Answer the following questions in 30-4o words:
(a) What things does the poet wish to have in Innisfree?
(b) Why did the Country Inspector's visit disappoint Margie ?
(c) Who was the only asset of Mahendra ? How?
(d) Where and why was the grandfather going the next day ?
Answers
(a) The poet Wishes to have a small cabin of clay and wattles, nine bean rows and a hive for honeybees. He wants to be alone at that place.
(b) The country Inspector's visit disappointed Margie because she had expected that he would take her teacher (computer) away for a month just like Tommy's teacher. She also hoped that the inspector wouldn't know how to put the teacher back (i.e., to re-assemble the components of the computer) after opening it. But nothing like that happened.
(c) The only asset of Mahendra was his cook, Iswaran. He was quite attached to him. He never made any complaint. Besides cooking, he (Iswaran) washed his clothes, cleaned his house. He was well known for his culinary skills. Also he had unconditional love for Mahendra. He travelled everywhere with him.
(d) The grandfather was going to Saharanpur the next day. He
was going there to collect his pension.
