CLASS 12 · KALIEDOSCOPE · CHAPTER 1
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Question Reading and Reflection
Connect her dream interpretations with the events around her.
She sells dream interpretations; a matching serpent ring in a news report makes the narrator remember her.
Question Reading and Reflection
Look at how she presents her skill to families.
She confidently interprets dreams for families; her success shows resourcefulness and people’s wish for certainty.
Question Reading and Reflection
Notice the realistic newspaper report and the uncanny link to the past.
A newspaper report and a familiar ring link an accident to the narrator’s mysterious memory.
Question Writing
Give your view and support it respectfully.
State your view, offer a reason, and show respect for differing beliefs.
Question Stop and Think 1
Give the central idea and one supporting detail.
He recognises the serpent ring with emerald eyes, like the one Frau Frieda wore.
Question Stop and Think 2
Give the central idea and one supporting detail.
He believed her warning and left Vienna; he did not return because he remained cautious.
Question Stop and Think 3
Give the central idea and one supporting detail.
He sensed it and the narrator confirmed that Frau Frieda was watching him.
Question Stop and Think 4
Give the central idea and one supporting detail.
He says he does not believe in prophetic dreams and jokes that only poetry is clairvoyant.
Question Understanding the Text 1
Give the central idea and one supporting detail.
He is not fully convinced, though he takes her warning seriously and leaves Vienna.
Question Understanding the Text 2
Give the central idea and one supporting detail.
Her dream readings earned her shelter, food and wealth, so the narrator sees them as a livelihood strategy.
Question Understanding the Text 3
Give the central idea and one supporting detail.
His grand, generous and commanding manner makes him seem like a powerful Renaissance pope.
Question Talking about the Text 1
Give the central idea and one supporting detail.
Uncertainty and coincidence can make superstitions feel reassuring, even to people who can reason.
Question Talking about the Text 2
Give the central idea and one supporting detail.
Dreams can inspire imagination, while poetic insight differs from proven prediction.
Question Appreciation 1
Give the central idea and one supporting detail.
The distinctive ring links the accident to Frau Frieda and adds mystery.
Question Appreciation 2
Give the central idea and one supporting detail.
Real places and events are mixed with mysterious dreams and coincidences, leaving the reader unsure.
Question Appreciation 3
Give the central idea and one supporting detail.
He calls dreaming “nothing,” although it was her work and source of influence.
Question Appreciation 4
Give the central idea and one supporting detail.
The narrator doubts the dreams yet lets them shape his life; the ambassador calls her work “nothing.”
Question Language Work A
Give the central idea and one supporting detail.
They mean hope, imagine, never consider, invent, look beautiful; and the sale/use date, attractive feature, all sold or betrayal, price, and high-demand market.
Question Language Work B
Give the central idea and one supporting detail.
The sentence endings carry the key emphasis: the Havana disaster; her survival strategy; the patrons’ fortune; the woman staring; money that never arrived.
Question Language Work C
Give the central idea and one supporting detail.
Count spoken vowel beats in each name. Examples: hotel (2), Vienna (3), ambassador (4). Pronunciation may vary.