The Talkative Barber | Class 5 | English | Reading Comprehension

The talkative Barber | Class 5 | English | Reading Comprehension

Passage 1

Read the passage and answer the questions given below.

In the city of Cashgar, lived a barber who was a great talker. Once the Sultan called the barber to shave his head. The barber started talking non-stop instead of shaving him. The Sultan got angry.

      “When are you going to stop talking and begin to do your work?”

The barber replied, “You do me an injury by calling me a chatterer. For, everyone says I am very quiet. I have six brothers whom you might call chatterers. Their names are Bacbone ( buk-bon ), Bakbarea (buk-buria), Bakbac (buk-buk), Alcouz (ul-kooz), Alnaschee (ul-nashi) and Schacabac (sha-ka-bak). One is humpbacked, one is toothless, one is half blind, one is quite blind, one is deaf and the other has a defect in his speech and they are all great talkers, but I am the youngest of my family, and I am very quiet and sparing with words.”

1. Where did the barber live?

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2. What quality had the barber?

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3. Why did the Sultan call the barber?

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4. Why did the Sultan get angry?

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5. How did the Sultan do an injury to the barber?

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6. How many brothers did the barber have?

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7. Name the brothers of the barber.

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8. What defects did the brothers of the barber have?

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9. A person having a raised part on back is called as ………………….

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10. The opposite of quiet is ……………………………………………………………