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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.
Read the following sentence from The Little Princess.
"The change in her life did not come about gradually, but was made all at once." What does this sentence suggest about Sara’s new life?
a. Sara will have time to get used to her duties at the school.
b. Sara has little time to make difficult choices about the school.
c. Sara will not have much time to adjust to her new situation at the
school.
d. Sara is going to have to change the way she lives if she wants to stay in
school.
Read the following sentence from The Little Princess.
The cook and the housemaids took their tone from Miss Minchin, and rather enjoyed ordering about the
"young one" who had been made so much fuss over for so long.
Which of the following BEST describes the word tone as it is used in this sentence?
a. expression
b. manner
c. quality
d. sound
Which of the following sentences from the passage suggests that Sara could handle many different tasks?
a. "That was the beginning, and from day to day the duties given to her were added to."
b. "It was found that she could be made use of in numberless directions."
c. "Sara could be trusted with difficult commissions and complicated messages."
d. "Her own lessons became things of the past."
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