```PASSAGE I

“Amma, Amma, get up and sweep the compound!' Maa Tee shouted. However, Amma had decided she wasn't going to work that day.

“What do I do to escape these chores?' Amma asked.

“I'll pretend to be ill, then Mama can't insist that I do any work. This is a brilliant idea. I'm not so daft

after all,' she thought.

When Amma told Maa Tee about her headache, MaaTee suspended everything she was doing and ordered her to get ready for the hospital. Poor Amma, her plan had backfired!

On their way to the hospital Amma prayed that the doctor would be absent, but she was out of luck that day. The doctor examined Amma and found her as fit as a fiddle. He then guessed that Amma had feigned illness because she wanted to dodge her usual Saturday morning chores.

“I'm sorry MaaTee, Amma is very ill. Take her to the injection room for three injections. They will …'

Before the doctor could finish speaking, Amma rushed out of the consulting room with lightening speed and would not stop anywhere till she reached home. The doctor then looked at Maa Tee and burst out laughing as he asked MaaTee to go home. By the time MaaTee got home Amma had finished all the household chores.```

Amma rushed out of the consulting room because she

• A.was afraid of the doctor
• B.wanted to do her work at home
• C.pitied her mother
• D.was afraid of the injection