Jamaican Fragment

TS 10th Class English 22nd Lesson Questions and Answers Jamaican Fragment

Section - A : Reading Comprehension (Q.1 - 7) (A) Read the following passage

Everyday, I walk a half-mile from my home to the tramcar lines in the morning and from the lines to my home in the evening. The walk is pleasant. The road on either side is flanked by red and green-roofed bungalows, green lawns and gardens. The exercise is good for me, and now and then, I earn something from a littleincident

One morning, about half-way between my front gate and the tram track, I noticed two little boys playing in the garden of the more modest cottages. They were both very little boys, one was four years old perhaps, the other five. The bigger of the two was a sturdy youngster, very dark, with a mat of coarse hair on his head and coal-black eyes

He was definitely a little Jamaican - a strong little Jamaican. The other little fellow was smaller, but also sturdy - he was white, with hazel eyes and light-brown hair. Both were dressed in blue shirts and khadi pants. They wore no shoes and their feet were muddy. They were not conscious of my standing there, watching them; they played on

The game, if it could be called a game, was not elaborate. The little white boy strode imperiously up and down, and every now and then shouted imperiously at his bigger, playmate. The little brown boy shuffled along quietly behind him and did what he was told

Now answer the following Questions. Each Question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet

Question 1.
How does the speaker feel about his walk ?

1. Uneasy
2. Uncomfortable
3. Interesting
4. Pleasant

Answer:

1. Pleasant

Question 2.
What is the exercise mentioned in this passage ?

1. Aerobics
2. Running
3. Walking
4. Play with children

Answer:

1. Walking

Question 3.
Who is the speaker of this passage ?

1. A.L.Hendricks
2. Abdul Kalam
3. Wangari Maathai
4. Satyavathi

Answer:

1. A.L.Hendricks

Question 4.
What was the little brown boy doing ?

1. He was watering the plants in the garden
2. He was obeying the orders of the white boy
3. He was watching the garden
4. He was taking care of the white boy

Answer:

1. He was obeying the orders of the white boy

Answer the following

Questions in two or three sentences each

Question 5.
How does the writer describe the bigger boy ?

Answer: The bigger tiger was a sturdy youngster, very dark, with a mat of coarse hair on his head and coal- black eyes

Question 6.
How does the speaker describe the smaller boy ?

Answer: The smaller boy was sturdy. He was white, with hazel eyes and light-brown hair

Question 7.
Describe the apparel of both the boys. What similarities do you find in the apparel of the two boys ?

Answer: Both the boys were dressed in blue shirts and khaki pants. They wore no shoes

(B) Read the following passage

Pick up that stick! The dark boy picked it up. Jump into the flowers! The dark boy jumped

Get me some water! The dark boy ran inside. The white boy sat down on the lawn

I was amazed. Here before my eyes, a white baby, for they were little more than babies,-was imposing his will upon a little black boy. And the little black boy submitted. I puzzled within myself as I went down the road. Could it be that the little dark boy was the son of a servant in the home and therefore had to do the white boys bidding? No. They were obviously dressed alike, the little dark boy was of equal class with his playmate. No. They were playmates, the little dark boy was a neighbours child. I was sure of that. Then how was it that he obeyed so faithfully the white boys orders

Was it that even as a boy he sensed that in his own country he would be at the white mans beck and call? Could he, at this age, divine a difference between himself and the white boy? And did the little white youngster, so young, such a baby, realize that he would grow to dominate the black man? Was there an indefinable quality in the white man that enabled his baby, smaller and younger than his playmate, to make him his slave

I could find no answer. I could not bring myself to believe such a thing, and yet, with my own eyes I had seen a little dark boy take orders from a little white boy - a little white boy, obviously his social equal, and younger and smaller. Were we, as a race, really inferior? So inferior that even in our infancy we realised our deficiencies, and accepted a position as the white mans servant

For a whole day I puzzled over this problem. For a whole day my faith in my people was shaken. When I passed by that afternoon the little boys were not there. That evening I thought deeply on the subject

Now answer the following Questions. Each Question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet

Question 1.
"That evening I thought deeply on the subject." Here the subject was?

1. the black boys submitting the white boys orders
2. the white boys submitting the black boys orders
3. the little boys were not there
4. the narrators faith

Answer:

1. the black boys submitting the white boys orders

Question 2.
What do you understand by the expression, "For a whole day my faith in my people was shaken ?"

1. his people made the narrator shake
2. he lost faith in his people
3. the narrator couldnt approve the act of black boys obeying the white boy
4. the narrator couldnt approve the act of whites boys obeying the black boy

Answer:

1. the narrator couldnt approve the act of black boys obeying the white boy

Question 3.
Which of the following words given in the passage means, "to force someone to accept what he/she says"?

