Question

The author's mother brought some bread as (a) she thought that birds were hungry (c) the author wanted her to do so (b) she had done for the sake of grandmother (d) author's father ordered her to do so
The Portrait of a Lady​

Answer 1

Answer:

a) she thought that Bird were hungry

Answer 2

The correct answer is option (a) she thought that birds were hungry

EXPLANATION:

• Feeding birds was a part of the daily routine of the author's grandmother.
• Feeding broken pieces of bread every dawn was something she didn't skip since the author had left his home to study abroad.
• The sparrows became so familiar with her that they would gather all around her sometimes sitting on her head, arm or shoulder whenever she came to the verandah to feed them.
• On the day when the grandmother died, her lifeless body lay on the floor thousands of sparrows gathered together and sat beside her body.
• Seeing this, the author's mother threw some pieces of bread around sparrows as she thought they were hungry.
• But the sparrows did not eat anything instead, they sat there silently to mourn the death of grandmother.

hence the correct answer is option (a) she thought the sparrows were hungry

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