Available Answers

1. 1.

   What do the following phrases mean? Tick the most appropriate options.

   1. looping the loop in the dome of death
      1. motorcyclists going round and round inside a huge metal or wooden globe
      2. motorcyclists performing dangerous death-defying acts by riding round and round inside a huge globe
   2. gazed at me as if I were some curious animal
      1. looked at the man in a strange way as he had just won something peculiar; perhaps they wondered how he would use such an object
      2. stared at the man as he had just won something that they thought he'd never be able to use
   3. It cut into my slender budget and I had to pledge a jewel or two belonging to my wife!
      1. I had to pawn some of my wife's jewellery to pay the rent for the space occupied by the road engine and this spoilt the way I had planned to spend my money.
      2. I had to spend the money I had set aside for expenses and even had to get some more money by pawning some of my wife's jewellery to pay the rent for the space occupied by the road engine.
   4. I even started a great harangue with the chairman of the Municipality on the importance of owning a road roller.
      1. I talked and talked and tried hard to convince the chairman of the Municipality that it was important for them to have a road roller.
      2. I tried to get the chairman of the Municipality to buy the road roller as it would be of use to the government.
   5. I made preparations to leave the town in a couple of days, leaving the engine to its fate.
      1. I got ready to go away from the town so that I would not be involved in the mess any more.
      2. I got ready to leave the town for a few days to allow destiny to take care of the engine.
   S A M P L E

   www.bigslate.com

   Answer:

   S A M P L E

   1. (ii) motorcyclists performing dangerous death-defying acts b...
   2. (ii) stared at the man as he had just won something...
   3. (ii) I had to spend the money I had set aside for e...
   4. ...
   5. ...
2. 2.

   What was Gaiety Land?

   S A M P L E

   www.bigslate.com

   Answer:

   S A M P L E

   Gaiety Land was an institution owned by a showman which held...

3. 3.

   Why did the writer's friends and well-wishers come to congratulate him?

   S A M P L E

   www.bigslate.com

   Answer:

   S A M P L E

   The writer’s friends and well-wishers came to congratulate...

4. 4.

   Why was the writer locked Up?

5. 5.

   Why did the writer's wife want to leave him and go away?

6. 6.

   What unforeseen problems did the writer have to face after he acquired the road engine?