But the child never forgot. Next time she saw him she quickly put both
hands behind her back and a red colour flew into her cheeks.
a) What did the child never forget?
b) Why did she put both her hands behind her back?
c) Who does ‘him’ refer to? What kind of a person was he?
Answers
a) The child never forgets about the incident occurred in her life.
b) As she was afraid that her father will again beat with a ruler in his
c) him reffered to kezia's father.
Explanation:
a) When grandmother suggested Kezia to make a pin-cushion out of a beautiful piece of yellow silk as a gift for her father's birthday,she laboriously started making it.Inorder to fill the c
case with something,she took the papers kept in the bed-table of her mother's room and tore it into pieces.Infact that was Father's very important speech for the Port authority. So,father beated her with the ruler to not repeat the mistake again.The child would never forget this incident which took place in her life.
b) The girl put both her hands behind to avoid being hit at hands.
c)Him refers to Kezia's father.He was very hash and a strict disciplinarian who didn't express any affection and concern to his own daughter.He was always busy and never expressed his love to his daughter.