At the school jumble sale, Mara's sign left no room for doubt: all donated books cost 50 pence. Later that afternoon, a cardboard box split open across the aisle. Mara calmly gathered the books, then waved the waiting shoppers through as soon as the floor was clear.
Select one word that describes Mara's manner when the box split.
232 exam-style questions on Edexcel A IGCSE English Language 1.2 Section A: Non-fiction Texts, covering 1.2.1 Focus of Section A, 1.2.2 Reading challenging non-fiction in preparation for the unseen text, 1.2.3 Reading substantial and extended texts, 1.2.4 Skills of interpretation and analysis, 1.2.5 Range of non-fiction forms, 1.2.6 Literary non-fiction text types, 1.2.7 Transient texts excluded from assessment, 1.2.8 The anthology as a supporting resource, and 1.2.9 Digital location of texts. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.