From The Matsuyama Mirror

Choose the correct answer:

1- Which figurative device used in the following line ----------------

(TOORIKO: I will cook.

Start of paragraph 52 of 111 AIKO: You? The taste will kill— Sorry. But you don’t know how
to cook. You don’t.)
a- Personification
b- Simile
c- Hyperbole.

2- Okosaan ( the mother) was helping and teaching Aiko--------------

a- Embroidery
b- Cooking
c- Carving

3- What is most likely the reason Tooriko suggests that her father will have to find a saint in
order to happily marry off his other daughter, Aiko?
a- It is a backhanded way of calling Aiko ugly.
b- She is saying that if Aiko wants a husband that compares to hers, she will need to be set up
with the perfect man.
c- It is a joke about how much patience and strength would be necessary to handle Aiko.

4- Which of the following selections might best describe Aiko’s attitude toward her older sister
Tooriko?
a- She feels rivalry toward Tooriko, and thinks she doesn’t do anything well.
b- She admires Tooriko, except for her embroidery skills.
c- All of the above.

5- What is the figurative language used here. "childhood is a butterfly feeding on the dew of
youth."
a- Hyperbole
b- Onomatopoeia
c- Metaphor.

Answer the following questions :

1- What does Otoosan tell Aiko that she will find in the mirror?

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2- What is the figurative language identified about "the mirror"? Explain.

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3- What is the genre of the text? Mention in detail.

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What is the figurative language:

1- Which figurative device used in the following line ----------------

(TOORIKO: I will cook.

Start of paragraph 52 of 111 AIKO: You? The taste will kill— Sorry. But you don’t know how
to cook. You don’t.)

2- Tree trunk
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3- AIKO: How can you sit there like a piece of stone?

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4- Rough as tree trunk

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5- The mirror:

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The war of the worlds :

1- Describe the Martian ?

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2- Why were people going to the cylinder to meet the Martians?

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2- When the Heat Ray hits someone, what happens?

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3- When the narrator realises the Martians are killing people with this Heat Ray he:

a- Runs away weeping silently like a child

 b- Hides himself quickly underneath the dog cart he borrowed
c- Runs away screaming for everyone to leave
d- Ducks down into the undergrowth and prays no one finds him

4- The narrator runs away, and then makes his way home. He chats with some people
along the way. It all seems like a strange dream to him now.
a- True
b- False

5- What is most likely the meaning of the white flag that appears in Paragraph 7?

Then I saw some cabmen and others had walked boldly into the sand pits, and heard the clatter
of hoofs and the gride of wheels. I saw a lad trundling off the barrow of apples. And then,
within thirty yards of the pit, advancing from the direction of Horsell, I noted a little black knot
of men, the foremost of whom was waving a white flag.
Answer choices for the above question
A. The humans are violently attacking the Martians.
B. The group of men are planting the flag in the ground near the Martian landing to
establish that this is their territory.
C. The men who are seeking out the Martians are showing that they come in peace.
D. It is a gift being given to the Martians.

6- Which of these inferences about Ogilvy, Stent and Henderson is best supported by the
text (Paragraph 9)?

Flutter, flutter, went the flag, first to the right, then to the left. It was too far for me to recognise
anyone there, but afterwards I learned that Ogilvy, Stent, and Henderson were with others in
this attempt at communication. This little group had in its advance dragged inward, so to speak,
the circumference of the now almost complete circle of people, and a number of dim black
figures followed it at discreet distances.
Answer choices for the above question
A. They are close friends with the narrator.
B. They attempted to communicate with the Martians.
C. They have plans to attack the Martians.
D. They were standing with the narrator and his neighbor as they stared at the Martian pit.

7- What do the following lines from Paragraph 17 reveal?

All this had happened with such swiftness that I had stood motionless, dumbfounded and
dazzled by the flashes of light. Had that death swept through a full circle, it must inevitably
have slain me in my surprise. But it passed and spared me, and left the night about me suddenly
dark and unfamiliar.
Answer choices for the above question
A. The narrator has surprisingly survives the attack.
B. Everyone on earth has perished in the fire.
C. The narrator is ready to strike back at the Martians.
D. The Martians have left behind a new earth that the narrator is eager to embrace.

8- What is a most likely central idea of the passage?

A. Humans have a sense that there is something bad coming and they should not trust the
Martians.
B. The fear caused by the invasion has caused all people to unite in one universal response.
C. People are curious about the mysterious visitors.
D. Before approaching the pit, the humans hold a summit to decide what was the best
move.

9- Which of the following inferences is best supported by the text?

A. Humans cannot take their eyes off the Martians because they are so beautiful.
B. The narrator is in awe of the Martians’ arrival and unsure if he should be afraid.
C. The Martians have given no indication that they have any mental capacity.
D. The narrator would like to leave Earth with the Martians once they depart.