EXTRACT QUESTIONS ( 4 MARKS)
1. Read the following extract carefully and answer the questions that follow.
It was the postman himself who handed the letter to him while the postmaster, experiencing the contentment of a man who has performed a good deed, looked on from his office.
Lencho showed not the slightest surprise on seeing the money; such was his confidence – but he became angry when he counted the money.
(a) Why was the postmaster contented?
(b) Why was Lencho not surprised on seeing the money?
(c) Why did Lencho become angry?
(d) How much money did Lencho ask for?
Ans :
(a) The postmaster was contented because he had performed a good deed.
(b) He had firm belief in God.
(c) Lencho became angry because he did not get the money he requested for.
(d) Lencho requested for one hundred pesos.
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2.
Read the following extract carefully and answer the questions that follow.
With a satisfied expression, he regarded the field of ripe corn with its flowers, draped in a curtain of rain. But suddenly a strong wind began to blow and along with the rain very large hailstones began to fall. These truly did resemble new silver coins. The boys, exposing themselves to the rain, ran out to collect the frozen pearls.
(a) Why did Lencho look satisfied?
(b) What are ‘frozen pearls’ referred to here?
(c) Why did the expression of Lencho change?
(d) Why did the children run out?
Ans :
(a) His crop was ripe.
(b) Hailstones.
(c) His expression changed because suddenly large hailstones began to fall. It was not good for his crop.
(d) The children ran out to collect the hailstones.
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3.
Read the following extract carefully and answer the questions that follow.
Never in his career as a postman had he known that address. The postmaster—a fat, amiable fellow—also broke out laughing, but almost immediately he turned serious and, tapping the letter on his desk, commented, “What faith! I wish I had the faith of the man who wrote this letter. Starting up a correspondence with God!”
So, in order not to shake the writer’s faith in God, the postmaster came up with an idea: answer the letter.
(a) Why had the postman never known that address?
(b) What does ‘not to shake the writer’s faith’ refer to?
(c) Why did the postmaster laugh?
(d) What did the postmaster decide?
Ans :
(a) Nobody had written a letter to God before.
(b) Faith of Lencho in God should not be shaken.
(c) The postmaster broke out laughing because he had never seen such a correspondence with God in his career.
(d) The postmaster decided to answer the letter.
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4 .
Read the following extract carefully and answer the questions that follow.
So, in order not to shake the writer’s faith in God, the postmaster came up with an idea: answer the letter. But when he opened it, it was evident that to answer it he needed something more than goodwill, ink and paper. But he stuck to his resolution: he asked for money from his employees, he himself gave a part of his salary, and several friends of his were obliged to give something ‘for an act of charity’.
(a) How did the postmaster decide to respond?
(b) Why did the postmaster decide to answer the letter?
(c) What did the postman need to respond the letter?
(d) How did he manage money for the writer of the letter?
Ans :
(a) The post master decided to respond by sending him some money.
(b) The postmaster decided to answer the letter because he did not want to shake the faith of the writer in God.
(c)The postmaster needed money.
(d) He gave part of his salary and asked his friends to contribute in that act of charity.
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5.
Read the following extract carefully and answer the questions that follow.
All through the night, Lencho thought only of his one hope: the help of God, whose eyes, as he had been instructed, see everything, even what is deep in one’s conscience.
(a) What was his only hope?
(b) What did he do to seek God’s help?
(c) Give a word from the passage which means inner voice here.
(d) What was Lencho instructed?
Ans :
(a) His only hope was help from God.
(b) He wrote a letter to God for his help.
(c) Conscience.
(d) Lencho was always instructed that God always helps in need.
SHORT QUESTIONS ( 2 MARKS)
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6.
(i) How did Lencho feel when it started raining?
(ii) What was the effect of the rain on the crops?
Ans (I)Lencho was excited when he came out of his house to have the pleasure of feeling the rain on his body. He compared the raindrops with coins, as he knew that a good rain would mean a good crop and a good crop would mean a lot of money.
(ii) The rain brought with it destruction. There was hailstorm for about an hour and it covered the field. The corn was totally destroyed.
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7.
Lencho had only ‘one hope’. What was it?
Ans: Lencho was a God-fearing man and had a firm faith in the benevolence of God, who he thought would certainly help him. God was his only hope.
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8.
“Now we’re really going to get some water, woman.” Is Lencho sure that it is going to rain? Give a reason for your answer.
Ans :Lencho was sure that it was going to rain because he kept watching the sky throughout the day. Through his experience, he knew that the clouds would certainly bring rain.
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9.
What are the raindrops compared to and why?
Ans :Raindrops are compared to coins. He compares big raindrops to ten-cent coins and smaller ones to five-cent coins. He knew that the raindrops would certainly be helpful in giving him rich harvest. Naturally, it would make him get more money.
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10.
Did the letter reach God? Why did the postmaster send a reply to Lencho?
The letter did not reach God but it certainly reached the postmaster who was a God-fearing and kind-hearted man. He decided to send a reply to Lencho as he was moved by the firm faith of a farmer in God, and he did not want to disappoint him.
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11.
Lencho describes the post office employees as ‘a bunch of crooks’.
(i) Were they ‘a bunch of crooks’?
(ii) How would you describe them?
Ans : (i)The post office employees were really very good people who tried to help a poor farmer. They were not a bunch of crooks.
(ii) They can be described as kind-hearted, generous, helpful and God-fearing men.
A Letter to God ( 8 M)
Lencho was a hardworking farmer who had immense faith in God. He had such an immense faith in the existence and helpfulness of God that he started communicating with him. He wrote a letter to God requesting him to send him one hundred pesos. When he received seventy pesos, he was not surprised at all. He even doubted the integrity of the post office employees who, he thought, had stolen his thirty pesos. He was a poor judge of human nature. His attitude towards man was negative. He could not think of a help from man. Yes, I also have faith in God but not a blind faith. I will never start writing a letter to God like Lencho. Lencho should have been grateful to the post office employees who had helped him. But he cannot be criticised as he had faith in God and not in mankind.
What kind of people were the post office employees? What values are reflected in their character? What do you like about the gesture of the postmaster?
The post office employees were very generous, kind and helpful people. When they received the letter for God from Lencho, they were impressed with his faith in God although initially they made fun of it. They did not want to hurt his feelings and shake his faith in God. They decided to help him by sending him money. It was a noble gesture on their part. All of them contributed by giving a share of their salaries. It shows their kindness and generosity. They could have told Lencho the truth about God but their sensitivity stopped them from doing so. They did not want to hurt his feelings. They had sympathy and compassion for Lencho. The postmaster’s generosity, his sensitivity, initiative and his noble gesture make him a good human being in the eyes of the readers.
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