1. amaze
2. impose
3. dominate
4. submit

Answer:

1. impose

Question 4.
The white boy asked the dark boy to pick up the stick because?

1. he wanted to beat the dark boy with it
2. the dark boy was the white boys servant.
3. I was a part of their game
4. the dark boy felt that he was inferior to the white boy

Answer:

1. I was a part of their game

Answer the following Questions in two or three sentences each

Question 5.
"For a whole- day I puzzled over this problem."- Why did he puzzle for a whole day?

Answer: The writer had seen the the black boy obeying the order of the small white boy. He couldnt bear the idea of the whites dominating the blacks. So the puzzled for the whole day

Question 6.
I was sure of that What does that refer to? Why do you think he was sure of that?

Answer: He was sure that the little black boy was a neighbours child. He came to the conclusion as both th children dressed alike. He realized that the little dark boy was of equal class with his playmate

Question 7.
In the above text the narrator was asking himself some

Questions. What was his intention behind his asking himself those

Questions?

Answer: The narrator was of the opinion that the black people were equal to the whites. But when he saw the black boys obeying the white boys orders, he was amazed. He

Questioned himself if there was still racial discrimination in his country

(C) Read the following passage

Pick up that stick! The dark boy picked it up. Jump into the flowers! The dark boy jumped

Get me some water! The dark boy ran inside. The white boy sat down on the lawn

I was amazed. Here before my eyes, a white baby, for they were little more than babies, was imposing his will upon a little black boy. And the little black boy submitted. I puzzled within myself as I went down the road. Could it be that the little dark boy was the son of a servant in the home and therefore had to do the white boys bidding? No. They were obviously dressed alike, the little dark boy was of equal class with his playmate. No. They were playmates, the little dark boy was a neighbours child. I was sure of that. Then how was it that he obeyed so faithfully the white boys orders

Now, answer the following Questions. Each Question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet

Question 1.
Pick up that stick! This is?

1. an Imperative sentence
2. a Declarative or Assertive sentence
3. an Exclamatery sentence
4. an Interrogatory sentence

Answer:

1. an Imperative sentence

Question 2.
The writer of these lines (or this essay) is?

1. Sudha Murthy
2. A.L.Hendricks
3. Smt.P.Satyavati
4. Gabriel Okara

Answer:

1. A.L.Hendricks

Question 3.
The dark boy and the white boy were?

1. Quarrelling
2. teasing each other
3. playing hide and seek
4. playing master and servant

Answer:

1. playing master and servant

Question 4.
"I was sure of that" - That here refers to?

1. that refers to the game
2. the fact that the dark boy was the son of the servant in the white boys family
3. the intimacy between the two boys
4. the little black/dark boy was a neighbours child

Answer:

1. the little black/dark boy was a neighbours child

Answer the following

Questions in two or three sentences each

Question 5.
Why was the narrator amazed ?

Answer: Because he wondered why the elder black boy was obeying the commands of the younger white boy. The white one was imposing his will upon a little black boy. Moreover, the little black boy was docile and submissive

Question 6.
What were the boys doing ? What was the authors doubt ?

Answer: The boys were enjoying fun and pleasure if their playfulness can be termed as a game. The author had many apprehensions and doubts about the boys relationships with each other. But it was only meant for entertainment.

Question 7. Why was such a game was being played by small children ?

Answer: Some time later the role played by the white boy would be given to the black boy and vice-versa. They would change their roles and thereby understand how the slaves suffered in America due to the irrational behaviour of the white

(D) Read the following passage

Was it that even as a boy he sensed that in his own country he would be at the white mans beck and call? Could he, at his age, divine a difference between himself and the white boy? And did the little white youngster, so young, such a baby, realize that he would grow to dominate the black man? Was there an indefinable quality in the white man that enabled his baby, smaller and younger than his play mate, to make him his slave? I could find no answer

I could not bring myself to believe such a thing, and yet, with my own eyes I had seen a little dark boy take orders from a little white boy - a little white boy, obviously his social equal, and younger and smaller. Were we, as a race, really inferior? So inferior that even in our infancy we realised our deficiencies, and accepted a position as the white mans servant

For a whole day I puzzled over this problem. For a whole day my faith in my people was shaken. When I passed by that afternoon the little boys were not there. That evening I thought deeply on the subject

Now, answer the following Questions. Each Question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet

Question 1.
Was it that even as a boy he sensed that in his own country he would be at the white mans beck and call ? Here beck and call means ?

1. always having to be ready to obey orders
2. submissive
3. docile
4. obsequious

Answer:

1. always having to be ready to obey orders

Question 2.
For a whole day the author was puzzled because?

