Que 3) Read the following extract and answer the questions that follows in one or two lines each.(5M)
A) To the little girl, he was a figure to be feared and avoided. Every morning before going to work he
came into her room and gave her a casual kiss.
A) Who does 'He'refer to in this extract ?
B) What were the feeling of the little girl towards him?
c) What did 'he' do before going to work every morning?
d) What does this gesture show about him ?
e) who is the writer of the above lines ?
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Answers
(a) Who does ‘he’ refer to in this extract?
Ans: He refers to the father of the little girl, Kezia.
(b) What were the feelings of the little girl towards him?
Ans: The little girl was afraid of him and tried to avoid him.
(c) What did ‘he’ do before going to work every morning?
Ans: Before going to work every morning, he came to the room of the little girl and casually kissed her.
(d) What does this gesture show about him?
Ans: This gesture shows that he loved her girl but was not very expressive in his affection.
(II)
She never stuttered with other people – had quite given it up – but only with Father, because then she was trying so hard to say the words properly.
(a) Who is ‘she’ in this extract?
‘Ans: She’ is Kezia, the little girl who was afraid of her father.
(b) What had she ‘quite given up’?
Ans: She had quite given up the occasional stuttering in front of other people.
(c) How did ‘she’ speak in the presence of her father?
Ans: In the presence of her father, Kezia stuttered while speaking and displayed lack of confidence.
(d) Why did ‘she’ speak so differently before her father?
Ans: Being afraid of her father, Kezia hesitated to speak to him. Whenever she had to, she would stutter and sound different because her natural speech would be obstructed.
Answer:
Ans: He refers to the father of the little girl, Kezia.
Ans: The little girl was afraid of him and tried to avoid him.
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Ans: Before going to work every morning, he came to the room of the little girl and casually kissed her.
Ans: This gesture shows that he loved her girl but was not very expressive in his affection.
(II)
She never stuttered with other people – had quite given it up – but only with Father, because then she was trying so hard to say the words properly.
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‘Ans: She’ is Kezia, the little girl who was afraid of her father.
Ans: She had quite given up the occasional stuttering in front of other people.
Ans: In the presence of her father, Kezia stuttered while speaking and displayed lack of confidence.
Ans: Being afraid of her father, Kezia hesitated to speak to him. Whenever she had to, she would stutter and sound different because her natural speech would be obstructed.