My spirit rose as rapidly as it had fallen. I congratulated myself on having returned
the money. But when I took the note, I realized that he knew everything. The note was
still wet from last night's rain.
'Today I'll teach you to write a little more than your name,' he said.
He knew, but neither his lips nor his eyes said anything about their knowing.
a. Why had the speaker's spirits 'fallen' and what made them rise again?
b. The narrator says:'... he knew everything... ' . Who is 'he' and what did 'he' know?
How did he know this?
c. What do the last two lines of the extract tell us about the kind of person Arun was?
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We have to answer questions according to given paragraph from the story THE THIEF BY RUSKIN BOND
A) Why had the speaker's spirits 'fallen' and what made them rise again?
ANS- The speakers's spirits fallen because earlier he did not had money,
his spirit's rose as he returned the money he took earlier.
B) The narrator says:'... he knew everything... ' . Who is 'he' and what did 'he' know?
ANS-The narrator knew that he has been robbed as he gave a wet fifty rupees note to HARI.
C) What do the last two lines of the extract tell us about the kind of person Arun was?
ANS-The last two lines of the extract tells us that Arun was a very kind person because Arun knew that he was robbed but but unknowingly he hide the truth.
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