1. the boy who is black in colour was trained to be a slave
2. of the segregation of the blacks
3. he felt that right from such a young age the children are showed racial discrimina¬tion
4. the white are enjoying the supremacy

Answer:

1. he felt that right from such a young age the children are showed racial discrimina¬tion

Question 3.
Was there an indefinable quality in the white man ? The word indefinable is?

1. verb
2. an adjective
3. an adverb
4. a preposition

Answer:

1. an adjective

Question 4.
The antonym of the word inferior is?

1. better
2. senior
3. super
4. superior

Answer:

1. superior

Answer the following Questions in two or three sentences each

Question 5.
Why was the black boy at the beck and call of the white boy ?

Answer: The writer wonders whether the black boy sensed that in his own country he would be at the white mans beck and call. But the fact is that, it was only a game the children played, viz-Master and slave, funnily reversing their role each on the next day

Question 6.
Could the author cum narrator find an answer to the fact why the dark boy was a slave?

Answer: Yes, on the second- day the boys changed their roles. The writer observed the dark boy acting as the boss and the white boy obeying his orders like a servant. Then he realised the fact that they were playing a game and found the answer. He also remembered that it was the game he used to play in his childhood

Question 7.
"I puzzled within myself", says the narrator. What conclusion did he come to after this puzzling thought ?

Answer: The narrator felt that the black might be the son of servant at their home or from the neighbourhood. He also felt that from such a tender and young age the children are trained to understand class/colour distinction /discrimation and segregation. As a conseque of it the whites develop a sense of superiority supremacy and imperious nature

(E) Read the following passage

For a whole day I puzzled over this problem. For a whole day my faith in my people was shaken. When I passed by that afternoon the little boys were no there. That evening I thought deeply or the subject

The next morning the boys were there again, and a man was standing at the gate watching them. I stopped and looked, just to see what the white boy was making his little servant do. To my utter astonishment the little dark boy was striding imperiously up and down the lawn, while the white youngster walked abjectly behind him

Get me a banana ! The little boy ran into the house and reappeared shortly with a banana. Peel it for me ! the little white boy peeled the banana and handed it to his dark master

I saw it now. It was indeed a game, a game I had played as a child. Each boy took it in turn every alternate day to be the boss, the other the slave. It had been great fun to me as a youngster. I smiled as I remembered. I looked at the man standing by the gate. He was a white man. I remembered what I had thought yesterday. He, no doubt, I thought to myself, was wondering if the black race is superior to the white. I laughed gently to myself

"How silly grown-ups are, howl clever we are, how wonderfully able we are, to impute deep motives to childish actions ! This man", I said to myself, "will; puzzle all day on whether the blacks will eventually rise and rule the world because he thinks he sees a little black boy realizing at a tender age his superiority over the white. I will save him from his puzzle. I will explain it to him". I went, across to him

Now answer the following Questions. Each Question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet

Question 1.
What was the faith of the writer in his people ?

1. His people would not accept to be a white mans servant
2. His people would be ready to work as servants of the white people
3. His people do not work as servants in any business
4. His people do not like to work at all

Answer:

1. His people would not accept to be a white mans servant

Question 2.
What was the problem that puzzled the writer ?

1. The problem of unemployment
2. The problem of the playgrounds in Jamaica
3. The problem of the racial discrimination
4. The problem of children playing in gardens

Answer:

1. The problem of the racial discrimination

Question 3.
Which of the titles would you like to select as the name of the game played by the two children ?

1. The thief and the police
2. The owner and the gardener
3. The boss and the slave
4. The king and the soldier

Answer:

1. The boss and the slave

Question 4.
Who was the white man standing at the gate ?

1. The gardener
2. A stranger
3. The neighbour of the house
4. The father of the two children

Answer:

1. The father of the two children

Answer the following

Questions in two or three sentences each

Question 5.
What made the writer astonish the next morning ?

Answer: Next morning the writer noticed that the little dark boy was striding imperiously up and down the lawn, while the white youngster walked abjectly behind him. This made the writer astonish

Question 6.
What did the writer expect to see the next morning ?

Answer: The writer expected to see that the white boy would make the black boy do something as his servant

Question 7.
What did the writer want to explain to the white man at the gate ?

