The speaker in the first line 'No never mind. It'll be over by and by, maybe. Don't call anybody.' is Tom. Tom is the main character who is trying to hide his toothache from others and does not want anyone to be called to help him. In the second line 'It makes my flesh crawl to hear you. What is the matter?' the speaker is Sid, who is Tom's brother and is reacting with disgust to Tom's complaints. In the third line 'Your tooth indeed! What's the matter with your tooth?' the speaker is Aunt Polly, who is Tom's guardian and is questioning him about his tooth problem. These three characters are central to the opening scene of the story 'On Monday Morning.'
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False
False
False
C. Read the following passage and answer the questions.
Tom lay thinking. Presently it occurred to him that he wished he was sick; then he could stay home from school. He examined himself. He found no symptoms or sickness, and he investigated again. This time he felt he had a stomach ache, but it soon grew feeble, and presently died wholly away. He reflected further.
Tom wished that he were sick so that he could stay home from school. He thought that if he was ill, he would have a valid reason to avoid attending school that day. This shows that Tom was not eager to go to school and was looking for an excuse to remain at home instead of facing whatever awaited him at school.
The result of Tom's self-examination was that he found no symptoms of sickness initially. When he examined himself the first time, he could not detect any signs of illness. However, when he investigated again, he felt that he had a stomach ache, but this feeling soon grew feeble and eventually disappeared completely. So his self-examination did not yield any genuine evidence of sickness that would allow him to stay home from school.
Tom detected that he had a stomach ache during his self-examination. However, this stomach ache was not genuine or lasting. The pain soon grew feeble and presently died wholly away, which means it disappeared completely. This suggests that Tom was imagining or exaggerating his symptoms in an attempt to convince himself and others that he was sick enough to stay home from school.
Sid showed his affection towards Tom by trying to console him with reassuring words, telling Tom that he was not dying and that his condition was not as serious as Tom believed it to be. Through these comforting words, Sid demonstrated his care and concern for his brother, attempting to ease Tom's worries and fears about his health.
No, Aunt Polly did not believe Tom's groaning because she could see that his toe was not actually sore and he was not in a dying state as he was pretending to be. She recognized that Tom was exaggerating his symptoms and feigning illness to avoid going to school on Monday morning, so she dismissed his complaints as mere theatrics.
Aunt Polly asked Mary to get her a silk thread and a chunk of fire out of the kitchen to put the tooth in order to relieve Tom’s toothache.
- A. miss school
- B. scare Sid
- C. make Aunt Polly feel bad
a) miss school
- A. her fingers
- B. a pair of pliers
- C. a piece of thread.
c) a piece of thread
- A. he was sick
- B. he hated going to school
- C. Aunt Polly was sick.
b) he hated going to school
excited, thrilled, eager
shiny, glow, dazzling
minute, tiny, small
smile, laugh, guffaw
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