Read the passage given below to answer the next five questions by choosing the correct options:
Maggie soon thought she had been hours in the attic, and it must be tea-time, and they were all having their tea, and not thinking of her. Well, then, she would stay up there and starve herself - hide herself behind the tub, and stay there all night; and then they would all be frightened, and Tom would be sorry. Thus Maggie thought in the pride on her heart, as she crept behind the tub; but presently she began to cry again at the idea that they didn't mind her being there. If she went down again to Tom now - would he forgive her? Perhaps her father would be there and he would take her part. But, then, she wanted Tom to forgive her because he loved her, not because his father told him. No, she would never go down if Tom didn't come to fetch her. This resolution lasted in great intensity for five dark minutes behind the tub; but then the need of being loved, the strongest need in poor Maggie's nature, began to wrestle with her pride, and soon over threw it. She crept from behind her tub into the twilight of the long attic, but just then she heard a quick footstep on the stairs.
An 'attic' is
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → a room or space just below the roof of a house
An attic is a room or space directly under the roof of a house, often used for storing old things. Maggie hides behind a tub in the attic, at the top of the stairs.
Example: We found grandfather's old letters in a trunk in the attic.
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: a Parlour to entertain visitors — Incorrect. A parlour is a sitting room in a house for receiving guests, usually on the ground floor.
Example: The guests were shown into the parlour for tea.
Option 2: an out-house just outside the main house — Incorrect. An out-house is a smaller building standing apart from the main house, such as a shed; an attic is inside the house.
Option 4: a room or space just above the roof of a house — Incorrect. An attic lies under the roof; nothing in a house is built above its roof.