Answer: The writer wanted to explain to the white man that it was just a game. The black boy was not ruling over the white boy. All their deeds were just a part of the game

(F) Read the following passage

Get me a banana! The little boy ran into the house and reappeared shortly with a banana. Peel it for me! the little white boy peeled the banana and handed it to his dark master . I saw it now. It was indeed a game, a game I had played as a child. Each boy took it in turn every alternate day to be the boss, the other the slave. It had been great fun to me as a youngster. I smiled as I remembered. I looked at the man standing by the gate. He was a white man. I remembered what I had thought yesterday. He, no doubt, I thought to myself, was wondering if the black race is superior to the white. I laughed gently to myself

How silly grown-ups are, how clever we are, how wonderfully able we are, to impute deep motives to childish actions! This man/ I said to myself, will puzzle all day on whether the blacks will eventually rise and rule the world because he thinks he sees a little black boy realizing at a tender age his superiority over the white. I will save him from his puzzle. I will explain it to him. I went across to him

I know what youre thinking, I said. Youre thinking that may be the black race is superior to the white, because you just sawthe little dark youngster on the lawn ordering the little white boy around. Dont think that; its a game they play. Alternate days one is the boss, the other the servant. Its a grand game. I used to play it and may be so did you. Yesterday I saw the little white boy bossing the dark one and I worried all day over the dark boys realisation of his inferiority so young in life! We are silly, we grown-ups, arent we?

The man was surprised at my outburst. He looked at me smiling. I know all about the game/ he said The boys are brothers - my sons. He pointed to a handsome brown woman on the verandah who had just come out to call in the children Thats my wife, he said

Now answer the following Questions. Each Question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet

Question 1.
In the end the narrator felt?

1. anxiety
2. agony
3. very happy
4. worry

Answer:

1. very happy

Question 2.
The brown woman mentioned in the passage was?

1. the narrators wife.
2. the white mans wife
3. a black mans wife
4. a maid servant

Answer:

1. the white mans wife

Question 3.
Which of the following words given in the passage means, "the reason that makes someone do something" ?

1. motive
2. impute
3. grand
4. outburst

Answer:

1. motive

Question 4.
The word you in the expression, "I knew what youre thinking "refers to?

1. the narrator
2. the white man
3. the black man
4. the brown boy

Answer:

1. the white man

Answer the following Questions in two or three sentences each

Question 5.
"The man was surprised " Who was the man ? Why was he surprised ?

Answer: The man was a white man, the two boys father. The narrator, without any greetings and self-introduction and without enquiring about the mans awareness of the game, made his outburst. It made the white man surprised

Question 6.
"I remembered what I had thought yesterday." What had the narrator thought the previous day ?

Answer: The narrator had thought that there was still racial discrimination in his country. He also thought if the blacks were thinking that they were inferior to the whites

Question 7.
"I know what youre thinking," the narrator said. Do you think the other man was thinking in the same way as the narrator imagined ?

Answer: I dont think the other man was thinking in the same way as the narrator imagined. The two boys were brothers and none others than his sons. He stood there watching the childrens game. But the narrator misunderstood that he too was wondering in the same way as he had thought the previous day

(G) Read the following passage. (June 2018)

I saw it now. It was indeed a game, a game I had played as a child. Each boy took it in turn every alternate day to be the boss, the other the slave. It had been great fun to me as a youngster. I smiled as I remembered. I looked at the man standing by the gate. He was a white man

I remembered what I had thought yesterday. He, no doubt, I thought to myself, was wondering if the black race is superior to the white. I laughed gently to myself. How silly grown-ups are, how clever we are, how wonderfully able we are, to impute deep motives to childish actions! This man, I said to myself, will puzzle all day on whether the blacks will eventually rise and rule the world because he thinks he sees a little black boy realizing at a tender age his superiority over the white. I will save him from his puzzle. I will explain it to him. I went across to him.

I know what youre thinking. I said. Youre thinking that may be the black race is superior to the white, because you just saw the little dark youngster on the lawn ordering the little white boy around. Dont think that; its a game they play. Alternate days one is the boss, the other the servant. Its a grand game. I used to play it and may be so did you. Yesterday I saw the little white boy bossing the dark one and I worried all day over the dark boys realisation of his inferiority so young in life ! We are silly, we grown-ups, arent we ?

The man was, surprised at my outburst. He looked at me smiling. I know all about the game/ he said. The boys are brothers- my sons. He pointed to a handsome brown woman on the verandah who had just come out to call in the children. Thats my wife, he said. I smiled. My spirit laughed within me. This is Jamaica, I said in my heart, this is my country - my people. I looked at the white man. He smiled at me. Well miss the tram if we dont hurry, he said

I smiled. My spirit laughed within me. This is Jamaica, I said in my heart, this is my country - my people. I looked at the white man. He smiled at me. Well miss the tram if we dont hurry, he said

Now answer the following Questions. Each Question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet

Question 1.
According to the author, the white man was?

1. puzzled by the actions of the boys
2. angry with the actions of the boys
3. not puzzled by the actions of the boys
4. laughing by the actions of the boys

Answer:

1. not puzzled by the actions of the boys

Question 2.
The game played by the boys was?

1. fun-filled
2. meaningless
3. absurb
4. foolish

Answer:

1. fun-filled

Question 3.
In narrators view, the black race is?

