The Diary of a Nobody Chapter 1 – comprehension

By Berni | February 22, 2007

Diary of a Nobody Chapter 1- comprehension

choose whether the following statements are TRUE, FALSE or whether there is NO EVIDENCE for them in the text

 

1. [Multiple choice]

The writer and his wife own the house in Holloway.

(The writer speaks about a ‘landlord ‘and ‘rent’ suggesting the house is rented.)

Answers for Quiz [1].

  • 1. TRUE
  • 2. FALSE (correct)
  • 3. NO EVIDENCE

2. [Multiple choice]

Their servant works very hard.

(We don’t know anything about this. All we know is that they don’t want their servant interrupted by having to answer the front door.)

Answers for Quiz [2].

  • 1. TRUE
  • 2. FALSE
  • 3. NO EVIDENCE (correct)

3. [Multiple choice]

The train has caused the garden wall to crack.

(You can find this information at the end of the first paragraph.)

Answers for Quiz [3].

  • 1. TRUE (correct)
  • 2. FALSE
  • 3. NO EVIDENCE

4. [Multiple choice]

They think the jobs they need to do around the house are beneath their social status.

(The writer says his wife is ‘not above’ doing some of these jobs.)

Answers for Quiz [4].

  • 1. TRUE
  • 2. FALSE (correct)
  • 3. NO EVIDENCE

5. [Multiple choice]

Their friends ‘drop in’ frequently.

(Their friends do ‘drop in’ but we don’t know how often.)

Answers for Quiz [5].

  • 1. TRUE
  • 2. FALSE
  • 3. NO EVIDENCE (correct)

6. [Multiple choice]

They buy from the tradesmen who call.

(It would seem so! They even buy the same thing from 2 butchers!)

Answers for Quiz [6].

  • 1. TRUE (correct)
  • 2. FALSE
  • 3. NO EVIDENCE

7. [Multiple choice]

Gowing won a pipe in a raffle.

(It was Cummings (although no evidence could be justified here as we don’t know anything about Gowing and a pipe))

Answers for Quiz [7].

  • 1. TRUE
  • 2. FALSE (correct)
  • 3. NO EVIDENCE

8. [Multiple choice]

Their servant’s name is Sarah.

(We discover this when the writer is looking for his umbrella.)

Answers for Quiz [8].

  • 1. TRUE (correct)
  • 2. FALSE
  • 3. NO EVIDENCE

9. [Multiple choice]

Borset sells good produce.

(The eggs were not fresh so it seems he doesn’t.)

Answers for Quiz [9].

  • 1. TRUE
  • 2. FALSE (correct)
  • 3. NO EVIDENCE

10. [Multiple choice]

The curate wants the writer to collect money at church services.

(Yes, ‘the plate’ is used to collect money during the church service.)

Answers for Quiz [10].

  • 1. TRUE (correct)
  • 2. FALSE
  • 3. NO EVIDENCE
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