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a) What season was it in the story?

• • Spring

  • Summer

  • Autumn

  • Winter

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b) How did they take their rugs to the village stream?

• • By walking

  • On a bus

  • In a car

  • In a truck

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c) Who rubbed the washing powder into the rug?

• • The daughter

  • The mother

  • The father

  • The story does not say

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d) The dirt in the rug was loosened by

• • treading on the rug.

  • throwing the rug into the stream.

  • beating it with a rapeno.

  • rubbing in the washing powder.

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e) Washing the rugs took until

• • 10 a.m.

  • midday.

  • 2 p.m.

  • all day.

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f) Where were the rugs aired?

• • On the deck of the house

  • On stones at the beach

  • By the stream

  • In the big wooden rug chest

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g) When will the rugs be brought out again?

• • On cold days

  • When winter arrives

  • When they are dried

  • When autumn comes

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h) The best title for this article would be

• • "Life without Washing Machines."

  • "How NZ and Greece are Different."

  • "Rug Cleaning in Greece."

  • "Six Steps in Cleaning a Rug."