1. superior to the white race
2. equal to the white race
3. inferior to the white race
4. dominating

Answer:

1. equal to the white race

Question 4.
The given passage is a part of?

1. a description
2. a conversation
3. a narration
4. an interview

Answer:

1. a narration

Answer the following

Questions in two or three sentences each

Question 5.
Why did the Jamaicans remembrances made him smile ?

Answer: The narrator saw the master, slave roles change. Now he realized it was only a game. It was a great relief. He remembered the game as he too played as a young boy. He smiled as he remembered it, He smiled because he was happy. He smiled at his silly thoughts all the previous day too

Question 6.
What qualities in grown-ups are mentioned in the given passage ?

Answer: The grown-ups are clever, wonderfully able and silly to impute deep motives to cniiaisn actions

Question 7.
Was the Jamaican proud of his country people ? How can you say ?

Answer: Yes. Because he has seen the peaceful co-existence of the whites and the blacks

(H) Read the following passage

I know what youre thinking, I said. Youre thinking that may be the black race is superior to the white, because you just saw the little dark youngster on the lawn ordering the little white boy around. Dont think that; its a game they play. Alternate days one is the boss, the other the servant. Its a grand game. I used to play it and may be so did you. Yesterday I saw the little white boy bossing the dark one and I worried all day over the dark boys realisation of his inferiority, so young in life ! We are silly, we grown-ups, arent we

The man was surprised at my outburst. He looked at me smiling. I know all about the game, he said. The boys are brothers - my sons. He pointed to a handsome brown woman on the varandah who had just come out to call in the children. Thats my wife, he said

I smiled. My spirit laughed within me. This is Jamaica, I said in my heart, this is my country - my people. I looked at the white man. He smiled at me. Well miss the train if we dont hurry, he said

Now answer the following Questions. Each Question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet

Question 1.
What is the nationality of the writer ?

1. An American
2. An Englishman
3. A Jamaican
4. An Indian

Answer:

1. A Jamaican

Question 2.
Why did the white man smile at the writer ?

1. Because the writer was watching the game
2. Because the writer was complaining against the black boy
3. Because the writer misunderstood the boys and him
4. Because the writer was walking very slowly

Answer:

1. Because the writer misunderstood the boys and him

Question 3.
Why was the white man surprised ?

1. Because of the writers outburst
2. Because of the writers interest in the game
3. Because of the writers morning walk
4. Because of the writers innobence

Answer:

1. Because of the writers outburst

Question 4.
Which of the following statements is wrong ?

1. The two boys are the brothers
2. The two boys are the sons of the white man
3. The black boy is the boss of the white boy
4. The brown woman is the wife of the white man

Answer:

1. The black boy is the boss of the white boy

Answer the following

Questions in two or three sentences each

Question 5.
The author misunderstood something. What was it?

Answer: The writer misunderstood that the white man at the gate was a stranger, but not the father of the two children

Question 6.
Why did the writer feel that the grown-ups were silly?

Answer: The writer felt that the grown-ups were silly because he misunderstood the game of the boys as a thing of racial discrimination

Question 7.
What was the important principle followed in the game played by the two boys?

Answer: On a day one is the boss and the other is the servant. The-next day the boss becomes the servant and the servant becomes the boss

(Q.8 - 12): (A) Read the following lines

Once upon a time, son, they used to laugh with their hearts and laugh with their eyes: but now they only laugh with their teeth, while their ice-block-cold eyes search behind my shadow. There was a time indeed they used to shake hands with their hearts: but thats gone, son. Now they shake hands without hearts: while their left hands search my empty pockets

Now answer the following Questions. Each Question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet

Question 8.
What does the phrase ice-block-cold eyes mean ?

1. black eyes
2. icy eyes
3. expressionless eyes
4. white eyes

Answer:

1. expressionless eyes

Question 9.
What is missing in the people nowadays?

1. happiness
2. hostility
3. goodness
4. hearty invitation

Answer:

1. hearty invitation

Question 10.
How did people laugh in olden times?

1. Wholeheartedly
2. Artificially
3. Deceitfully
4. Cunningly

Answer:

1. Wholeheartedly

Answer the following Questions in one or two sentences each

Question 11.
What do they search behind the shadow ?

Answer: They search to know if we have brought anything

Question 12.
Why do peoples hands search the empty pockets ?

Answer: To find if they could have anything of their choice

(B) Read the following lines

There was a time indeed they used to shake hands with their hearts: but thats gone, son. Now they shake hands without hearts: while their left hands search my empty pockets. Feel at home! Come again: they say, and when I come again and feel at home, once, twice, there will be no thrice -

Now, answer the following Questions. Each Question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet

Question 8.
They used to shake hands in old days?

