Five-minute Call


Summary
Jimmy Conway was a comedian He was about to perform a brand new comedy routine in one of london s most renowned theatre The show was also to be shown live on BBC1 He wore a grey suit with polished shoes and his face was clean shaven While being backstage he got a five minute call after which he was supposed to appear on the stage and perform Meanwhile he started wondering what would it be like to be a librarian To be surrounded by books stamping the return date on novels stressing over the missing five pence it all seemed better to him than getting on stage to perform live in front of so ...

Available Answers

  1. 1.

    What do you understand by the phrase 'avoidance task' here?

  2. 2.
    Who wants to invent an avoidance task, and why?
  3. 3.
    What was the avoidance task he chose and what was the disaster that followed?
  4. 4.
    What were the two things the writer thought of to take care of the disaster?
  5. 5.
    What does the title of the passage refer to? Who is the five-minute call for?
  6. 6.

    Pick out the phrases and ideas that tell you the writer was dreading. What he was going to do? Does it sound terrifying to you? Give reasons for your answer.

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