1. Look at the statements given below. Choose the option that correctly identifies which statements are fact and which are opinion: (a) By sitting in the class, the elders of Alsace showed their respect for M. Hamel. (b) The elders were regretting that they did not learn their mother tongue. (c) The elders did not appreciate the faithful service of M. Hamel and were only there to bid farewell to the teacher. (d) The teacher was sorrowful as he was to leave not only his students but also the school which he had nurtured.

2. Statement I: The narrator feels sorry for M. Hamel.
Statement II: Franz could not accept the fact that he won't be learning French any longer.

3. Assertion (A): When it struck twelve, M. Hamel made a gesture with his hand to everyone that the school was dismissed.
Reason (R): He was too emotional and upset over the Berlin order to speak anything.

4. Assertion (A): The whole school seemed strange and solemn to Franz.
Reason (R): The order had come from Berlin to teach only German in the schools of Alsace & Lorraine. That was their last French class.

5. Why was Franz in great dread?

6. Assertion (A): That day everything was as quiet as Sunday morning.
Reason (R): It was indeed a Sunday morning and no one was present in the school.

7. Assertion (A): Franz was filled with repentance and guilt on the last day of French class.
Reason (R): He did not study French when he had time, he wasted his time in seeking birds' eggs and sliding on the Saar.

8. Assertion (A): Franz was tempted to stay out of doors.
Reason (R): The weather was warm, birds were chirping and Prussian soldiers were drilling.

9. Assertion (A): Usually there was a great commotion when the school began.
Reason (R): The noise was produced by the opening & closing of desks, lessons repeated in unison by students and the teachers' ruler rapping on the table.

10. Assertion (A): Franz was scared to go to school.
Reason (R): He had not learnt his homework and was late for school.

11. Who was Mr Hamel?

12. Assertion (A): French language was the most beautiful, the clearest and the most logical of all the languages.
Reason (R): As long as the Frenchmen held fast to their language, they had chances of winning freedom.

13. Assertion (A): The elderly people occupied the back benches.
Reason (R): They were present for thanking M Hamel, for being sorry too for not going to school more, for showing their respect towards the country that was theirs no more.

14. Assertion (A): The teacher is also responsible for poor performance of students in studies.
Reason (R): He often sent them to water his flowers instead of learning their lessons, declared holidays for no reason.

15. Who is the author of these lines?

16. Assertion (A): M. Hamel was wearing his special dress for the last French class.
Reason (R): The dress comprised of beautiful green coat, frilled shirt & the little black silk cap.

17. What did Franz think for a moment?

18. Assertion (A): The elderly villagers occupied the back benches on the last day of French lesson.
Reason (R): This fact surprised Franz the most.

19. Assertion (A): Will they make them sing in German, even the pigeons.
Reason (R): They had enslaved France, so they could do every impossible act.