Passages from First Flight or Footprints.....

 1. Tricki was tottering along in his little tweed coat.... He struggled on, drooping in his harness. I thought it wouldn’t be long before I heard from Mrs. Pumphrey. The expected call came within a few days. Mrs. Pumphrey was distraught. Tricki would eat nothing. Refused even his favourite dishes; and besides, he had bouts of vomiting. He spent all his time lying on a rug, panting. Didn’t want to go for walks, didn’t want to do anything. I had made my plans in advance. The only way was to get Tricki out of the house for a period. I suggested that he be hospitalized for about a fortnight to be kept under observation. The poor lady almost swooned. She was sure he would pine and die if he did not see her every day. But I took a firm line. Tricki was very ill and this was the only way to save him.                                                         (A Triumph of Surgery)

(i) Why had the author made his plans in advance ? 1

        (A) Mrs. Pumphrey was worried that Tricki would pine and die without her.

        (B) The author was aware of the severity of Tricki’s medical condition.

        (C) The author knew about Mrs. Pumphrey’s financial condition.

        (D) The author had planned his own vacation.

(ii) The author firmly proposed the need to remove Tricki from the house for a specified period. Elaborate the reason for doing so in about 40 words. 2

(iii) Fill in the blank with the correct word from the brackets. 1

The word ‘swooned’ in the following sentence indicates almost ________ (tripped/fainted).

(iv) “Mrs. Pumphrey was distraught.” What does this suggest about her character ? Mention any one reason.

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