Question

1. Whom did Lencho write a letter? What did he ask for? 2. What did Nelson Mandela pledge when he was sworn in as President? 3. What moral do we get from the story,”His First Flight”? 4. Describe the black clouds from the point of view of the pilot. 5. Explain,’teachers are the most unpredictable creatures’. 6. What does the story,’The hundred dresses’ teach us? 7. Was Peggy remorseful at her past behaviour? Elaborate. 8. Why are the baker’s furnace essential in a traditional Goan village? 9. Coorgis are hospitable by nature. Explain 10. How are the tea pluckers different from other farm labourers? 11. Why does Valli want to stand up on the seat? Wat does she see now? 12. Give examples from the text to show that Valli was a meticulous planner. 13. What made valli sad on her return journey? 14. Valli was an eight-year-old who was very curious about things. What was her favourite time? 15. What information did valli collect for her first bus ride? 16. What side of nature do ‘crow’ and ‘hemlock’ represent? 17. What do ‘fire’ and ‘ice’ stand for and what is the general opinion regarding the world? 18. Describe the movement of the tiger in the cage and in the wild. 19. Express your views on the title of the poem’The Ball poem’ 20. What is the central idea of the poem? 21. Describe the small dog tricki. 22. Why did the thief smile without any effort towards the end of the story? 23. How did Griffin try to become visible? 24. What all hobbies did Ebright develop in kindergarten? 25. Who were the important people in Ebright’s life? Why?

Answer 1

1. Explanation:
2. Lencho have great faith in God, so he wrote a letter to God.
3. Nelson Mandela - Long Walk To Freedom. What was the pledge that he made in his speech? He pledged to liberate all his people from the continuing bondage of poverty, deprivation, suffering, gender and other discrimination.
4. Moral/Theme of the story 'His first flight' : 'His first flight' story excellently explains the importance of things like independence, self courage and confidence. Also, it shows the need for motivation to reach our goals. Necessity is the mother of invention, but it sometimes needs an initial spark from outside.
5. Answer:The black clouds were storm clouds , which were black . When pilot enters that storm , he was unable to see anything around him . His compass was broken , and he has now only somewhat fuel left
6. From The Diary of Anne Frank. Why did Anne say that the teachers are the most unpredictable creatures on earth? Anne said so because she observed that one fourth of the class strength should be declared failed. But, she kew that most of them would pass and move to the next form.
7. The Hundred Dresses is a beautiful story; it is based on the theme of discrimination, judgmental attitude people have for people around us. In this story we see Wanda Petronsky being judged for her unique name and qualities. She was made fun of by Paggy, Madeline, and other girls.
8. Peggy and Maddie were remorseful after Miss Mason read Wanda's father's letter to the class. Both of them wanted to amend their behavior towards Wnada. Maddie was hurt the most and began empathizing with Wanda.
9. Answer: A furnace is used for representing a large heating material. In Goa, these furnaces are playing a major role in preparing the loaves of bread and other bakery related items like delicacies.
10. Coorgis are a proud race of martial men and beautiful women. They are very hospitable and entertain their guests by relating stories of bravery of their sons and fathers. Coorg soldiers are brave.
11. Tea-pluckers are different from the other farm labourers because the tea - pluckers are very hard working . They pluck tea by wearing bamboo baskets on their sholders , wearing plastic aprom whereas farm labourers are only to take care of farm and other items. These things make the different from each other.
12. Valli stood up on her seat because her view was obstructed by a canvas blind that covered the lower part of her window. Moreover, due to her small height she was not able to have the full view of the outside. Therefore she had to stand on her seat to look over the blind.
13. Valli was a meticulous planner
14. It is from the story ''Madam rides the bus''.
15. Yes, Valli was a meticulous planner, as her dream was to travel.
16. Her biggest wish was to travel on the bus to her village.
17. She planned everything accordingly and with a low budget.
18. She saved her pocket money for the trip.
19. She was clever and noted everything about the bus.
20. On the way to the town, while travelling by bus Valli had witnessed a frightened cow running for its life in the center of the road. ... The cow that she had seen during the onward journey had died in an accident. Valli felt sad at the cow's plight and kept mum all through her journey back home
21. There was a girl named Valliammai who was called Valli for short. She was eight years old and very curious about things. Her favourite pastime was standing in the front doorway of her house, watching what was happening in the street outside.
22. The thief was under tension that his master would be angry with him for stealing the money. ... This made him tension free and he smiled without any effort
23. The invisible man (Griffin) first became visible after he slipped into a big London store for keeping warm and overslept there while wearing some clothes taken from the store. The clothes made him visible to the shop assistants when the shop opened in the morning.
24. Ebright was fascinated by butterflies. He started collecting butterflies in kindergarten. He also collected rocks, fossils and coins. He also became a star-gazer and an eager astronomer.
25. Ebright's mother Jacqueline Katherine Ebright was the most important person in EBright's life. He had lost his father early and his mother took great pains to bring him up. She bought him a lot of books, microscopes, telescopes, and cameras to kindle his interest.