Answer any four of the following questions in 30-40 words: 2x4=8
(a) How did Dr. Sadao meet Hana ? How did their marriage take place ?
(b) Why did the servants leave Dr. Sadao’s house ?
(c)Who is Mr. Lamb ? How did Derry get into his garden ?
(d) How do people comment when they see Mr. Lamb ? How does he react to it?
(e) How is Kati Bihu celebrated in Assam?
(F) What is importance of the Meji and Bhelaghar built for Magh Bihu?
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Answer:
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Dr Sadao met Hana in America when he was studying surgery there. He met her at a get-together arranged by an American professor at his home for foreign students
The servants left Dr. Sadao's house as they felt that Dr. Sadao did an unpatriotic thing by keeping the white man at his house and operating and treating on him to save his life, which they thought to be an inclination towards the American soldier due to the reason that he had studied in America
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Explanation:
A. Dr Sadao met Hana in America when he was studying surgery there. He met her at a get-together arranged by an American professor at his home for foreign students.
B. The servants left Dr. Sadao's house as they felt that Dr. Sadao did an unpatriotic thing by keeping the white man at his house and operating and treating on him to save his life, which they thought to be an inclination towards the American soldier due to the reason that he had studied in America.
C. There is a garden near the house. It has ripe crab apples looking orange and golden in colour. Mr Lamb is sitting in his garden when Derry climbs over the garden wall to get into his garden.
E. This Bihu is celebrated by the lighting of lamps or saaki (candles) in different parts of the house. ... For Kati Bihu, the plant is cleaned and is placed on an earthen platform called a "Tulsi Bheti". Offerings and prayers are made to the Goddess Tulsi for the wellbeing of the family and for a good harvest.