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17 Question

1, Who find 17 oranges in his pocket?

policeman

2, What did Clen carry when he was coming out of the docks?

box

3, What did the narrator use to eat almost every day?

Oranges.

4, What was the narrator's occupation?

He worked at the docks for the Swift Delivery Company.

5, What did the narrator like to eat, as mentioned in the first paragraph?

Oranges.

6, Who did the narrator meet at the docks?

Clem Jones.

7, How many bananas did the narrator eat before deciding to eat oranges?

Three bananas.

8, Who was Pongo?

Pongo was the police officer at the docks.

9, What did Pongo ask the narrator to open?

The box.

10, How did the narrator feel when Pongo asked him to open the box?

The narrator was very frightened.

11, What did Pongo find in the narrator's pockets?

Seventeen oranges.

12, What did the narrator do with the seventeen oranges to avoid getting caught?

He ate them, including the peel and pips.

13, How did the narrator feel after eating seventeen oranges?

He felt very sick.

14, How long did the narrator have to run to the toilet after eating the oranges?

For a week.

15, Why couldn't Pongo send the narrator to prison?

Because there was no evidence left; the narrator had eaten all the oranges.

16, What did the narrator learn from this experience?

The narrator learned to be more careful and not to steal oranges again.

17, Is Clen was right

yes


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