Available Answers

1. 1.

   Make a choice! There are no right or wrong answers. The choice is yours.

   1. Do you prefer Indian food or Chinese cuisine?
   2. Do you prefer sports or music?
   3. Do you prefer to read a book or watch a TV serial?
   4. Do you prefer to watch a movie or go for a picnic in your free time?
   5. Do you prefer to spend time with family or your friends?
2. 2.

   Look at these circumstances. What would you choose to do?

   1. There is a child who nobody likes. Would you play with him?
   2. You fell down while showing off how well you could skate. Everyone laughed. Will you get up and laugh, too?
   3. You got a high score in a test and want to share that with your mom at home. But she is busy with the baby. Will you feel jealous?
   4. A new child in school is being bullied. Will you join in?
   5. Your team has lost the basketball match. Will you feel unhappy? (Yes, feeling happy/ unhappy is also a choice!)
3. 3.

   Which set of decisions were easier to make? Why?

4. 4.

   Choose the right options to complete these sentences.

   1. Miss Helen Francis used to teach
      1. music.
      2. sports and games.
      3. history.
   2. Brenda wished to miss the choir practice because
      1. she had a pain.
      2. she did not like music.
      3. she had to practise for a hockey match.
   3. Miss Helen Francis and Miss Marion Taylor
      1. were the best of friends.
      2. could not stand each other.
      3. were casual colleagues.
   4. Both Miss Helen Francis and Miss Marion Taylor wanted Brenda to attend their class because
      1. they loved Brenda and wanted her to improve her skills.
      2. they wanted to prove their own importance.
      3. they did not want to flout the rules.
   5. In the end, Brenda chose not to attend either of the two classes because
      1. she did not like both of them.
      2. she liked to flout rules.
      3. she was tired and felt extremely humiliated by the way both teachers had used her to show each other down.
   6. Which dramatic technique has the playwright used to tell us about what is happening in the background?
      1. stage directions
      2. use of a narrator
      3. monologues
5. 5.

   Why did Brenda mention to Miss Francis that the hockey match was against the High School?
6. 6.

   Which hockey team was Brenda a member of? What position did she occupy in the team?