The following text describes part of the author’s experience on a train journey across India. Read the text, considering the author’s circumstances and looking for clues to determine his attitude as you do. For each gap, select the word or phrase from the dropdown menu that you think the author chose to use in the text. Be prepared to discuss how each choice reflects the author’s attitude and how it contributes to the overall atmosphere.

Sunday, and into my fifth week away. At this moment home seems very far off and the prospect of seeing family and friends again in fifty days utterly remote. But at least we are moving east, and there is daylight through the shutters. There's also on the door. I open it and find a small, grubby bearded man standing there looking – . He what I want for lunch

'Chicken biryani very nice,' he proposes , and when I don't show instant enthusiasm (it is seven o'clock in the morning) he looks . 'Egg curry, Western style, very nice.'

An order for several biryanis, accompanied by payment, is , and I hear him go on to the next compartment. He knocks at this door for at least fifteen minutes, too afraid to open it, too dogged to give up.

Another Sunday, and into my fifth week away. At this moment home seems very far off and the prospect of seeing family and friends again in fifty days utterly remote. But at least we are moving east, and there is daylight through the shutters. There's also an insistent pounding on the door. I open it and find a small, grubby bearded man standing there looking – disgruntled. He demands to know what I want for lunch:

'Chicken biryani very nice,' he proposes briskly, and when I don't show instant enthusiasm (it is seven o'clock in the morning) he looks irritated. 'Egg curry, Western style, very nice.'

An order for several biryanis, accompanied by payment, is all that will get rid of him, and I hear him go on to the next compartment. He knocks at this door persistently for at least fifteen minutes, too afraid to open it, too dogged to give up.