(a) What did Lencho think throughout the night?
(b) What does 'Lencho was an ox of a man' imply?
(c) Which line suggests that Lencho was literate?
(d) What strange action did Lencho take?
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Answer:
A. 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. Lencho was an ox of a man, working like an animal in the fields, but still, he knew how to write.
B. An ox of a man means a very strong man. Lencho was a hard working farmer. He worked hard in the field. His faith in God, made him to write letter to God.
C. The line which suggests that Lencho was literate is - he began to write a letter..
D. Lencho had asked God to send him a hundred pesos. But when he opened the envelope he found only seventy pesos in it. He thought that the post-office employees had taken the rest of the money. So he became angry when he received the letter.
(a) What did Lencho think throughout the night?
Answer:- During the night, Lencho thought about God, whose eyes could see everything and he thought that God would help him.
(b) What does 'Lencho was an ox of a man' imply?
Answer:- Lencho was a poor farmer who lived on the top of a low hill. He was a very hardworking person. He worked like an animal in the field. So the narrator describes Lencho as an ox of a man.
(c) Which line suggests that Lencho was literate?
Answer:- The lines which suggest Lencho was literate are;
- Lencho was an ox of a man but he still knew how to write.
- He began to write a letter which he himself would carry to town and place in the mail.
(d) What strange action did Lencho take?
Answer:- Lencho's crops were destroyed by hailstorm. He feared that his family will have to go hungry for the whole year. He had deep faith in God and thought that he would help him. Then he wrote a letter to God requesting 100 pesos. This action of writing a letter to God was strange.