Question 1. Write the word’s meaning
Rosary
Answer 1: A chain of beads used in prayer.
Question 2. Write the word’s meaning
Bedlam
Answer 2: A scene of confusion
Question 3. What was the author’s breakfast before going to village school?
Answer 3: The author’s breakfast was leftover chapati with butter and sugar.
Question 4. What would the author’s grandmother feed the dogs?
Answer 4: The author’s grandmother would feed stale chapati to the dogs.
Question 5. How long did the author stay abroad?
Answer 5: The author stays for five years in a foreign country.
Question 6. What were the names of the girls?
Answer 6: The names of the girls were Betty and Dolly.
Question 7. What impression did the author give of his grandfather?
Answer 7: The author described his grandfather with the help of a portrait that hung in the drawing room. His grandfather wore a turban and loose-fitting clothes in the portrait. He had a beard that covered most of his chest, and according to the author, he looked at least a hundred years old. The author also stated that he looked like someone who could never have a wife or children. His grandfather’s portrait also confused the author about whether his grandmother had ever been young and pretty.
Question 8. Why did the author think his grandmother was never young and pretty?
Answer 8: The author stated that he always had difficulty believing that his grandmother had been young and pretty. It is mainly because he always saw his grandmother as old. He also saw the portrait of his grandfather. He didn’t believe his grandfather could be a person who had a wife and kids. So, he thought his grandmother had always been old and never had a husband or children.
Question 9. Mention how the sparrows expressed their sorrow when the author’s grandmother died.
Answer 9: The author’s grandmother built a close relationship with the sparrows after she moved to the city. She used to feed the sparrows every day. After her death, she was laid on the floor and covered with a red shroud. When the author and family members came to carry her body, they witnessed thousands of sparrows on the veranda and in her room. They sat quietly on the floor. The author’s mother went inside to bring some bread for the birds. But they didn’t eat the bread crumbs and started to fly away after her body was carried out of the room.
Question 10. How did the author’s grandmother’s routine change in the city?
Answer 10: The author’s grandmother’s routine changed after she came to live in the city with the author’s family. She had the same room as the author, but he was admitted to a city school. So, she could not take him to school. She couldn’t help the author in his studies because he studied science and other modern subjects in school. She got confined at home and engaged herself with spinning wheels and praying. She started to feed the sparrows like she used to feed the dogs in her village. Only half an hour, when she was with the sparrows, was her best time of the day.
Question 11. Mention Three reasons why the author’s grandmother was disturbed when he started attending the city school.
Answer 11: Their friendship faded when the author and his grandmother moved to the city. He used to go to school by motor bus, and his grandmother could not take him there. The author used to study English and western science in school. It made her unhappy because she didn’t believe in this study and could not help the author in lessons. The third factor that bothered her the most was the music lessons that the author received in his schools.The lessons were different and not meant for folk songs. It upset her, and she rarely spoke to the author after this.
Question 12. Mention how the author’s grandmother used to feed the birds every day.
Answer 12: The author’s grandmother had the habit of feeding the dogs while living in the village. When she moved to the city, she could not feed the dogs and started to feed the sparrows. In the afternoon, she used to break the bread into little crumbs and spread it for the birds on the veranda. There used to be hundreds of birds, some sitting on her feet, shoulders and even on her head. That half an hour used to be her best time of the day.
Question 13. Mention the odd way the author’s grandmother behaved just before she died.
Answer 13: The author’s grandmother behaved differently one evening. She did not pray and gathered some women from the neighbourhood. She collected a drum and sang homecoming warriors’ songs for several hours. Lastly, the author and his family had to request that she stop. The next morning, she got a fever. Though the doctor said this was a mild fever, she said that her time was near. She kept counting the beads and chanting prayers until she breathed her last.
Question 14. Describe how the author’s grandmother reacted when he went to study abroad.
Answer 14: The author stated that he left for a foreign country for five years to study there. He was aware that it irritated his grandmother.But she came to leave him at the railway station. She showed no emotion or sadness and engaged in prayer. Her mind was lost in prayer, and she kept counting the beads and silently kissing his forehead. In this way, she bid the author goodbye when he left the country.
Question 15. What has not changed over the years? Does this suggest something to you?
Answer 15: According to the poem, the sea has not changed over the years. It suggests the flow of time and how people’s lives change. The sea in the photograph remains unchanged to this day.But the people in it are not the same. They have grown with time and even died because man is not immortal. Thus, it describes how humans are put on earth for a very short period of time, while the seas, forests, rivers, and other features remain almost the same.
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