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Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow. Seventeen months after our marriage, our oldest child, Henry, was born. Meanwhile we had gone to Sidney, Delaware County, where my father opened a shop. I still continued in business with him, and during our stay at Sidney, my daughter, Elizabeth, was born. From Sidney, my father wanted to go to Bainbridge, Chenango, County, N.Y., and I went with him, leaving my wife and the children at Sidney, while we prospected. As usual my father started a blacksmith-shop; but I bought a hundred acres of timber land, went to lumbering, and made money. We had a house about four miles from the village, I living with my father, and as soon as found out that we were doing well in business, I sent to Sidney for my wife and children. They were to come by stage, and were due, after passing through Bainbridge, at our house at four o'clock in the morning. We were up early to meet the stage; but when it arrived, the driver told us that my wife had stopped at the public house in Bainbridge. Q 11. The author's father worked as a: Ops: A. blacksmith B. lumberer C. cart driver D. house-builder Q 12. Where did the author call his wife and children? Ops: A. Four miles from the village B. Sidney C. Bainbridge D. None of the mentioned options Q 13. Why had the author's wife stopped at Bainbridge? Ops: A. She was sick B. She wanted to buy clothes C. Cannot be determined D. She was tired from the journey

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Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow.

Seventeen months after our marriage, our oldest child, Henry, was born. Meanwhile we had gone to Sidney, Delaware County, where my father opened a shop. I still continued in business with him, and during our stay at Sidney, my daughter, Elizabeth, was born. From Sidney, my father wanted to go to Bainbridge, Chenango, County, N.Y., and I went with him, leaving my wife and the children at Sidney, while we prospected. As usual my father started a blacksmith-shop; but I bought a hundred acres of timber land, went to lumbering, and made money. We had a house about four miles from the village, I living with my father, and as soon as found out that we were doing well in business, I sent to Sidney for my wife and children. They were to come by stage, and were due, after passing through Bainbridge, at our house at four o'clock in the morning. We were up early to meet the stage; but when it arrived, the driver told us that my wife had stopped at the public house in Bainbridge.

Q 11. The author's father worked as a: Ops: A. blacksmith B. lumberer C. cart driver D. house-builder

Q 12. Where did the author call his wife and children? Ops: A. Four miles from the village B. Sidney C. Bainbridge D. None of the mentioned options

Q 13. Why had the author's wife stopped at Bainbridge? Ops: A. She was sick B. She wanted to buy clothes C. Cannot be determined D. She was tired from the journey

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Q 11. The author's father worked as a: Answer: A. blacksmith

Q 12. Where did the author call his wife and children? Answer: A. Four miles from the village

Q 13. Why had the author's wife stopped at Bainbridge? Answer: C. Cannot be determined

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Seventeen months after our marriage, our oldest child, Henry, was born. Meanwhile we had gone to Sidney, Delaware County, where my father opened a shop. I still continued in business with him, and during our stay at Sidney, my daughter, Elizabeth, was born. From Sidney, my father wanted to go to Bainbridge, Chenango, County, N.Y., and I went with him, leaving my wife and the children at Sidney, while we prospected. As usual my father started a blacksmith-shop; but I bought a hundred acres of timber land, went to lumbering, and made money. We had a house about four miles from the village, I living with my father, and as soon as found out that we were doing well in business, I sent to Sidney for my wife and children. They were to come by stage, and were due, after passing through Bainbridge, at our house at four o'clock in the morning. We were up early to meet the stage; but when it arrived, the driver told us that my wife had stopped at the public house in Bainbridge. Q 14. The author's father worked as a: Ops: A. house-builder B. lumberer C. blacksmith D. cart driver Q 15. Where did the author call his wife and children? Ops: A. None of the mentioned options B. Sidney C. Four miles from the village D. Bainbridge Q 16. Why had the author's wife stopped at Bainbridge? Ops: A. Cannot be determined B. She wanted to buy clothes C. She was tired from the journey D. She was sick

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nstructions: Please read the passage below, then answer the questions that follow.Todd is twenty-five years old. Todd wears the latest designer clothes, has a top of the range sports car and owns his own detached house in a highly sought after residential area. Todd does not work to support his expensive life-style having inherited a small fortune from a distant uncle. Todd is estranged from his immediate family, his mother, father and two elder sisters, who criticized his extravagances because, he felt, they wanted a share of his good fortune which he was not prepared to give them. He has had a constant succession of relationships with pretty girls which have all been of very short duration mainly because he feels they are after his money. He is constantly having problems with the opposite sex. Todd does not have many friends but enjoys going out and being social. Although, he does not really associate with his family, he shares a lot of similarities with them. Todd’s mother is a social butterfly and regularly attends parties. Todd’s father was ignored by his parents as a child; and enjoys the attention of others. One of Todd’s sisters does not enjoy going out and does not socialize much. The other sister is a combination of the parents; but does not get along with the mother.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------Hidden behind the self-absorption of this young man there is a sense of emptiness and desperation. Todd states that although he doesn’t speak to his family, it does not affect him in any way. Todd believes that he is better off without them and enjoys the little time that he spends partying. Todd’s philosophy is that he doesn’t live by anyone’s rules. However, Todd sometimes drives by his parents’ home or his sisters; just to see what they are up to.According to Freud’s psycho-sexual stages of development, at which stage is Todd fixated? Oral Anal Phallic Genital

Select the correct answer.Which statement best supports the idea the father was glad his family did not move to Texas? A. "In 1842 when I was about four years old my parents sold out and moved down the river five or six miles and bought a new, larger and better farm..." (paragraph 2) B. "At this time Daviers County was a wilderness of brush, trees and swamps, with plenty of wild game,—deer, coons, opossums, squirrels, turkeys, ducks, quails, snowbirds..." (paragraph 8) C. "If we had gone to Texas, boys, I do not know what might have been but I do know now that you are and that you have one of the best mothers that lives." (paragraph 7) D. "[Father] changed his mind and sold his Texas land for a song in the shape of a beautiful colt. This colt grew into one of the prettiest and best horses your grandfather ever had." (paragraph 6)

1. I leave my Pacific Habour Vila in Deuba, to my son, Rex.2. My one acre freehold land, at the back of the Pacific Harbour Vila, to go tomy second son James for life, but if he sells drugs on the property, it is to go to mydaughter Daphnie.3. I have another property, a three bedroom house at Vuda Point, in Lautoka, thatproperty to go to my other daughter Lessy for life and then to my son Josephafter Lessy, so long as he remains single.4. I leave the balance of my estate to John Jerry, my lawyer, in trust, to pay incometo my sons James and Joseph, for their lives, and upon their deaths, to pay theprincipal to any children of James and Joseph, who shall reach age 25.Gregory died on the 25th of June 2021 and was survived by his children, Rex, James,Daphnie, Lessy and Joseph. Rex, James, Daphnie, Lessy and Joseph did not have anychildren at that time.Discuss their interests.

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