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THE LOVEDALE. SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL, Class -5th, , Chapter 10- The Ground gives Way, , , , 1. Answer the following questions., , a. The chalk pit was dangerous because the ground in the middle could collapse any moment, and anyone could fall through and get hurt., , b.Whenever Barney visited his grandmother she would warn him to stay away from the chalk, pit.His sister too always told him not to go anywhere near it., , c.Men came to dig away the chalk from that side of the hill and that is how the hole was made., , d. Now the hole was a pit which people were trying to fill up by throwing the things they didn't, want., , e. The author calls the pit a dump because people kept throwing or dumping rubbish into it., Dump means a site for depositing rubbish., , f. Barmer West he was at the bottom off the pitch so that he could collect the bits of wreckage, that he could see(i.e. a steering wheel of a ship, an old aeroplane's tail and a real bicycle)., , g. We know that Bane had been hurt by the fall because he was having mixed thoughts and he, could not move his legs., , h. The den was like a shelter with a roof made out of a Rotten carpet and rusty sheets of iron. It, seemed to be a cave dug out of the chalk hill and it was dark inside the pit., , i.Barney could not set up after falling into the chalk it because his legs wouldn't move., , j. Barney went to the chalk pit because he was bored and it was a great day when there was, nothing to do and nothing to play with., , |.Barney saw an indistinct shape with a lot of Shaggy black hair and two bright black eyes in the, , Edit with WPS Office