Question

During the morning nobody worried about the car encrusted in the wall, for people assumed it was one of those that had been parked on the pavement. But when the crane lifted it out of its setting, the body of a woman was found secured behind the steering wheel by a seat belt. The blow had been so brutal that not a single one of her bones was left whole. Her face was destroyed, her boots had been ripped apart and her clothes were in shreds. She wore a gold ring shaped like a serpent, with emerald eyes.”

1. Who wore a gold ring?
2. How did she make her living?
3. What state was ‘She’ discovered in?
4. Why did the author mention the snake ring?
5. Why did no one bother about the damaged car?
6. Which word can be a good synonym for brutal?
   1. Brash
   2. ebullient
   3. cruel
   4. crass

Answer 1

1. Frau Frieda wore a gold ring.
2. She earned her living by working as a psychic.
3. Her body was crushed as a result of massive blow of the wave.
4. Snake ring proved very important in the narrator recognizing the woman as Frau Frieda.
5. No one bothered about the damaged car because they thought that there were no occupants. It was just wreckage.
6. cruel