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22. Ah Ma went to Mr Lis office but she could not see

the ships because of her poor eyesight.
Read the short story and cross (X) at wrong statements. 23. When Mr Li forces his mother to look through the
binoculars, she could see the ships in the harbour.
1. Mr Lis mother is still alive. 24. Ah Ma recalled seeing Mr Li walking alone on the
2. Mr Li uses a pair of binoculars to see the harbour. beach, throwing stones into the sea and counting
3. There were 68 ships on that day. ships in the shipyard when Mr Li was small.
4. Mr Li bought a pair of binoculars for his mother, Ah- 25. Mr Li felt sad because he never sat down and
Ma listened to his mothers feeling.
5. Mr Lis car is a Mercedes Benz. 26. Ah Ma was admitted to the hospital, deathly ill and
6. Helen is Mr Lis mother. taken care by Ying, her grand -daughter.
7. Mr Lis son is at Cambridge University. 27. When Ah Ma was hospitalized, she was very tired
8. Helen calls her husband, Mr Li by the name of that she closed her eyes all the time even though she
Edward. was not sleeping.
9. Ah- Ma wants her eyes to be cut with a knife. 28. Ying fed her grandmother chicken rice when she was
10. Mr Li is concerned about her mothers eyesight. at the hospital.
11. Ah Ma has nine children, 34 grandchildren and 17 29. Ah Ma still recognized Mr Li even though she was
great grandchildren. very ill.
12. Ah-ma is interested in the binoculars because she 30. Ah Ma answered all Mr Lis questions about his
could see as far as Tanjung Rhu childhood when she was in the hospital.
13. Mr Lis father owned a shipyard in Tanjung Rhu. 31. Ah Ma was searching for the key to the altar which
14. Mr Li played in the shipyard with his sister Ah-May was hidden in a special place.
and Ah-Lian. 32. Ah-Ma had died and Mr Li could not find any joss
15. Ah-Ma went to the altar room to tell her late sticks to light them
husband about going to Mr Lis office. 33. The altar room was full of fresh flowers.
16. Ah-Ma (Mr Lis mother) and Ying were arguing over
some joss sticks. 34. Mr Li put the photograph of his mother next to his
17. Ying calls her grandmother, Popo. fathers on the altar.
18. Ying speaks English with her grandmother. 35. Mr Li is a 63-year-old man
19. Mr Lis fathers photograph was lit by a pair of 36. Mr Li left the altar room without lighting the electric
electric candles because Ah Ma nearly set fire to the candles and left the room in the darkness.
whole altar when she used real candles.
20. Ah Ma called Mr Li, Ah Wah.
21. Mr Li missed his father but he could not express it.

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