Question

Was the child satisfied with the explanations given by the father. How do you know?​

Answer 1

Answer:

B. Answer these questions.

1. What sounds does the child hear in the night?

Ans. The child hears the sound of someone whispering, murmuring, and laughing in the night.

2. Does the child think the sounds are from an animal or a human? Why do you say so?

Ans. The child thinks it is a human voice because the child asks who and not what.

3. What explanation does the father give for the sounds?

Ans. The father explains the sounds as the breeze in the trees and the roaring waves on the shore.

4. Was the child satisfied with the explanations? How do you know?

Ans. No, the child was not satisfied with the explanation because he asks similar questions again and again.

5. Which lines tell us that the child was a little afraid of the dark?

Ans. The child is afraid as he constantly questions the father about the sounds of whispering, murmuring, and chuckling that can be heard. He also wants to go and says:

Oh, father, let us go,

For the light is burning low;

it is dark and it is late.