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  Read the following extract carefully and answer the questions that follow,   (1 x 3 = 3) 'Why are you out so late, Nicola?' 'Waiting for the last bus from Padua.' (a) Who asked Nicola the reason for being out so late? (b) At which place were the boys waiting for the last bus? (c) Why were the two boys waiting for the last bus?

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    (a) The narrator asked Nicola the reason for being late. (b) The two boys were in the deserted square at night. (c) They were waiting to sell all their remaining newspapers to people in the last bus.