28. Reading Skills Comprehension: Test Your Skills

Test Your Skills

TEST YOUR SKILLS

Read the passages given below and answer the questions that follow them:

1. I was shopping in my hometown, when I heard a young voice boom from across the aisle, “Mum, come here, there’s a lady my size.” The mortified mother rushed to the boy who looked about seven; then she turned to me to apologise. I smiled and told her, “It’s okay.” Then I looked at her wide-eyed son. He studied me from head to toe and asked, “Why are you so little?” “It’s the way God made me. Some people are little. Some are tall. I’m just not going to grow any bigger.” After about five minutes of questioning, he returned to his mother.

My life as a little person is filled with stories like that. I enjoy talking to children and explaining why I look different from their parents. It has taken many years of developing my confidence to be able to do that. It takes only one glance to see my uniqueness. I stand three feet nine inches tall. I am an achondroplasia dwarf, which is a person having very short limbs. When I was born, my mother was told I was a dwarf. Not knowing a lot about dwarfism my mum’s main concern was my health. Our family doctor put her mind at ease when he told her that I would not have any major medical concerns. He was right.

Questions                                                                                                                                           

1. Where was the narrator shopping?

2. What did she hear?

3. Why did the mother feel mortified?

4. Why did the mother turn to seek an apology?

5. What did the son ask the narrator?

6. What did the narrator say to the boy?

7. What was the height of the narrator?

8. What did the family doctor predict about the narrator?

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