English Core > Literature Class 12 > Vistas Prose

Read the following extracts and answer the questions: (B) Mr. Lamb : When I go down the streets, the kids shout Lamey Lamb'. But they will come into the garden, into my house; it's a game. They're not afraid of me. Why should they be? Because I'm not afraid of them, that's why not. Derry : Did you get your leg blown off in the war? Mr. Lamb : Certainly. Derry : How will you climb on a ladder and get the crab apples down, then? Mr. Lamb : Oh, there's a lot of things I've learned to do and plenty of time for it. Years. I take it steady. (On the Face of it)

(i) Complete the following suitably: 'Years. I take it steady'. The above line speaks of the speaker's ________. (1 mark) (ii) 'Derry, how will you climb on a ladder?' What does Derry hint at in the above query? (1 mark) (iii) 'When I go down the streets, the kids shout Lamey Lamb.' The attitude of the speaker expressed in the above line is (1 mark) (A) his habit of finding fault. (B) he is timid and faint hearted. (C) his acceptance of reality and positive attitude. (D) his indifferent and careless attitude. (iv) Fill in the blank suitably: Mr. Lamb's handicap has not ________ his attitude towards life. (1 mark)