She thinks how she fought a flood during her husband's absence. She stood for hours in the drenching downpour, and dug an overflow gutter to save the dam across the creek. But she could not save it. There are things that a bushwoman cannot do. Next morning the dam was broken, and her heart was nearly broken too, for she thought how her husband would feel when he came home and saw the result of years of labour swept away. She cried then. She also fought the pleuro-pneumonia - dosed and bled the few remaining cattle, and wept again when her two best cows died. Again, she fought a mad bullock that besieged the house for a day. She made bullets and fired at him thorugh cracks in the slabs with an old shot-gun. He was dead in the morning. She skinned him and got seventeen-and- sixpence for the hide. She also fights the crows and eagles that have designs on her chickens. Her plan of campaign is very original. The children cry "Crows, mother!" and she rushes out and aims a broomstick at the birds as though it were a gun, and says "Bung!" The crows leave in a hurry; they are cunning, but a woman's cunning is greater. Ocassionally a bushman in the horrors, or a villainous looking sundowner, comes and nearly scares the life out of her. She generally tells the suspicious-looking stranger that her husband and two sons are at work below the dam, or over at the yard, for he always cunningly inquires for the boss.

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LIST I		LIST II
A.	She saves the dam	I.	By aiming a broomstick
B.	She fought a mad bullock	II.	The skin of the bullock
C.	She fought the crows and eagles	III.	By firing bullets
D.	She sold	IV.	By digging an overflow gutter

The Correct Option is D

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How did 'she' kill the mad bullock?

The Correct Option is C

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She fought with the crows and eagles because______.

The Correct Option is D

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Choose the best option:
From the passage it can be said that 'SHE' is a______ lady.

The Correct Option is C

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In the sentence, "They are cunning, but a woman's cunning is greater 'THEY' refers to______.

The Correct Option is D

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Match List-I and List-IILIST ILIST IIA.She saves the damI.By aiming a broomstickB.She fought a mad bullockII.The skin of the bullockC.She fought the crows and eaglesIII.By firing bulletsD.She soldIV.By digging an overflow gutterChoose the correct answer from the options given below:

The Correct Option is D

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How did 'she' kill the mad bullock?

The Correct Option is C

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She fought with the crows and eagles because______.

The Correct Option is D

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Choose the best option:From the passage it can be said that 'SHE' is a______ lady.

The Correct Option is C

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In the sentence, "They are cunning, but a woman's cunning is greater 'THEY' refers to______.

The Correct Option is D

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Choose the best option:
From the passage it can be said that 'SHE' is a______ lady.