Page 17 - 334_
P. 17

15


                                    Assignment to Chapter 6: End of a Picnic

                           1. Find answers to the following questions.
                           1.  Who did Bobby receive a letter from?
                           2.  What is Bobby’s father’s reaction?
                           3.  What is the second letter that Bobby receives regarding?
                           4.  What does Mr. Jones think of this letter?
                           5.  What does Bobby decide to do?
                           6.  What does Frankie think of Bobby’s decision?
                           7.  What  does  Bobby  say  when  Frankie  invites  him  to  visit  her  in
                               London?
                           8.  What does Frankie reply?
                           9.  What does Bobby do after Frankie leaves?
                           10. Did Bobby think of Frankie?
                           11. What happens when Bobby is out?

                           2. Pay attention to the following notes to understand the text better.
                             Enthusiasm (p. 24): intense feeling for a cause, eagerness
                             Irresponsible (p. 25): lacking in responsibility, not accountable
                             Biased (p. 26): to act prejudicially, to slant or weigh rhetorically in
                               one direction
                             Assets (p. 26): a valuable quality or possession, the property of a
                               business that can be used to cover liabilities
                             Stammer (p. 27): to make involuntary halts or repletion of a sound
                               or syllable when speaking
                             Inferiority complex (p. 27): belief that you are lower in rank than
                               another
                             Condescend (p. 28): to speak to another as if they are below you,
                               to look down upon
                             Satisfaction (p. 29): anything which brings about a happy feeling,
                               the fulfilment of a need
   12   13   14   15   16   17   18   19   20   21   22