Question

A. Choose the correct answer:- (1x10) 1. The perfume from the girl's hair was - sweet/ pungent/ tantalizing. 2. Kalam's father started his day at - 5 a.m. / 4 a.m. / 5.30 am. 3. The Sun's rays fill the full of light. - hollow/ valley/ land. 4. The sambar served to Kalam was - salty/ sweet/ fragrant. 5. The smile of the soldier is - gentle, witty/ foolish. 6. In the story, the narrator made a pretence of studying the - girl/ landscape/ book 7. According to the narrator, few girls can resist - laughter/ mockery/ flattery. 8. The soldier is lying with his - mouth open/ body straight/ hands folded. 9. Kalam's parents were found to be - sympathetic/ idealistic/ contemplative. 10. Kalam considers his childhood to be very - secure/ unsafe/ pampered B. Answer the following questions:- (1x10) 1. What does the heavy undergrowth' refer to in the poem Asleep in the Valley? 2. Who was Kalam's father's ideal helpmate? 3. What did people usually tell the girl about her face? 4. Why is the soldier pale? 5. Why were the eyes of the girl useless? 6. What was Kalam's ancestral house made of? 7. How is the valley in the Asleep in the Valley? 8. What was the game the narrator wanted to play once again? 9. With whom did Kalam normally eat? 10. What is the soldier's pillow made of?​

Answer 1

Answer:

A.

1. pungent
2. 4 a.m
3. hollow
4. fragrant
5. gentle
6. landscape
7. flattery
8. open
9. sympathetic
10. secure

B.

1. The expression 'heavy undergrowth' refers to the bushes and plants among which the soldier is asleep.
2. Kalam's father's ideal helpmate was his mother, Ashiamma.
3. People usually told the girl about her beautiful face.
4. The soldier looked pale because he was lying dead in the valley
5. The eyes were not useful to the girl because she was completely blind at that time.
6. Kalam's ancestral house was a pucca house made of limestone and brick.
7. Firstly, it is used to describe the valley which is full of light with the 'sun's rays'. Secondly, another image of the sun comes with the expression 'sun-soaked bed'. Finally, the poet says that the soldier sleeps in 'sunlight'. All these recurrent images of sun serve as a beautiful 'image-cluster'
8. By saying 'once again I had a game to play' the narrator means that he had to pretend he could see while it was not obvious to the others that he was blind. Also, it became a guessing game for him too.
9. Kalam normally ate with his mother, Ashiamma
10. The soldier's pillow is made of fern.

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