Read the following memoir and answer the questions in sections A–D on pages 2–3. What empowered me [1] I grew up in Dharavi, a slum in the Indian city of Mumbai. I was like everyone else in the neighborhood—“aimless” and “hopeless”, as outsiders would call us. School wasn’t a big part of my life, yet sometimes I turned up at the school when I felt like it. [2] But things changed when I was 14. One day after school, I saw a bunch of people around 5 my age playing soccer in the streets nearby. They all wore T-shirts with “Magic Bus” printed on them. An older guy—maybe 10 years older than me—came up to me and asked, “Wanna join us?” I’d always wanted to try soccer but had never gotten the chance. I had assumed it was a boys’ sport. I gave it a go and fell in love with it instantly. [3] Each week, the volunteers—we called them “mentors”—played soccer with me and other 10 kids for a couple of hours in a field. After the game, the mentors talked with us, taught us how to communicate with others, and made sure everyone was eating healthily. I enjoyed the time with them a lot. Soon I became a volunteer and they let me lead weekly sessions in soccer. It finally felt like I was actually doing something with my life. I’d never been so happy and confident in my whole life. 15 [4] Two years ago, I was offered a paid job as a youth mentor in Magic Bus. Since then, I’ve been leading a group of young people in the Gautam Nagar slum of Delhi. I want to make a difference in the kids’ lives, just like my mentors did years ago. A. Multiple Choice. Choose the best answer for each question. 1. What is the main idea of the memoir? A. The writer’s life in Dharavi B. How Magic Bus changed the writer’s life A B C D C. How to play soccer ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ D. The importance of soccer in India 2. What does outsiders (line 2) refer to? A. people who do not live in slums B. people who live in slums C. people from other countries A B C D D. the writer’s classmates ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ 3. What does gave it a go (line 8) mean? A. to agree to do something B. to give something to someone C. to go to somewhere A B C D D. to try to do something ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ 4. In lines 12–13, the writer says, “It finally felt like I was actually doing something with my life.” What does she mean? A. The writer felt excited doing volunteer work for the first time. B. The writer enjoyed playing soccer with other volunteers. C. The writer thought it was meaningful to be a volunteer. A B C D D. The writer was eager to learn how to play soccer. ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ B. True or False. Decide if the following statements are True, False, or the information is Not Given. Blacken ONE circle only for each statement. T F NG 1. The writer of this memoir is a girl. ¡ ¡ ¡ 2. The writer spent every day with the mentors after joining the group. ¡ ¡ ¡ 3. The writer became a youth mentor after being with Magic Bus for 10 ¡ ¡ ¡ years. C. Short Response. Answer the following questions. 1. What does we (line 9) refer to? 2. How did joining Magic Bus change the writer’s life? 3. Find a word in paragraph 4 that means “an area full of poor people and houses in bad condition.” D. Fill in the blanks. Complete the summary below. Fill in each blank with ONE word from the memoir. You may need to change the forms of the words. It is common for people to think that those who live in slums are aimless and hopeless. It is not true, at least not for the writer. Growing up in a slum, the writer lived a passionate 1.________________ after taking part in activities organized by 2.________________ _______________. The 3. _______________ taught the writer and other kids in the group not only how to play 4. _______________ but also 5.________________ skills they needed. Later, the writer became one of the mentors and helped children in Gautam Nagar—another 6. _______________ in India. .