English Reading Comprehension

The parents looked

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Passage - III
One December night, a family had gathered around their fireside and piled it high with wood gathered from mountain streams and ruins of great trees that had come falling down the mountain sides. The fire roared and brightened the room with its light. The faces of the father and mother had a quiet gladness, the children laughed, the oldest daughter was the picture of happiness at seventeen and the aged grandmother who sat sewing in the warmest place was the picture of happiness grown old.

She glanced at him when

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Passage - II
The unpleasant feeling passed and she glanced guardedly up at him. He was walking unmarked in moonlight, innocent of her reaction to him. She felt then - this thought had come to her before - that there might be more to him than she had imagined. She felt ashamed as she had never thanked him for the help he had given to her father.

She was ashamed because

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Passage - II
The unpleasant feeling passed and she glanced guardedly up at him. He was walking unmarked in moonlight, innocent of her reaction to him. She felt then - this thought had come to her before - that there might be more to him than she had imagined. She felt ashamed as she had never thanked him for the help he had given to her father.

The oldest daughter looked

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Passage - III
One December night, a family had gathered around their fireside and piled it high with wood gathered from mountain streams and ruins of great trees that had come falling down the mountain sides. The fire roared and brightened the room with its light. The faces of the father and mother had a quiet gladness, the children laughed, the oldest daughter was the picture of happiness at seventeen and the aged grandmother who sat sewing in the warmest place was the picture of happiness grown old.

In the dark dungeon, he always waited for

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Passage—VI
Ah! whatever could be said was said. All held him guilty. Even his own mother who claimed to understand him the best. All had betrayed him in his hour of need. Yet, there he was, still with a sparkling hope and knew that the truth must prevail. In the cold, dark and damp cell he never for a moment lost faith in God and goodness and was waiting anxiously for an angel to come, plead non-guilty for him and free him of his miseries.

The man caught author's attention because

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Passage – V
Once while traveling by the local bus, I got a seat beside a very strange man. He seemed interested in every passenger aboard. He would stare at a person, scribble some odd mathematical notations on his long notebook and then move on to the next. Being quite interested in what he was doing, I asked him what all those notations meant and then came the startling reply. He saw a man’s face not as a single unit but as thousands of squares put together. He was in fact a statistical expert and a budding artist learning the art of graphics.

The author found that man's reply quite startling because

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Passage – V
Once while traveling by the local bus, I got a seat beside a very strange man. He seemed interested in every passenger aboard. He would stare at a person, scribble some odd mathematical notations on his long notebook and then move on to the next. Being quite interested in what he was doing, I asked him what all those notations meant and then came the startling reply. He saw a man’s face not as a single unit but as thousands of squares put together. He was in fact a statistical expert and a budding artist learning the art of graphics.

From the passage, we gather that

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Passage – V
Once while traveling by the local bus, I got a seat beside a very strange man. He seemed interested in every passenger aboard. He would stare at a person, scribble some odd mathematical notations on his long notebook and then move on to the next. Being quite interested in what he was doing, I asked him what all those notations meant and then came the startling reply. He saw a man’s face not as a single unit but as thousands of squares put together. He was in fact a statistical expert and a budding artist learning the art of graphics.

Her unpleasant feeling passed when

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Passage - II
The unpleasant feeling passed and she glanced guardedly up at him. He was walking unmarked in moonlight, innocent of her reaction to him. She felt then - this thought had come to her before - that there might be more to him than she had imagined. She felt ashamed as she had never thanked him for the help he had given to her father.

Three of the following statements indicate that he had a sparkling hope. Which of the following statements does not indicate the same?

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Passage—VI
Ah! whatever could be said was said. All held him guilty. Even his own mother who claimed to understand him the best. All had betrayed him in his hour of need. Yet, there he was, still with a sparkling hope and knew that the truth must prevail. In the cold, dark and damp cell he never for a moment lost faith in God and goodness and was waiting anxiously for an angel to come, plead non-guilty for him and free him of his miseries.

The firewood had been

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Passage - III
One December night, a family had gathered around their fireside and piled it high with wood gathered from mountain streams and ruins of great trees that had come falling down the mountain sides. The fire roared and brightened the room with its light. The faces of the father and mother had a quiet gladness, the children laughed, the oldest daughter was the picture of happiness at seventeen and the aged grandmother who sat sewing in the warmest place was the picture of happiness grown old.

The truth must prevail means

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Passage—VI
Ah! whatever could be said was said. All held him guilty. Even his own mother who claimed to understand him the best. All had betrayed him in his hour of need. Yet, there he was, still with a sparkling hope and knew that the truth must prevail. In the cold, dark and damp cell he never for a moment lost faith in God and goodness and was waiting anxiously for an angel to come, plead non-guilty for him and free him of his miseries.

Whatever others said about him, he

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Passage—VI
Ah! whatever could be said was said. All held him guilty. Even his own mother who claimed to understand him the best. All had betrayed him in his hour of need. Yet, there he was, still with a sparkling hope and knew that the truth must prevail. In the cold, dark and damp cell he never for a moment lost faith in God and goodness and was waiting anxiously for an angel to come, plead non-guilty for him and free him of his miseries.

The man was scribbling down

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Passage – V
Once while traveling by the local bus, I got a seat beside a very strange man. He seemed interested in every passenger aboard. He would stare at a person, scribble some odd mathematical notations on his long notebook and then move on to the next. Being quite interested in what he was doing, I asked him what all those notations meant and then came the startling reply. He saw a man’s face not as a single unit but as thousands of squares put together. He was in fact a statistical expert and a budding artist learning the art of graphics.

What were 'firecakes'?

With the arrival of winters in 1777, General George Washington decided to camp at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania which was about eighteen miles west of Philadelphia. It was located between high hills and Schuylkill River which made it easy to defend. Since the area was at a distance from the
British so it discouraged surprise attacks.

However, many of the 12000 soldiers of the Continental Army lacked supplies to survive the winter and others were starving. Thus, over 1000 huts were built to provide some relief to the soldiers.It was impossible for the soldiers to stay dry due to moisture from rain and melting snow. This also led to spread of diseases. the only food the soldiers received was \'firecake\' a mixture made from flour and water. Occasionally, soldiers received meat and bread. Soldiers dint get adequate food, lacked clothes and shoes. Due to the unsanitary conditions many soldiers died of diseases like pneumonia and typhoid.
Over 2000 people died of such sickness.