Question

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.
"What's the matter? What are you looking so wretched about? Mother, I wish you taught this child not
to appear on the brink of suicide... Here, Kezia, carry my teacup back to the table carefully."
He was so big - his hands and his neck, especially his mouth when he yawned. Thinking about i
him alone was like thinking about a giant.

(i) Why did Kezia stutter before her father?

(ii)) Why was she scared of her father?

(iii) Why did the author compare Kezia's father with a giant?

(iv) Why did Kezia look 'wretched ?​

Answer 1

Answer:

(i) because she was scared of him . she thought of him aa a giant with big hands and mouth .

(ii) because she thought of him as a giant with big hands and a big mouth.

(iii) a giant has big hands , big feet and a huge mouth. and kezia's father resembled a giant in all aspects.

(iv) she looked wretched because when she stuttered her father scolded her.

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