Porridge

This task is about making inferences from a text.  
Read the story Porridge by Michele Boston (School Journal Part 3, No. 3, 1996). Then answer the following questions.

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a)  Why did the author put "NOW!" in capitals with an exclamation mark?

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b)  Write down two words from the text which tell how Mum or Anna were speaking.
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c)  The dots at the end of a sentence show that some words have been missed out.
     Write down the words that would best finish this sentence in the story.
     "Like I say, I've never won a battle with Mum, but Anna . . .?"

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d)  Mum was determined that Anna would eat her porridge. Write an example from the text which shows this.

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e)  Write down the words from the end of the story which show that Mum "gave in" over the porridge.

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f)  Write down the words from the beginning of the story which show that Mum might be going to "give in".

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g)  How is the storyteller related to Anna?