Subject: English ASSESSMENT: 06 Date: 21/01/2023

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Darken the circle against every correct answer.

Q1. What was the seagull afraid of?

(a) Running O
(b) Swimming O
(c) Flying O
(d) None of the above O

Q2. Who gave Young Seagull a piece of fish?

(a) Brother Seagull O

(b) Mother seagull O
(c) Father Seagull O
(d) All of the above O

Q3. Why didn’t the pilot turn the aeroplane back towards Paris?

(a) He wanted to meet his family. O

(b) He wanted to go on a holiday. O
(c) He did not want to miss the English breakfast O
(d) He did not like Paris O

Q4. What was the pilot NOT sorry about?

(a) Missing his holiday O

(b) Driving the plane into the storm O
(c) Risking the lives of fellow passengers O
(d) Both (2) and (3) O

Q5. Which of the pilot’s instruments stopped working first?

(a) Compass O
(b) Radio O
(c) Both stopped together O
(d) Both were working O

Q6. Answer the following questions in 20-30 words:

(a) How did the young seagull feel when a gust of wind below his feathers lifted him up and he
could finally fly?

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(b) How was Mrs. Pumphrey responsible for Tricki’s bloated appearance?
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Q7. Answer the following questions in 40-50 words:

(a) Each adversity is an opportunity. The author proved this right in ‘The Black Aeroplane’.
Mention any two traits helped him find his way out of the storm clouds?
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(b) “His feet sank into the green sea, and then his belly touched it and he sank no further.” How
did the young seagull feel after making his first flight?
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Q8. Answer the following question in 100-120 words:

(a) Imagine that Tricki can understand the language of humans. When he goes back home, what
does he tell Mrs. Pumphrey about his stay in the surgery? What is Mrs. Pumphrey’s reaction,
and does it lead to any change in the way she treats him?
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