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A.S. Byatt, Baglady

A.S. Byatt, Baglady

Read Baglady and check your comprehension by answering the following questions. Then “submit” your work.

1. Which of the following would Daphne prefer over a trip to the Good Fortune Shopping Mall?

reading a novel

staying at home to mind the donkey

working on her quilt

hiking in the mountains

2. What does the Good Fortune Shopping Mall resemble?

“a crystal palace or an enchanted ice rink”

“an underground tunnel or an unimproved igloo”

“an army barracks or a prison block”

“a boarding school or a provincial college”

3. What does Daphne break in the mall?

an expensive dish

her purse strap

the heel of her shoe

a mannequin’s hand

4. What does the policeman tell Daphne?

“I’ll call embassy.”

“People like you not allowed in here.”

“Your husband will come look for you.”

“Don’t jump.”

5. What are Daphne’s circumstances at the end of the story?

She has given away her valuables.

She is the landlord of the shopping center.

She is flying to Sydney.

She cannot imagine getting out of the mall.