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iv Based on the given extract, what is Lencho NOT likely to think while looking at his field?

a) Option (i)
b) Option (ii)
c) Option (iii)
d) Option (iv)

v Which quote supports the idea in the given extract?
a) “Farming is a profession of hope.”
b) “I would rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.”
c) “Farming looks mighty easy when your plough is a pencil, and you’re a thousand miles from the corn
field.”
d) “Those too lazy to plough in the right season will have no food at the harvest.”

(B) When he finished, he went to the window to buy a stamp which he licked and then affixed to the
envelope with a blow of his fist. The moment the letter fell into the mailbox the postmaster went to open
it. It said: “God: Of the money that I asked for, only seventy pesos reached me. Send me the rest, since I
need it very much. But don’t send it to me through the mail because the post office employees are a bunch
of crooks. Lencho.”
i ‘…bunch of crooks.’ Pick the option that DOES NOT collate with ‘bunch of’, correctly.

a) option (i)
b) option (ii)
c) option (iii)
d) option (iv)

ii What was the most likely response that the postmaster expected in Lencho’s second letter?
i) sorrowful
ii) gratitude
iii) disappointment
iv) elation
v) shock

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