Available Answers

1. 1.

   "Come upstairs with me, Tom". Why did Maggie want her brother to go upstairs with her? (para 2)

2. 2.

   "You'll catch it!" What exactly did Tom mean by that? (para 8)

3. 3.

   She stood with a sense of freedom as if she had come out from a wood into the open plain. Freedom from what? What is compared to a wood and to the open plain? (para 13)

4. 4.

   In paragraph 15, we read that Maggie's cheeks began to grow pale and her lips trembled a little. What was it that caused such a change in her?

5. 5.

   Say if these statements are true (T) or not true (NT). Look, when necessary, in the paragraphs whose numbers are given.

   1. Tom and Maggie were both wilful children but Tom showed it much less in his actions. (para 23)
   2. Both were often scolded as being naughty. (para 20)
   3. Maggie was first excited and then worried by her action. (para 20)
   4. Aunt Glegg was more critical of Maggie than uncle Glegg. (paras 37-38)
   5. Maggie was greatly comforted by her father taking her side, and he had done so o other occasions too. (para 43)
6. 6.

   How did Tom succeed in making Maggie come to the table? What did he do and say? (paras 29 and 31)