G's Help Desk for English Core - XI: Practice Paper

Bluebells School International

Practice Paper – Mother’s Day

Time: 70 minutes

Name: ____________________ Date: __________________

Class: ____________________ Teacher: Ms. Geetanjali Kumar

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Q.1. Name the character that best demonstrate the following values: ½ m x 20 = 10m

Q.2. Compare and contrast the personalities of Mrs. Fitzgerald and Mrs. Pearson.

How did the play end up being symbolic of a ‘mother’s day’? 3m

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Q.3. Please answer the following questions in about 35-40 words: 2m x 15 = 30m

i) How did the Pearson family treat its matriarch?

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ii) Who was Mrs. Fitzgerald? What method did she suggest to Mrs. Pearson in order to solve the latter’s problems?

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iii) Identify at least three ways in which Mrs. Fitzgerald, in the body of Mrs. Pearson, surprised the Pearson family?

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iv) How does the tea become an important symbol in the play?

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v) The children take their mother for granted, and presume she must be unstable if she were not fulfilling their demands.

Discuss with examples from the text.

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vi) How does Mrs. Fitzgerald react on learning about Doris’ date?

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vii) ‘I’ve joined the movement’, said Mrs. Fitzgerald. Discuss.

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viii) What impression do you form of George Pearson from Mrs. Fitzgerald’s account?

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ix) How does George react to the truth revealed by Mrs. Fitzgerald?

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x) What all does Mrs. Fitzgerald plan to do during her time off from household chores?

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xi) When do we see the actual Mrs. Pearson standing up for herself in the play?

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xii) What warning does Mrs. Fitzgerald give Mrs. Pearson before the former leaves?

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xiii) What does Mrs. Pearson decide to do that evening? How does the family react to her wish?

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xiv) Do you think Mrs. Pearson would be able to sustain the family ambience and respectability gifted to her?

Why or why not?

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xv) Identify at least four values each that Cyril, Doris and George lacked.

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G's Help Desk for English Core - XI