English Core > Literature Class 12 > Flamingo Prose

Read the following extracts and answer the questions: (b) "They wouldn't make you manager straight off, Soaf." "I'll be like Mary Quant," Sophie said. "I'll be a natural. They'll see it from the start. I'll have the most amazing shop this city's ever seen." Jansie, knowing they were both earmarked for the biscuit factory, became melancholy. She wished Sophie wouldn't say these things. When they reached Sophie's street Jansie said, "It's only a few months away now, Soaf, you really should be sensible. They don't pay well for shop work, you know that, your dad would never allow it." (Going Places)

(i) Choose the correct option: What trait of the speaker is reflected in the first line of the extract? (1 mark) (A) optimistic (B) pessimistic (C) realistic (D) fatalistic (ii) Choose the correct option from those given in the brackets to fill in the blank. "They'll see it from the start." The above statement reflects Sophie's ________. (modesty/overconfidence) (1 mark) (iii) "They don't pay well for the shop work." Jansie's statement depicts Jansie as a : (1 mark) (A) happy-go-lucky girl. (B) practical friend of Sophie. (C) casual friend of Sophie. (D) jealous friend. (iv) Complete the following suitably : "Your dad would never allow it ....." The image of Sophie's father as we infer from the above statement is that he ________. (1 mark) (v) What does the following line from the extract showcase about Jansie's emotions? "Soaf, you really should be sensible." (1 mark) (i) indifference (ii) concern (iii) regret (iv) envy (vi) "They were both 'earmarked' for the biscuit factory." What does the word 'earmarked' convey? (1 mark)