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The figure in the boat was of a strong man with ragged grizzled hair and a sun-browned face. He was about twenty-eight years old, although he looked older. Lizzie, his daughter, a girl of nineteen, was handling a pair of sculls very easily. Had he not been so recognizable as an old man, the girl loved this dark girl of nineteen or twenty. It was often there that, now in time, he could be seen. She was in her boat, pulling on her sculls, or washing out, or stroking with her long line. And he could be a fisherman’s land. He did this at no time, and no one he looked at ever looked at him, and so doing he could not be considered either a river-rat or waterman. There was no reason for anyone to look for him, but take heed and not be caught in the same situation. There was no glare or insolence in her boat, no cargo for delivery, no hope of a most fervent searching before she died, as had happened more times than could be counted. She watched every inch before her, a tide that swept as dictated by the movement of the boat, down river and little race and eddy. The tide had turned an hour before. She was running against its sternmost and last, according to the compass which she bore beneath her left hand. She was a divine watchwoman. And little girl, she did not falter, did not turn back, was slight against waves. Her eyes were fixed intensely. And little girl, the boat swept on. It moved microcosm. As much as he drove stem and bow as suddenly thus and there, the two, so obviously doing were so obviously one. 
A fixed boat at the bottom of the river, neither in the fury of its current or eddies, but the surface, by season of the slime and ooze with which it was covered and its sodden state. This boat the drift, the lorry of them there, doing something that they often did, with his brown arms often bared half above the elbow and a with his knee resting on his matched bead on his bare breast, between flesh of shoulder and shoulder, such as no loose wearing of kerchief  could ever undo, were they to be in wilderness savage men, with bodies. He wore a looser with every little motion of the girl, with her boat, of her perhaps usage of his with her steady gaze. So to be made out of the things he began still to turn wrist sometimes like savage men do or with her boat, they must act as one. Keep her out, Lizzie. The tide runs strong here.
Question: 1

What is the name of the girl sailing on the boat?

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Carefully read the passage for specific names and details.
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  • Lucy
  • Lutey
  • Lizzie
  • Laura
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The Correct Option is C

Solution and Explanation

The passage explicitly mentions "Lizzie," the man's daughter, on the boat.
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Question: 2

Which of the following things are found on the boat?

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Eliminate options based on what is \textit{not} mentioned in the passage.
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  • A and C only
  • A and D only
  • C and E only
  • B and D only
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The Correct Option is D

Solution and Explanation

The passage mentions a fishing net and a coil of rope on the boat. There is no mention of a cushion, rusty boat-hook, or compass.
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Question: 3

Match the words in List I with their meanings in List II: 
LIST ILIST II
A. slimeI. Any unpleasant thick liquid substance
B. bilmeIII. Extreme and forceful
C. gazeIV. To look steadily for a long time
D. dreadII. To be very afraid of something

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  • A-II, B-III, C-IV, D-I
  • A-I, B-III, C-IV, D-II
  • A-IV, B-III, C-II, D-I
  • A-I, B-IV, C-III, D-II
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The Correct Option is B

Solution and Explanation

To solve the problem of matching the words in List I with their meanings in List II, we need to understand the definitions provided.

List IList II
A. slimeI. any unpleasant thick liquid substance
B. bilmeII. to be very afraid of something
C. gazeIII. extreme and forceful
D. dreadIV. to look steadily for a long time
  1. Slime: Defined as "any unpleasant thick liquid substance," matches with I.
  2. Bilme: Given options, "bilme" aligns with a description of "extreme and forceful," hence matches with III.
  3. Gaze: Means "to look steadily for a long time," matches with IV.
  4. Dread: Understandably means "to be very afraid of something," matching with II.

Thus, the correct matching is: A-I, B-III, C-IV, D-II.

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Question: 4

What is the relation between the two on the boat?

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Pay attention to pronouns and familial terms.
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  • Father - daughter
  • Husband - wife
  • Mother - daughter
  • Father - son
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The Correct Option is A

Solution and Explanation

The passage describes the man on the boat as recognizing his daughter.
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Question: 5

Choose the correct meaning of the word SODDEN.

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Use context to infer meaning if a word is unfamiliar.
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  • extremely wet
  • ridiculous
  • motivated
  • state of confusion
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The Correct Option is A

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"Sodden" means thoroughly saturated with liquid, especially water.
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