Question 4
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.
Sita went to her grandfather and sat down beside hun. When you are
hangry, tell me' she said, and I will make the bread.
Is your grandmother asleep?
You But she will wake soon The pain is deep. The old man stared across the river, at the
of the forest, atthe leaden sky, and said, "If she is not better by morning, I will
take herto the hospital in Shahganj. They will know how to inake her well
. Youmay be on
your own for two or three days. You have been on your ownbefore.'
Sita nodded gravely - she had been alone before but not is the middleof the rains with
the river so high. But she knew that someone muststay behind She wanted Grandmother
to get well and she knew thatonly
Grandfather could take the small boat across the river
when thecurrent was so strong.
dark
green
Sita was not afraid of being left alone but she did not like the look of theriver. That
evening it began to rain again. Big pellets of rain were scarring thesurface of the river.
But it was warm rain and Sita could move about init. She was not afraid of getting wel,
she rather liked it. In the previousmonth, when the monsoon shower had arrived. washing
the dusty leavesof the tree and bringing up the good smell of the carth, she had exultedin
it, had run about shouting for joy. She was used to it now. even alittle tired of the rain,
but she did not mind getting wet. It was steamyindoors and her thin dress would soon dry
in the heat from the kitchentire. She walked about barcfooted, barelegged. She was very
sure on herfeet. Her toes had grown accustomed to gripping all kinds of rocks, slippery
orsharp, and though thin, she was surprisingly strong Black hair, streaming across her
face Black eyes Slim brown arms. A scar on her thighwhen she was sinall, visiting her
mother's village, a hyena had entered the house where she was sleeping, fastened on to
her leg and tried to drag her away but her screams had roused the villagers and the hyena
had run off. She moved about in the pouring rain chasing the hens into a shelter behind
the hut. A harmless brown snake, flooded of its hole, was moving across the open
ground. Sita took a stick, picked the snake up with it and dropped it behind a cluster of
rocks. She had no quarrel with snakes. They kept down the rats and the frogs. She
wondered how the rats hadfirst come to the island- probably in someone's boat or in a
sack of grain.
She disliked the huge black scorpions who left their waterlogged dwellings and tried to
take shelter in the hut. It was so easy to step onone and the sting could be very painful.
She had been bitten by a scorpionthe previous monsoon and for a day and a night she had
known feverand great pain. Sita had never killed living creatures but now, whenever she
found ascorpion, she crushed it with a rock! When, finally, she went indoors, she was
hungry. She ate some parched gram and warmed up somegoat's milk. Grandmother woke
once and asked for water and Grandfatherheld the brass tumbler to her lips. The roof was
Jeaking and a small puddle formed on the floor. Grandfatherkept the kerosene lamps
alight. They did not need the light but somehowil inade them feel safer.
trained all night.
) Give the meanings of gravely, steamy.
) Why was Sita willing to stay alone?
) What had made Sita like the first monsoon shower?
Why did Sita have a scar on the thigh?
Why did Sita think snakes were useful?
What did Sita do with the snake?
Why did they keep the lamps alight?
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Answer:
(a) 1. gravely—seriously 2. steamy—hot, suffocating 3. parched—dried. (b) 1. Sita was willing to stay alone because she knew that someone had to stay behind at home. Besides, she wanted her grandmother to get well and she also knew that only grandfather could take the small boat across the river when the current was so strong. 2. Sita liked the first monsoon shower because the rain was warm and she could move about in it She was not afraid of getting wet. 3. Sita had a scar on her thigh as she had been bitten by a hyena when she was small. The hyena had entered their house and tried to drag her out. 4. The word is ‘harmless’. 5. Sita thought snakes were useful for killing rats and frogs. 6. Sita took the snake and dropped it behind a cluster of rocks. 7. Sita crushed scorpions with a rock because she disliked them. Previously, she had been bitten by a scorpion and she got fever and was in great pain. 8. They kept the lamps alight to feel safer. (c) Stia was a very caring loving and good little girl. She was very understandng and responsible too. she was not afraid of being alone. She was palyful in nature. She loved the rain. She was a pretty little girl. She did not like killing living creatures. (d) Title of summary: “Sita’s Love.” It is clear that Sita did not just love her grand parents, but living creatures and nature too.Read more on Sarthaks.com - https://www.sarthaks.com/860419/sita-went-to-her-grandfather-and-sat-down-beside-him-when-you-are-hungry-tell-me