English Literature - Prose and Drama

English Literature
English Literature - Prose and Drama

What does the word 'thoroughfare' mean in the chapter 'Madam Rides the bus' ?


Options:

  1. A busy public road
  2. Service station
  3. A crowded market place
  4. Consulate four lane

Right Answer: A busy public road

In Vallikkannan’s story ‘Madam Rides the Bus’, eight-year-old Valli watches the bus that passes along the street outside her house and dreams of the six-mile journey to town. A thoroughfare is a public road or street that runs from one place to another and is open at both ends to through traffic, and it is generally busy. The word is used in the chapter for the main road along which the bus travels, the world outside the little village that fascinates the child and finally teaches her a sobering lesson about life and death.

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