Compréhension de l’écrit

Doc. 1A desperate housewife

Doc. 2Do it “as a woman”

1 Doc. 1. How are the four main characters related?

2 Doc. 1. From the beginning to line 15: Does Norm agree with Mira’s suggestion to help Samantha? Explain in your own words (40 words).

3 Doc. 1. From line 12 to line 30: Contrast Mira’s and Norm’s views on money. Find at least two of the arguments used by each of them (70 words).

4 Doc. 1. Describe Mira’s feelings at the end of the text (30 words).

5 Doc. 2. What did the narrator’s mother want her to do?

6 Doc. 2. a. “I was in danger of wasting my life” (l. 16). Explain the mother’s attitude about the narrator’s future. Give at least two reasons to justify your answer (30 words).

b. Did the narrator agree with her mother? Find a sentence in the first paragraph to justify your answer.

7 Doc. 2. “Then she enlisted my father” (l. 19). What does this sentence reveal about the father’s attitude concerning his wife’s plans?

8 Doc. 2. In your own words, explain why, according to the narrator’s father, she was certain to get a place at Cambridge University. Find at least three reasons (40 words).

9 Doc. 1 et 2. Compare and contrast the following female characters in terms of influence over their present (or future) situations (100 words).

a. Mira in doc. 1 and the narrator’s mother in doc. 2.

b. Mira in doc. 1 and the narrator in doc. 2.