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9. Dusk
1. Fill in the blanks with the correct
option.
a) Norman Gortsby sat on a in the almost deserted park.
chair
it) bench ii) log iv) fence
b) The young man was
wandering about with pence in his pocket.
two in) one ii) four iv) six
C) The young man thought that he was likely to spend the. on the street.
1) evening i) day iv)weekend
night
d) In the evening, God covered the world with and whispered to mankind.
i) humans ii) plenty im) greenery iv shade
e) Norman asked the young man if the loan of a would be of any good to him.
1) penny sovereign ii) dollar iv) pound
2. Answer each of the
following questions in 30-40 words.

a) What did Gortsby feel about Dusk?

Gr HSb haught thot Dusk I the hour a doleated The

Ondlamen Come here uith shahhn clnthes baaued shoulders
Ant_uplhanp eyeR 0make. ihen UnrecogniSed
b) Narrate the incident that Gortsby faced which was similar to that of the young man's
situation.

G10TbIuth hisionda faoeda Slin itualion ahen

he hadent 0reian caita on o ocrgeion ati
his rendhut ckdly ho knei Hotel hth ong on shot cana
c)What did Gortsby notice after the young man left? What did he realise?

nOrebt OH09d i0t cake a 0ap dlas lgIng an the

deside o ench He realised hot miaht hnd fall
fram oung man OUep.ocket He Onnd coiht olth ihe
uOuth ond goe bhim a ouRaien ond Cok Oh soap.

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 3. Sequence the events.

a) A young man takes his place.

b) The young man tells Gortsby he came out of the hotel to buy soap.

c)Gortsby refuses to believe him, asks for the soap.

d) He lost his way and needs help.

e) The elderly gentleman returns, searching for the soapP

bench.
t)The young man leaves, Gortsby finds the soap under the

g) Norman Gortsby sits on a bench, in a deserted park.

h) Rushes back to the young man, gives him a sovereign.

i) An elderly gentleman who sat beside him, rose to go.

4. You are the young man. Write a paragraph on how you felt and what you

thought of Gortsby after he gave you the sovereign.

fhoughtthot ailheCauaht bu
becoISe OE
90ap COold0 himHe uS Verg1dit peIson
He 0S hotT0 believe dn ne hen huho (0Ue me
So0p He hoogh I nigat he mineour ontPoar
old man. He loat 16 504p He niLanr 1 be inding iE_
The tdiok miph n00he Tma har he made
Such a m19ako.

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