extra question for chapter the little girl?
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Answer the following in 30 - 40 words.
1. Write about Kezia's feelings towards her father. Pick out the expressions/phrases from the text to support your answer.
2. Why did Kezia avoid her father?
3. Why did Kezia stammer in front of her father?
4. What orders were passed to Kezia in the evening when father returned home from office?
5. Why did Kezia’s grandmother send her to the drawing room every Sunday afternoon?
6. What did Kezia find when she went to the drawing room every Sunday afternoon?
7. Father’s great speech for the Port Authority had been lost. What had happened to father’s speech?
8. Comment on the role of grandmother in trying to make the family atmosphere warm and friendly
9. Why do you think Kezia was more attached to her grandmother than to her mother?
10. How did the father comfort the little girl, Kezia, when she had a nightmare?
11. How was Kezia’s father different from Mr. McDonalds?
12. ‘Kezia wanted to give a gift to her father’. Why do you think people give gifts to their loved ones?
13. What is the moral of the lesson “The Little Girl”?
Answer the following in 100 - 120 words.
1. Give a character sketch of Kezia.
2. Why did Kezia’s father punish her? Was he right in doing so?
3. Comment on Kezia’s father’s attitude towards her and analyse its impact on her personality? Discuss why it is important to have a close and warm relation between a parent and child.
4. Kezia’s parents never encouraged her to have an open conversation with them. Give an example from the text.
5. Do you think Kezia’s father was a cruel man who didn’t love his daughter? Give reasons.
6. What were Kezia’s feelings about her father at the end of the story?
7. What do we learn from the story – ‘The Little Girl’?