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1. 1.

   Complete the following sentences.

   1. Alice's grandfather painted pictures of ____________________________________.
   2. In the library, Miss Rumphius __________________________________.
   3. Miss Rumphius went to a real tropical island, where people ________________________.
   4. Everywhere she went, Miss Rumphius made _________________________.
   5. Miss Rumphius started _____________________ among _________________________.
   6. Miss Rumphius couldn't plant more seeds that first summer because ____________________________.
2. 2.

   'You will always remain my friends too', said Miss Rumphius.

   1. Who did Miss Rumphius say this to?
   2. Why did she say this?
   3. Where did she meet these friends?
3. 3.

   'What a foolish thing to do', said Miss Rumphius.

   1. What was the foolish thing that Miss Rumphius did?
   2. Why did she call it foolish?
   3. What did she decide to do next?
4. 4.

   Miss Rumphius was almost perfectly happy.
   'But there is still one more thing I must do', she said.

   1. What made Miss Rumphius happy?
   2. Why was she almost perfectly happy?
   3. What one more thing did she have to do?
5. 5.

   Which faraway places did Miss Rumphius go to? What were her experiences there?

6. 6.

   How did Miss Rumphius hit upon the idea of making the world beautiful? Why did she decide to make the world beautiful in the first place?