Climbing boys story TOTAL MARKS 55
Answer all questions. You are recommended to answer them in the order set
(a) () 'A whole army of children' (line 2). Clearly, 'army' here does not mean soldiers. What does it
mean?
slavery in the mines and mills' (line 3). Explain briefly in your own words what this tells us
about the working conditions of the children referred to
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(iii) In what way does the author think that the climbing boys were worse off
than the other children mentioned in the first paragraphs?
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(b) Why had the employment of climbing boys been unnecessary previously?
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(c) ... feats as difficult to believe as the arguments of those who tried to justify
them' (lines 9-11). Explain what is meant without using the words in italics.
(d) 'Six was considered a nice trainable age' (line 11). What does 'nice' mean?
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110 marks)​