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Passage Three

A young man from a village called Nawalapitiya married a young woman from Maliyuwa nearby vil­lage. They lived with the man's big family—his parents, his brothers, their wives and children. The family kept an elephant, in which the young woman soon took a great interest. Everyday she fed it with fruit and sugar.

Three months later the woman went back to her parents' home, having quarreled with her hus­band. Soon the elephant refused to eat and work. It appeared to be ill and heart-broken. One morning after several weeks the animal disappeared from the house.

It went to the woman's home. On seeing her, the elephant waved its trunk and touched her with it. The young woman was so moved by the act of the animal that she returned to her husband's home.

71. The writer wrote the story in order to_____ .

A.  show that elephants are very clever

B.  tell how a woman trained a wild animal

C.  show that women care more for animals than men do

D.  tell how an animal reunited a husband and wife

72. The woman left her new home______ .

A.  to visit her own parents in Maliyuwa

B.  to see if the elephant would follow her
C.  because she was angry with her husband

D.  because she was tired of the large family

73. After the young woman left her husband's home , the elephant_____ .

A. returned to the forest

B.  was sad because it missed her

C. went to look for a new home

D. was sick because nobody fed it

74. The young wife went back to her husband because_____ .

A.  she knew he had sent the animal to her

B.  the elephant had come to look for her

C.  her parents persuaded her to

D.  she missed her new home

75. The best title for the passage is______ .

A.  The Elephant and the Wife

B.  Elephant and Men

C.  An Elephant

D.  The Elephant and a Young Woman

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