Gladys was at school in a small, quiet town in England. She was sixteen years old, and her father and mother were poor, and their house was very small.
Maisie was Gladys's friend. She went to that school as well. Gladys said, “Maisie, I'm going to find a very rich man and I'm going to marry him. Then I'm going to have a beautiful house and a large garden, and a lot of clothes, and a lot of money.”
Maisie smiled and said, “Where are you going to find a very rich man, Gladys? There aren't any in our town.” But Gladys was a very pretty girl. Her eyes were blue, and her hair was black and soft. She went to London, and then she went to America. She found a tall, very rich man there, and she married him. She was twenty-two years old then. Then she and her husband went to England. They went to Gladys's old house, and Maisie came there.
Gladys said, “I've married a very rich man, Maisie, and I've got a beautiful house and a large garden and four gardeners. And I've bought a lot of clothes and I have money as well. My husband's got a plane too, and he flies it!” Maisie said, “A lot of people have got planes and fly them, Gladys.”
“In their house?” Gladys asked.
1. Were Gladys's father and mother rich?
a) No, they were not. b) Yes, they were.
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2 . Did Gladys want to work in her small, quiet town?
a) No, she did not. b) Yes, she did.
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3 . Who did Gladys want to marry?
a) A rich man. b) A tall man.
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4 . Were there any very rich men in Gladys's town?
a) No, there were not. b) Yes, there were a lot. c) Yes, there were some.
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5. Did Gladys marry in London, or in America?
a) In London, b) In America.
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6. Was her husband a short man?
a) No, he was tall. b) Yes, he was.
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7. Where did Maisie see Gladys again?
a) In America. b) In London. c) In their small town.
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8. Whose house did they meet in?
a) Gladys's old house. b) Maisie's house.
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9. Who flew the plane in this story?
a) Gladys did. b) Gladys's husband did.