English Term II

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1st Assessment

Q Marks

1. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions.

Oliver Twist is a novel written by Charles Dickens, one of England's great

novelists. Set in London slums of the nineteenth century, the story is about a
boy whose mother dies in a workhouse after giving birth to him.
Oliver spends the first nine years of his life in misery in an orphanage until he is
transferred to a workhouse for adults. Here, he is bullied into asking Mr.
Bumble, the supervisor, for more food. For this, Oliver is punished and sold to
Mr. Sowerbury, the undertaker who becomes very angry with Oliver.
To escape Mr. Sowerbury's anger, Oliver runs away and meets a pickpocket
named Jack also called the "Artful Dodger". Jack works for a man named Fagin,
a criminal who uses young boys like Jack to steal from rich people. Fagin sends
Oliver into the streets with two other boys. Oliver runs away when he sees
them stealing but is caught. Luckily, the victim of the theft, Mr Brownlow,
realizes that Oliver is quite sick. He takes Oliver home and nurses him back to
health. Oddly, Oliver resembles a young woman whose portrait hangs in the
house. Oliver's life is now very happy, but his adventures are not over.
Captured by Bill Sykes and Nancy, Oliver is forced to rejoin the gang. He is shot
when he and Bill are sent to burgle the house of Mrs. Maylie and her beautiful
niece, Rose. Bill escapes, but the ladies findand look after Oliver. They even
take him on a country holiday!
But Fagin and his accomplice, Monks, are displeased. They want to recapture
Oliver. Monks finds out that Oliver has his mother's gold locket. Knowing that
this could identify Oliver's mother, Monks finds and destroys the locket. Nancy
warns Rose that Fagin is after Oliver.
Rose reunites Oliver with Mr. Brownlow and later, Mr. Brownlow forces Monks
to tell the truth about Oliver's background. Surprisingly, Monks is Oliver's
half-brother, and is determined to keep Oliver's half of their father's fortune
for himself. Oliver's mother, Agnes, died in poverty but his father, Mr.
Leeford, was very wealthy. Monks is forced to sign over half of the fortune to
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Oliver.
Another surprise is in store for Oliver. He finds out that Rose is his aunt. The
story ends when Fagin is hanged for his crimes, Jack is imprisoned, and Oliver is
adopted by Mr. Brownlow. They live happily ever after in a small country village.

Tick the correct answer.

Oliver spends the first nine years of his life in misery in an
_______________.
(a) /1
a) Orphanage
b) Hostel
c) House

Oliver is punished and sold to _______________.

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a) Mr. David
b) Mr. Sowerbury
c) Mr. James

Answer the following questions:

What the story is about? /2

(c)

What does Mr. Brownlow do with Oliver? /2

(d)

What would you have done if you would have been there in place of Oliver?
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2. Choose the correct word and add the suffix -less to the word and complete /5
the paragraph.

ible.Ful,ing,ish

Jack was a forget_____ boy. He went in search of his dog into the forest. He

was hope_____, that he would find his dog. He was thinking he would be

respons_____ and would not lose his dog again. He then called his dog loudly. It

suddenly came running towards him and they started playing in child____ way.

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3. Sports Gala was celebrated in your school. Write a report on the function
describing the activities that took place like displays, Races, Prize
distribution.

OR

Kashmir Day was celebrated in your school. Write a report on the function
describing the activities that took place like poster making, poem writing,
roleplays.

Report should be consisted of following features:

 Interesting beginning
 Suitable heading and subheading
 Description of activities

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Criteria for Report Writing Obtained Marks

Content (relevance to the topic) /2

Heading and subheading /1

Paragraphing /1

Sentence structure (grammatically sound sentences) /2

Effective use of punctuation /1

Use of correct spelling /1

Total /08

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