Question

Section - C
Literature Text Book Marks : 32
(a) PROSE
41. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow :
1x4 =
I started right away at the Montessori nursery school. I stayed there until I was
six, at which time I started in the first form. In the sixth form my teacher was Mrs.
Kuperus, the headmistress. At the end of the year we were both in tears as we said a
heartbreaking farewell.
In the summer of 1941 grandma fell ill and had to have an operation, So my
birthday passed with little celebration.
Grandma died in January, 1942. No one knows how often I think of her and still love
her. This birthday celebration in 1942 was intended to make up for the other and
grandma's candle was lit along with the rest.
Questions :
Who is the speaker of these lines?
b) Why did the speaker and the headmistress have tears?
c) Why was the speaker's birthday not celebrated?
d) Find a word from the passage which means 'meant for'.
What was Lencho's feelings when the hail stopped?​

Answer 1

Answer:

the headmistress. At the end of the year we were both in tears as we said a heartbreaking farewell.