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d. Knowledge of the ill effects of tobacco has led to modifications in
smoking behaviour.

e. Without any regret, Yule started spending his father's inheritance.

f. Mr. Smith read a humorous story which matched his real life.

B. Put the following sentences from the story in the correct order.
a. Tom began to blackmail his brother for money.

b. Tom left his wife and his office.

c. When his money was spent, he borrowed it from friends and
spent it on luxuries.
d. George continued to pay for his brother's expenses.

e. Tom bought a motor-car and some very nice jewellery.
f. Tom took the help of Cronshaw to cheat his brother, and left for
Monte Carlo.

g. Tom promised to make a fresh start.
h. The Ramsays were perfectly respectable people.

i. Tom never settled down.

C. Answer the following questions.
a. Why is Tom described as the ‘black sheep’ of the Ramsay family?

b. What was a respectable profession for Tom?

c. Why was George Ramsay staring into space?
d. Why did Tom leave his work and wife?

e. How did Tom manage his life when he ran out of money in the
beginning?
f. How did Cronshaw and Tom cheat George?

g. What made George realise that his brother would never settle
down?
h. What is the moral of the story ‘The Ant and Grasshopper?

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