The Best Christmas Present in the World

The narrator bought the desk from a junk shop because

• such a desk was not available anywhere else

• the author wanted an ancient roll-top desk

• its roll-top was in several pieces

• the narrator could not afford a new roll-top desk

“I began work on it on Christmas Eve”. In the above sentence ‘it’ stands for

• a junk shop

• the garage

• the roll-top desk

• the drawers

The narrator found a shallow space below a secret drawer when he

• pulled out the first drawer

• began to mend the desk

• pulled out the last drawer

• had finished working

Who wrote the letter?

• Jim Macpherson

• Michael Morpurgo

• Connie Macpherson

• Hans Wolf

The soldiers played cricket on the no man's land.

• True

• False

Jim's letter was written on

• 26 December 1914

• 25 December 1914

• 25 January 1914

• 1 January 1914

How many years old was Connie when the narrator met her?

• 100 years old

• 101 years old

• 102 years old

• 99 years old

“But the truth, I am ashamed to say, is that Fritz began it.” In the above sentence ‘Fritz’ refers to

• the German soldier

• the German commander in the story

• the British soldier

• the British commander in the story

By which Christmas did Jim promise to be back home?

• 1913

• 1914

• 1915

• 1916

Who is the author of the lesson “The best Christmas Present in the World?

• Ruskin Bond

• Paulo Coelho

• Michael Morpurgo

• None of the above