The man moaned with pain in his stupor but he did not awaken.
“The best thing that we could do would be to put him back in the sea,” Sadao said, answering himself. Now that the bleeding was stopped for the moment he stood up and dusted the sand from his hands.
“Yes, undoubtedly that would be best,” Hana said steadily. But she continued to stare down at the motionless man.
“If we sheltered a white man in our house we should be arrested and if we turned him over as a prisoner, he would certainly die,” Sadao said.
“The kindest thing would be to put him back into the sea,” Hana said. But neither of them moved. They were staring with curious repulsion upon the inert figure.
i. In which of the following options can the underlined words NOT be replaced with ‘stupor’?
a) She hung up the phone feeling as though she had woken up from a slumber.
b) The manager complained about the employee’s sluggishness.
c) He seemed to be in a trance when the doctor called upon him last week.
d) Seeing him in a daze, the lawyer decided not to place him in the witness box.
ii. Pick the option that best describes Sadao and Hana in the passage.
a) Sadao: scrupulous Hana: wary
b) Sadao: daring Hana: prudent
c) Sadao: prudent Hana: suspicious
d) Sadao: wary Hana: daring
iii. Pick the idiom that best describes the situation in which Sadao and Hana were in.
a) to be like a fish out of water
b) like water off a duck’s back
c) to be dead in the water
d) to be in hot water
iv. Choose the correct option with reference to the two statements given below.
Statement 1: Sadao and Hana cared about the soldier but were worried about the consequences of being considerate.
Statement 2: Sadao and Hana wanted to shirk their responsibilities of looking after an injured soldier, who could be an American.
a) Statement 1 is true but Statement 2 is false.
b) Statement 1 is false but Statement 2 is true.
c) Both Statement 1 and Statement 2 are true.
d) Both Statement 1 and Statement 2 are false.
