Self Assessment (Day-2)
1. How did M. Hamel react when Franz was lit for
school?
2. Why was M. Hamel in his best clothes?
3. Why had the village elders come to school?
4. What did m hamel speak about French
language?
5. How does M. Hamel pay a tribute to the
French language ?
Answers
Answer:
and 1)Franz desperately wanted to give the answer on participles to reassure his teacher that all his years of teachings have not been wasted.
(ii) Franz felt that M. Hamel was giving his best on the day of the last lesson as he wanted to share all his knowledge before going away.
(iii) Franz felt that his teacher was sitting motionless and was staring at things as he wanted to fix in his mind and take each memory with him from that school room where he had taught for forty years
ans 2)M. Hamel was wearing his beautiful green coat, his frilled shirt, and the little black silk cap, all embroidered. He wore them on inspection and prize days. he wore this because it was their last lesson in their mother tongue,French.
Ans 2)The elders of the village were sitting in the classroom to attend the last French lesson by M. Hamel. They realised the worth of their native language when they came to know that they had lost it. They were there to pay their tribute to the language and respect to m.hamel