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“But it was for your b-b- birthday.” Down came the ruler on her little, pink palms. Hours later, when grandmother had wrapped her in a shawl and rocked her in the rocking-chair, the child clung to her soft body. “What did God make fathers for?” she s...

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Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:

“But it was for your b-b- birthday.” Down came the ruler on her little, pink palms. Hours later, when grandmother had wrapped her in a shawl and rocked her in the rocking-chair, the child clung to her soft body. “What did God make fathers for?” she sobbed.

1. Who is responding in the first line and before whom?

2. How did the father react?

3. Find a word from the passage that means “wept”.

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1. Kezia is responding before her father.

2. The father became angry and beat her pink palms with a ruler.

3. Sobbed.

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