(a) Identify ‘he’ and ‘I’ in the above extract.
(b) What did Anil decide?
(c) What does the word ‘grateful’ mean?
(d) Why was Hari Singh grateful to Anil?
(e) Name the chapter
Answers
Answer:
1. The word ‘he’ in the above extract refers to the lawyer. The agreement of 15 years of imprisonment was going to come to an end a day later as mentioned in the extract. The lawyer would win the bet and the banker would have to pay him two million. Fifteen years ago two million meant nothing to the banker. However, years of bad investment and gambling had made the banker poor. If the banker gave two million to the lawyer, he would go bankrupt and this would ruin him.
2. When Anil came to know that hari singh was a thief then he thought to improve him. He knew that the only thing hari needed was money and education and respect. so Anil decided to pay hari singh regularly.
3. ' Grateful' means warmly or deeply.
4.Hari Singh (thief) was grateful to Anil because Anil taught him to read and write whole sentences and to add numbers. He thought that soon he would become an educated man and would be able to achieve anything in life.
5. The theif's story
Explanation:
I am not sure about the 5th answer.
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