1. with their hands
2. whole heartedly
3. hypocritically
4. without enthusiasm

Answer:

1. whole heartedly

Question 9.
These lines are addressed by?

1. the narrator
2. by the poet
3. by the poet to his son
4. a grandfather

Answer:

1. by the poet to his son

Question 10.
Nowadays while shaking hands, people?

1. search the others empty pockets with their left hands
2. are materialistic
3. are happy
4. pretend to be happy

Answer:

1. search the others empty pockets with their left hands

Answer the following

Questions in one or two sentences

Question 11.
How do people shake hands nowadays ?

Answer: Now-a-days people have become artificial and hypocritical in their deeds and utterances. They are not what they seem to be. Once upon a time they shook hands whole heartedly. But in modern times, they shake hands in a formal and heartless manner. While shaking hands with their right hands, they search the pockets of others with their left hands

Question 12.
How do friends invite us to their homes ?

Answer: Our so-called bosom friends invite us to their homes repeatedly. When we really visit them, they treat us in an affectionate and respectful manner. But those friendly hosts show love for one or two times. If you go a third time, the doors will be closed on your very faces

(C) Read the following lines

So I have learned many things, son. I have learned to wear many faces like dresses - home face, office face, street face, host face, cocktail face, with all their conforming smiles like a fixed portrait smile

Now answer the following Questions. Each Question has four choices. Choose the correct answer andwrite (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet

Question 8.
I have learned Who does I refer to ?

1. Gabriel Okara
2. The white man
3. The white boy / The black boy
4. The brown woman

Answer:

1. Gabriel Okara

Question 9.
What has he / she learned ?

1. The poet has learned to wear his shirt,
2. The poet has learned to wear many faces like dresses
3. The poet has learned to build a house
4. The poet has learned to laugh biggerly

Answer:

1. The poet has learned to wear many faces like dresses

Question 10.
Who is being addressed ?

1. The officers
2. The guest
3. The host
4. The poets sort

Answer:

1. The poets sort

Answer the following Questions in one or two sentences each

Question 11.
Why was he / she learned to wear many faces ?

Answer: To survive in this world which Is filled with forcible hypocrisy and pretension of falsehood

Question 12
...... learned to wear many faces. What does this expression mean ?

Answer: This expression means that the poet changes his expressions and feelings to suit the situations and needs of the people with whom he is to deal with

(D) Read the following exerpt from Once upon aTime

But believe me, son. I want to be what I used to be when I was like you. I want to unlearn all these muting things. Most of all, I want to relearn how to laugh, for my laugh in the mirror shows only my teeth like a snakes bare fangs ! So show me, son, how to laugh; show me how I used to laugh and smile once upon a time when I was like you

Now, answer the following Questions. Each Question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet

Question 8.
Now, the poet wants to?

1. be like any other person in a modern society
2. change his attitude regarding his etiquette
3. be what he used to be as in old times
4. ultramodern

Answer:

1. change his attitude regarding his etiquette

Question 9.
_______ to unlearn all these muting things" Muting here implies?

1. transforming
2. silent
3. changing all the time
4. expressionless or not expressed in speech

Answer:

1. transforming

Question 10.
The poet requests his son how to unlearn all these sham ways of life because?

1. he wants to laugh and smile as he did once upon a time
2. he wants to go back to the old ways of life
3. the poet is bored of modern sham life
4. he is disgusted with the ways of modern life

Answer:

1. he wants to go back to the old ways of life

Answer the following Questions in one or two sentences

Question 11.
Most of all, I want to relearn how to laugh - Explain?

Answer: to be as pure and heartful as his son

Question 12.
The poet uses certain words to express frustration and sorrow. Identify these words?

Answer: the expressionless behaviour of the people in the society

(E) Read the following passage.

A young woman, before being a housewife. A woman, educated and cultured, and intelligent, and capable, quick-witted, with a sense of humour and elegance

Falli for her beauty and intelligence, as also the dowry which her father offered, a young man tied the three sacred knots around her neck, made her the housewife to a household and said to her, Look, ammadu, this is your home. Then the housewife immediately pulled the end of her sari and tucked it in at the waist and swabbed the entire house and decorated the floor with muggulu designs. They young man promptly praised her work

You are dexterous at swabbing the floor - even more dexterous in drawing the muggulu. Sabash, keep it up. He said it in English, giving her a pat on the shoulder in appreciation. Overjoyed, the housewife began living with swabbing as the chief mission in her life. She scrubbed the house spotlessly clean at all times and beautifully decorated it with multi-coloured designs. Thats how her life went on with a sumptuous and ceaseless supply of swabbing cloths and muggu baskets

