Circle the correct item. 1.We can infer from the text that Ghalas-at is

1.We can infer from the text that Ghalas-at is…

a) idyllically beautiful

b) quaint

c) located by the sea

d) a large settlement.

2. The narrator firstly thinks about…

a) food for himself

b) his loneliness

c) his plans for future

d) leaving the village.

3. At first, the narrator only leaves the village to…

a) find food

b) go swimming

c) watch the sun rise and set

d) the narrator never leaves the village.

1. What does the narrator perceive in the fog?

a) Nothing

b) The voices of the villagers speaking

c) Empty huts

d) The shapes of the people who are dead and gone.

5. The narrator had never noticed before how silent the village was because…

a) he was busy all the time

b) he didn’t think about it

c) he was in distress

d) he didn’t feel lonely.

6. The narrator hears the voices of the villagers speaking in …

a) the silence of the village

b) his head

c) the fire of one of the houses

d) tidal wave.

7.In the last paragraph, “vanished” means…

a) drifted

b) disappeared

c) thickened

d) vanquished.

8. The narrator started a fire in another house after having burned the previous one because…

a) he had enough time

b) he hadn’t enough Mathes

c) he tried to honour every villager separately

d) there were only a few houses.

9. The things that marked the village of Ghalas-at were…

a) numerous houses

b) the sea near the settlement

c) the ashes

d) people speaking.

10.The burning of the village can be best described as an act of …

a) survival

b) war

c) mourning

d) pleasure.