Read the following passage carefully.
When I am taller, I shall have a house so good people will stop in front of my walls and smile, and even laugh out loud.
You should have strong eyes to paint well, and your hand must not shake like a leaf on a tree, for you must fill a chicken’s feather with paint and draw a line as straight as a spear. You must have the pattern inside your head, even before you dip the feather into the paint. Your hand must be steady to make the patterns sharp, the walls are high, and your legs must be strong. Sometimes my mother and her sisters sit by the fire in winter, or in summer under shade trees, and they make good things with beads. They tell stories as they sort and string and sew. My mother lets me watch her and very soon I shall be making the amaphotho (a beaded apron) and the ghabi (the fringed lion flap), and they will be so good that when I dance, the stars will dance with me. (Painted House, Friendly Chicken and Me)
Now, answer the following questions.
1. What kind of house does the speaker want to have?
2. Those days paintings are done using…………
A) the leaves of a tree
B) The fingers of a hand
C) The feathers of a chicken
3. ‘The strong eyes’ in this passage refers to
A) Big eyes
B) Wide eyes
C) Perfect eyesight
4. What do the women use to make good things?
5. What appears to be stars while the speaker dances?
