On the way back to London, Jerry thought about Mr. Lorry’s
reply. He didn’t understand the meaning of the reply Lorry gave to him. Time and time again, he could not work out the meaning of the reply Mr. Lorry gave to him. In the
mail coach, Mr. Lorry was sleeping and dreaming about a lot of faces. He then began to ask the questions to those strange faces. He asked how long it would be buried. Those faces replied that it would be buried for 18 years. He asked the same question again and again but he still to the same answer from those faces. In the dream he went on asking and asking the same question and searching for the answer. Eventually, he still got the same reply from those faces. When he was waken up one of the passengers who traveled with him, he shouted by saying that it was going to be buried alive for almost 18 years. He then said to himself it was too long. He couldn't wait for that long time.
Answer the questions below:
1. Why was Jerry feel doubtful when he was traveling back to London?
2. What did Mr. Lorry see in his strange dream?
3. What questions did Mr. Lorry ask those faces?
4. What reply did he get from those faces?
5. Who woke Mr. Lorry up?
6,. What did he exclaim when he woke up?
Circle the best answer (a, b or c) that best completes the sentence:
1. During the journey back to
London, Jerry mused on the strange words he got from Mr.
Lorry.
a.
translated b. thought of c. repeated d. took note
2. Jerry was perplexed as
he was thinking of the reply/answer from Mr. Lorry.
a.
confused
b. excited c. upset d. content
3. Mr. Lorry was dozing
in the mail horse carriage and every time he slept he could see hundreds of
faces.
a.
was
dreaming b. was sitting c. was sleeping d. was drinking water
4. There was an invariable reply
to Mr. Lorry’s question “Buried how long?”
a.
boring b. interesting c. stupid e. same
5. In Mr. Jerry’ dream, he kept on digging until one of the passengers in the coach woke him up.
a.
searching b. running c. talking e.
walking
6. When he woke up and he exclaimed,
“It was going to be buried alive for more than 18 years!”
a.
wrote b. shouted c. sang e.
thought