Home Assignment Ch-3 Deep Water
Character-3 Deep Water by William Douglas Extract -1 He yelled, 'Hi, Skinny! How'd you like to be ducked?' With that he picked me up and tossed me into the deep end. I landed in a sitting position, swallowed water, and went at once to the bottom. I was frightened, but not yet frightened out of my wits. (a) 'He yelled'. Who yelled in the first line? (i) The coach (il) The father (iii) An eighteen years old boy (iv) None of the above (b) Who is addressed as 'skinny'? (i) The other swimmer (ii) The narrator's friend (iii) The narrator (iv) The eighteen years old boy (c) What did the boy do with the narrator? (d) How did the narrator land? (e) The word 'swallow' means (f) Give an antonym of 'skinny'. Extract -2 It seemed a long way down. Those nine feet were more Like ninety and before I touched bottom, my lungs were ready to burst. But when my feet hit bottom. I summoned all my strength and made what I thought was a great spring upwards. I...