Short Stories in English for Beginners

Chapter 2 Review
Summary
The girl from the capsule wakes up. The doctor checks the girl. He says she
is fine. The girl begins to speak. Her name is Maha. She is Kalkian. She is
13 years old. At first Maha says she left because of her parents. Later, she

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gives a different reason. She fears the Kalkians may not survive the war.
Aldin then asks how Maha came to Earth. She finally tells him that
Emperor Valior helped her. Then she adds that her father is the Kalkian
Emperor.
Vocabulary
frightened afraid or very worried
calm to relax someone, to stop someone from being nervous, excited or
upset
hurt to cause pain or injury to someone
ignore to not pay attention to someone or something
lonely unhappy because you are alone, with no friends around you
carer someone who feeds and takes care of another person for a job
run away to leave a place secretly
sigh to breathe out noisily, because you feel tired, disappointed, unhappy,
etc.
survive to continue to live after something bad has happened
quietly with little or no noise
spy someone whose job is to discover secret information about another
country or company
Comprehension Questions
Select one answer only for each question.
6) At first, Maha ___.
a. won’t talk at all
b. is very nervous
c. talks a lot about her family
d. wants to speak to her father
7) Aldin figures out that Maha ___.
a. has run away from home
b. was asked to leave her home

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c. is lost
d. doesn’t know where home is
8) Maha also says that ___.
a. her family loves her very much
b. she doesn’t know her parents
c. she loves her carers very much
d. she is not happy with her parents
9) When Aldin asks who helped her, Maha replies that ___.
a. the Kalkian Emperor helped her
b. Valior came to her in person
c. Earthling spies were sent by Valior
d. Kalkian spies helped her
10) Why might having the girl on Earth be a problem?
a. She is scared.
b. She is the daughter of the Kalkian Emperor.
c. She is a Kalkian spy.
d. Aldin doesn’t want her to go home.

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