But one day while scrubbing the floor, the housewife suddenly asked herself, What is my name? the query shook her up. Leaving the mopping cloth and the muggu basket there itself, she stood near the window scratching her head, lost in thoughts. What is my name -what is my name? The house across the road carried a name board, Mrs M Suhasini, M.A., Ph.D., Principal, X College. Yes, she too, had a name as her neighbour did - How could I forget like that? In my scrubbing zeal I have forgotten my name - what shall I do now?The housewife was perturbed. Her mind became totally restless. Somehow she finished her daubing for the day

Meanwhile, the maidservant arrived. Hoping at least she would remember, the housewife asked her, Look, ammayi, do you know my name? What is it, amma? said the girl. What do we have to do with names of mistresses? You are only a mistress to us - the mistress of such and such a white-storeyed house, ground floor means you."

Yes, true, of course, how can you know, poor thing? thought the housewife

Now answer the following Questions. Each Question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet

Question 8.
The housewife was perturbed because?

1. she forgot to swab
2. she forgot name.
3. she forgot to scrub
4. her husband praised her

Answer:

1. she forgot name

Question 9.
Which of the following words given in the passage means, "skilful"?

1. sumptuous
2. daub
3. swab
4. dextrous

Answer:

1. dextrous

Question 10.
Why was the wife very happy ?

1. someone praised her, "Sabash, keep it up."
2. someone patted her on the shoulder
3. a young man praised her work
4. because her husband praised her work

Answer:

1. because her husband praised her work

Answer the following Questions in one or two sentences each

Question 11.
"The query shook her up." What was the query ?

Answer: The query was, What is my name

Question 12.
What kind of person was the woman in the lesson before her marriage ?

Answer: She was educated and cultured, and intelligent, and capable, quick-witted, with a sense of humour and elegance

(F) Read the following passage

The children came home from school for lunch in the afternoon. "At least the children might remember my name - the housewife hoped

Look here, children, do you know my name? she asked. They were taken aback

You are amma - your name is amma only - ever since we were born we have known only this, the letters that come are only in fathers name _ because everyone calls him by his name we know his name _ you never told us your name _you dont even get letters addressed to your name, the children said plainly. Yes, who will write letters to me? Father and mother are there but they only make phone calls once in a month or two. Even my sisters are immersed with swabbing their houses. Even if they met me in some marriage or kumkum ceremony, they chatted away their time talking about new muggulu or new dishes to cook, but no letters! The housewife was disappointed and grew more restless -the urge to know her own name somehow or the other grew stronger in her

Now a neighbour came to invite her to a kumkunn ceremony. The housewife asked her neighbour hoping she at least would remember her name. Giggling, the lady said, Somehow or other I havent asked your name nor, have you told me. Right-hand side, white storeyed - house or there she is, that pharmaceutical company managers wife, if not that fair and tall lady, thats how we refer to you, thats all. Thats all that the other housewife could say. Its no use. What can even my childrens friends say - they know me only as Kamalas mother or some aunty, now my respected husband - is the only hope - if anyone remembers it, it is only he

During the night meal, she asked him, Look here, I have forgotten my name - if you remember it, will you please tell me ?

The respected husband burst out laughing and said, What is it, dear, never has it happened before, you are talking about your name today. Ever since we were married I have got used to calling you only as yemoi. You too never told me not to address you that way because you have a name of your own - whats happened now - Everyone calls you Mrs Murthy, dont they?

Now answer the following Questions. Each Question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet

Question 8.
The womans husband burst out laughing because?

1. he took it very easy
2. he made fun of her
3. he used to call her yemoi
4. she didnt know that she was called Mrs. Murthy

Answer:

1. he took it very easy

Question 9.
The womans strong desire was?

1. to get her certificates back
2. to go to her native place
3. to know her name
4. to scrub

Answer:

1. to know her name

Question 10.
What does it refer to in the expression, "Its no use"?

1. inviting her to a kumkum ceremony
2. giggling
3. enquiring others about her name
4. the other housewifes saying

Answer:

1. enquiring others about her name

Answer the following Questions in one or two sentences each

Question 11.
"They were taken aback." Why do you think they were taken aback ?

Answer: The children didnt expect that Question from their mother. She asked them if they knew her name. They only knew that she was amma. Hence they were taken aback

Question 12.
"The housewife was disappointed and grew more restless". - Why ?

