Question

1. Where was Lencho's house situated?
2. What crop did he sow?
3.What hope was left in Lencho's heart after the storm
What did Lenche ask God in his letter?
5.how did the postmaster feel handing the letter to Lencho?
6. What was Lencho's first reaction on opening the letter?
7.How long did the hail storm continue?
8 . How did the storm affect Lencho?
9. What made the postmaster open Lencho's letter?
10. Why did Lencho say that the raindrops were like new coins?
11. What is meant by "Lenche is an ox of a man...."?

12.What did the postmaster do to help Lencho?
13. What did Lencho ask God in his second letter? What is peso?

16. Give meanings: crest, downpour, contentment, amiable, draped,
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Answer 1

1. The house Lencho's house was located on the top of a low hill.

2.Maize

3. When the hail stopped, Lencho's soul was filled with sadness, when he looked around at his fields and said that even a plague of locusts would have left more than what was left after the hail storm. He said that they would have no corn that year and they would go hungry.

4.Lencho wrote in his letter to God that he badly needed one hundred pesos to sow his fields again and for his family to live until the crop.

5. The postmaster was a kind, generous, helpful and God fearing man. When he received the letter written to God asking for 100 pesos, he felt sympathetic towards Lencho. Hence, he decided to help Lencho. He gave a part of his salary and asked the other employees to help.

6. Lencho was angry after opening the letter because he found only seventy pesos inside the envelope. He had demanded a hundred pesos from God.

7. The rainstorm continued for an hour.

8. Lencho field was completely destroyed by the hail stones

9. Answer: when the postman brought the letter to postmaster while mentioning that it is written in name of god. ... It was only lencho's faith which made the postmaster open his letter.

10. Lencho said the raindrops were like new coins because his corn really needed rain to be a good harvest.

11. An ox of a man means a very strong man. Lencho was a hard working farmer. He worked hard in the field. ... So the author compared him to an ox.

12. The postmaster collects money from his colleagues and sends some money to help lencho.

13. Lencho wrote in his second letter to God demanding rest of 30 Pesos and not to send the money through the post office again. Lencho was a poor farmer.

14. a)the top of a mountain or hill.

b)a heavy fall of rain.

c)a state of happiness and satisfaction.

d)having or displaying a friendly and pleasant manner.

e)to cover or hang with cloth or other fabric, especially in graceful folds;

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Answer 2

Answer:

1. Ans: Lencho's house was situated on the top of a low hill.
2. Ans: Corn was sowed by Lencho.
3. Ans: After the storm, the only one hope left in Lencho's heart was : 'help from God.'
4. Ans: Lencho asked God a hundred pesos in his first letter.
5. Ans: When the postmaster handed the latter, he was experiencing the contentment of a man who has performed a good deed, looked on from his office.
6. Ans: When Lancho opened the letter for the first time, he didn't show the slightest surprise on seeing the money because he had deep faith in God. He thought that only God had sent that money to Lencho as he requested.
7. Ans: The hailstorm continued for an hour.
8. Ans: The storm totally destroyed Lencho's corn field. Not a leaf remained on the trees. The corn was totally destroyed. The flowers were gone from the plants. The field was white,as if covered with salt.
9. Ans: On the envelope Lencho wrote, 'To God' . When the postmaster saw it, he was surprised at Lencho's deep faith in God. This made the postmaster open Lencho's letter.
10. Ans: The raindrops were favourable for the paddy field of Lencho . Lencho thought that the raindrops would help his paddy field to produce more crops. So Lencho said that the raindrops were like new coins.
11. Ans: Lencho worked like an animal in the fields. So it is said that, "Lencho was an ox of a man."
12. Ans: The postmaster gave a part of his salary in order to help Lencho. He also asked help from his employees. Some of his friends also donated money 'for an act of charity'.
13. Ans: In his second letter Lencho asked the rest of the money that he asked from God. Because of the money that he asked, only seventy pesos reached him. Lencho aslo asked God not to sent the money through mail as he thought that the post office employees were crooks.

Peso:- Peso is the currency of several Latin American countries.

16. Meanings:–

Crest - Top of a hill.

Downpour - A heavy rainfall.

Contentment - Satisfaction.

Amiable - Friendly and pleasant.

Draped - Covered.

Explanation:

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