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Name: ______________________ ID: A
If she had been older, Miss Minchin would have given her the bigger girls to teach and saved money by dismissing an instructress; but while she remained and looked like a child, she could be made more useful as a sort of little superior errand girl and maid of all work. An ordinary errand boy would not have been so clever and reliable. Sara could be trusted with difficult commissions and complicated messages. She could even go and pay bills, and she combined with this the ability to dust a room well and to set things in order.
Her own lessons became things of the past. She was taught nothing, and only after long and busy days spent in running here and there at everybody's orders was she grudgingly allowed to go into the deserted schoolroom, with a pile of old books, and study alone at night.
1. Read the following sentence from The Little Princess.
"An ordinary errand boy would not have been so clever and reliable."
What does this sentence tell the reader about Sara? Cite evidence from the passage to support your claim.
2. Briefly describe the ways Miss Minchkin keeps Sara isolated from the others at the school. Use details from the passage to support your answer.
3. Briefly describe the kind of person Sara is. Use details from the passage to support your answer.
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