Answer: No One told what her name was. Even her children did not know her name. So she was disappointed and grew restless

(G) Read the following passage

Not Mrs Murthy, I want my own name - what shall I do now? she said in anguish. Whats there, you choose a new name, some name or other/ the husband advised

Very nice - your name is Satyanarayana Murthy; will you keep quiet if I ask you to change your name to Siva Rao or Sundara Rao? I want my name only/ she said

Its all right, you are an educated woman - your name must be on the certificates -dont you have that much common sense - go and find out/ he advised her

The housewife searched frantically for her certificates in the almirah pattu saris, chiffon saris, handloom saris, voile saris, matching blouses, petticoats, bangles, beads, pearls, pins, kumkum barinas, silver plates, silver containers to keep sandalwood paste, ornaments all things arranged in an orderly fashion. Nowhere could she find her certificates. Yes - after marriage she had never bothered to carry those certificates here

Yes - I havent brought them here - I shall go to my place, search for my certificates and enquire about my name, and return in a couple of days. She asked for her husbands permission Very nice! Must you go just for your name or what? If you go, who will scrub the house these two days? said her lord. Yes, that was true - because she scrubbed better than the others, she had not allowed anyone else to do that job all these days. Everyone was busy with his/her own respective duties. He had his office - poor things, the children had their studies to take care of. Why should they bother about this chore, and she had been doing it all along - they just didnt know how to do it, of course

But still, how to live without knowing ones name? It was all right all these days since the

Question had not occurred to her; now it was really hard to live without a name

Now answer the following Questions. Each Question has four choices. Choose the correct answer andwrite (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet

Question 8.
The woman wanted to go to her place because?

1. to know her name
2. to meet her parents
3. to meet her friends
4. to join the new job

Answer:

1. to know her name

Question 9.
Which of the following words given in the passage means, "anxious" ?

1. anguish
2. chore
3. frantical
4. scrub

Answer:

1. frantical

Question 10.
What does it refer to in the expression," they just didnt know how to do it, of course" ?

1. scrubbing
2. washing
3. swabbing
4. scratching

Answer:

1. scrubbing

Answer the following Questions in one or two sentences each

Question 11.
"The woman couldnt find her certificates in the almirah." - Why ?

Answer: Her parents cleaned out the almirah of old papers and files and arranged some glassware in their place. They kept the important files in the attic. So the woman couldnt find her certificates in the almirah

Question 12.
"Not Mrs. Murthy, I want my own name - What shall I do now ?" she said in anguish. Why do you think she was in anguish ?

Answer: When the woman asked her husband to tell her name, he told her that she was called Mrs. Murthy and asked her why she was bothering. His reply made her anguished and told him that she wanted her own name

(H) Read the following passage

........ You came first in the music competition conducted by the college. You used to paint good pictures too. We were ten friends altogether - I meet all of them some time or other. We write letters to each other. Only you have gone out of our reach! Tell me why are you living incognito? her friend confronted her

Yes, Pramila - what you say is true. Of course Im Sarada - until you said I could not remember it - all the shelves of my mind were taken up with only one thing -how well I can scrub the floors. I remembered nothing else. Had I not met you, I would have gone mad/ said the housewife named Sarada

Sarada returned home, climbed the attic and fished out her certificates, the pictures she had drawn - old albums, everything she succeeded in getting out. She also searched further and managed to find the prizes she had received in school and college

Overjoyed, she returned home. You have not been here - look at the state of the house - its like a choultry. Oh what a relief you are here, now it is like a festival for us, said Saradas husband. Just scrubbing the floor does not make a festival. By the way, from now on wards dont call me yemoi geemoi. My name is Sarada - call me Sarada, understood

Having said that, she went inside, humming joyously. Sarada who had always cared so much for discipline, keeping an eye on every corner, checking if there was dust, making sure things were properly arranged each in its correct and respective order, now sat on the sofa which had not been dusted for the last two days. She sat there showing the children an album of her paintings that she had brought for them

Now answer the following Questions. Each Question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet

Question 8.
The housewife demanded her husband?

1. to call her yemoi geemoi
2. not to call her yemoi geemoi
3. to allow her to sit on the sofa
4. that he should clean the house thereafter

Answer:

1. not to call her yemoi geemoi

Question 9.
Which of the following words given in the passage means, "having a con¬cealed identity" ?

1. album
2. scrub
3. fish
4. incognito

Answer:

1. incognito

Question 10.
The housewife was overjoyed because?

1. she met her dearest friend
2. she met her parents
3. she met Pramila
4. she came to know her name

Answer:

1. she came to know her name

Answer the following Questions in one or two sentences each

Question 11.
What does the housewife mean when she says, "Had I not met you, I would have gone mad" ?

Answer: The housewife forgot her name and she asked her neighbouring women, her children and her husband if they knew her name. But no one told her name. She was very anxious to know her name. Finally she came to know her name from her friend Pramila. Hence she told her she would have gone mad if she had not met Pramila

Question 12.
How do you think the womans identity was restored ?

Answer: She came to know her name and about her efforts from her friend Pramila. She remembered her pre marital days, her paintings and all her efforts. Thus her identity was restored