Read the following extract carefully and answer the questions that follow:
Suspicion grew even stronger when he suddenly produced some ready cash, though he had admitted not long before that he had no money.
1. Who is ‘he’ in the above extract? Who suspected him?
(i) 'He’ in the above extract is Griffin. He was suspected by Mrs. Hall the owner of the inn.
(ii) 'He’ in the above extract is Mr. Hall. He was suspected by Mrs. Hall the owner of the inn.
(iii) 'He’ in the above extract is a dog. He was suspected by Mrs. Hall the owner of the inn.
(iv) ‘He’ in the above extract is Mr. Jaffers. He was suspected by Mrs. Hall the owner of the inn.
2. Why was 'he' suspected?
(i) He was suspected because one moment he had no ready cash but the next moment he had gold.
(ii) He was suspected because one moment he had no ready cash but the next moment he possessed it.
(iii) He was suspected because one moment he had no ready cash but the next moment he had silver.
(iv) He was suspected because one moment he had no ready cash but he had a bungalow.
3. Find a word / phrase from the extract that means the same as ‘money’.
(i) The phrase is ‘ready cash’.
(ii) The phrase is ‘cash’.
(iii) The phrase is ‘stealing cash’.
(iv) The phrase is ‘suspicion grow stronger’.
4. Give a synonym of ‘suddenly’.
(i) The synonym is ‘quickly’.
(ii) The synonym is ‘immediately’.
(iii) The synonym is ‘rapidly’.
(iv) The synonym is ‘furious’.
5. Give a synonym of ‘suspicion’.
(i) The synonym is ‘immediately’.
(ii) The synonym is ‘spy’.
(iii) The synonym is ‘doubt’.
(iv) The synonym is ‘thinking’.
