon after
spoon of sugar, me having a sladky tooth.
Then we slooshied the sirens and knew the millicents were coming with pooshkas pushing out of the police
auto-windows at the ready. That little weepy devotchkahad told them, there being a box for calling
the rozzes not too far behind the Muni Power Plant.
1. It is snowing today __ there are no buses and I can't come to school.

A   because B   but C   so D   whereas

2. Andrea watched the football match _______ her country's team was playing.

A   so B   but C   because D   whereas

3. The England team won the match ________ the other team had very good players.

A   so B   but C   because D   although

4. In classroom G we have a view of the road _______ in classroom E we have a view of the garden.

A   so B   because C   whereas D   that's why

5. Marco wrote his homework very quickly ___ he didn't make any mistakes.

A   so B   but C   because D   that's why

6. It is Sunday today. __________ the school is closed.

A   But B   Because C   Whereas D   That's why

7. Maria is only fourteen years old __ she isn't allowed to go into the pub. (The minimum age is eighteen.)

A   so B   but C   because D   although

8. Mazen didn't eat anything at the party ________ he was very hungry.

A   so B   whereas C   because D   although

9. Bristol has two football stadiums _______ Bath has a rugby stadium.

A   so B   because C   whereas D   that's why

10. _______ the Spanish team won the match, all the Spanish students were happy.

A   So B   Because C   That's why D   Whereas

Word Meaning
mee a kind of food - noodles
kuali a cooking pan
kedai Shop
kampong Villaje

Word Meaning

chai Tea

moloko Milk

sladky Sweet

slooshied heard

millicents police

pooshkas guns

devotchka girl

rozzes policemen