Question Answer of The Little Girl
THE LITTLE GIRL
I. Answer the following questions in one or two sentences
1.Why was Kezia afraid of her father?
(ANS)Kezia was a little sensitive girl. He was a strict person, who always used to give commands to everybody else in the house. He always scolded her and told her to do things properly and in a certain manner. So Kezia was always in afraid of him.
2.Who were the people in Kezia’s family?
(ANS)Apart from Kezia, there was Kezia’s mother and father, her grandmother and a cook named Alice in the family.
3. What was Kezia’s father’s routine?
i. before going to his office? .
ii. after coming back from his office?
iii. on Sundays?
(ANS)i. Before going to office the father used to give a casual kiss to which she responded with “Goodbye, Father”.
ii. After coming back from office he would ask his mother to bring a cup of tea, newspaper and his slippers.
iii. On Sundays he would stretch out and sleep on the sofa with his handkerchief covering his face and his feet on the best cushion.
4. In what ways did Kezia’s grandmother encourage her to get to know her father better?
(ANS)Kezia’s grandmother would send Kezia to the drawing room to have a talk with her parents so that she could get opportunity to interact with her father. The grandmother also encouraged Kezia to make a gift for her father’s birthday.
II. Discuss these questions in class with your teacher and then write down your answers in two or three paragraphs each.
Kezia’s efforts to please her father resulted 1.in displeasing him very much. How did this happen?
(ANS)Kezia often tried too hard to please her father. While talking to him, she tried to say the words properly but she was so afraid of him that she that while answering she stuttered a lot and ended up getting scolded. Once, Kezia’s grandmother had asked Kezia to make some surprise gift for the father’s birthday. She suggested Kezia to make a nice pin cushion for her father. She had stitched three sides of the cushion when she wondered what she should fill it with. She wanted to stuff the cushion with some scraps. While searching for scrap she found many sheets of fine papers scattered on the bed-table. She tore the papers into tiny pieces and used them to stuff the pin cushion. But it was her sheer bad luck that those were not useless papers, but was Father’s great speech for the Port Authority to be delivered at some important function. This made her father extremely angry to the extent that he beat her up. Hence, Kezia’s efforts to please her father resulted in displeasing him very much.
2.Kezia decides that there are “different kinds of fathers”. What kind of father was Mr. MacDonald, and how was he different from Kezia’s father?
(ANS)One day Kezia looked through a gap in the fence at the neighbouring house. The MacDonald’s who lived next door made an exuberant, lively, playful family. Mr. MacDonald was of jovial nature. He used to play around with his kids. Kezia saw the five children playing with their father. She saw the MacDonald’s playing ‘tag’ together. The father had the baby on his shoulders, while his two little girls were hanging on to his coat pockets. They ran round and round the flowerbeds and were shaking with laughter. The boys turned the hose on him. This was when she decided that there were “different kinds of fathers”. On the other hand Kezia’s father was never seen in a playful mood and was always serious. He always scolded Kezia for seemingly minor mistakes. She was often too afraid to go near him. This was his way of bringing up a child. Mr. Macdonald was quite a contrast to Kezia’s father.
3.How does Kezia begin to see her father as a human being who needs her sympathy?
(ANS)Once Kezia’s mother had to be taken to the hospital and her grandmother accompanied her. Kezia was left alone in the house with the cook. She woke up in the middle of the night screaming as she had a horrible nightmare. She cried out her grandmother’s name. She was weeping out of fear. When she opened her eyes, she saw her father beside her bed. Her father rather than scolding her, carried her to his bedroom, tidied up the bed and carefully tucked her up next to him. Half asleep, she crept close to him, snuggled her head under his arm, and held tightly to his shirt. Her father asked her to rub her feet against his legs so that she could make them warm. Tired out Father slept before the little girl. It was now she realized that her father was not all that of a-giant. She realized that there was no one to look after him. Kezia understood that as her father was working hard every day, he had no time for family. She felt sorry for him as she had torn his speech. She expressed her new feelings by saying that her father had a big heart.
I. Answer the following questions in one or two sentences
1.Why was Kezia afraid of her father?
(ANS)Kezia was a little sensitive girl. He was a strict person, who always used to give commands to everybody else in the house. He always scolded her and told her to do things properly and in a certain manner. So Kezia was always in afraid of him.
2.Who were the people in Kezia’s family?
(ANS)Apart from Kezia, there was Kezia’s mother and father, her grandmother and a cook named Alice in the family.
3. What was Kezia’s father’s routine?
i. before going to his office? .
ii. after coming back from his office?
iii. on Sundays?
(ANS)i. Before going to office the father used to give a casual kiss to which she responded with “Goodbye, Father”.
ii. After coming back from office he would ask his mother to bring a cup of tea, newspaper and his slippers.
iii. On Sundays he would stretch out and sleep on the sofa with his handkerchief covering his face and his feet on the best cushion.
4. In what ways did Kezia’s grandmother encourage her to get to know her father better?
(ANS)Kezia’s grandmother would send Kezia to the drawing room to have a talk with her parents so that she could get opportunity to interact with her father. The grandmother also encouraged Kezia to make a gift for her father’s birthday.
II. Discuss these questions in class with your teacher and then write down your answers in two or three paragraphs each.
Kezia’s efforts to please her father resulted 1.in displeasing him very much. How did this happen?
(ANS)Kezia often tried too hard to please her father. While talking to him, she tried to say the words properly but she was so afraid of him that she that while answering she stuttered a lot and ended up getting scolded. Once, Kezia’s grandmother had asked Kezia to make some surprise gift for the father’s birthday. She suggested Kezia to make a nice pin cushion for her father. She had stitched three sides of the cushion when she wondered what she should fill it with. She wanted to stuff the cushion with some scraps. While searching for scrap she found many sheets of fine papers scattered on the bed-table. She tore the papers into tiny pieces and used them to stuff the pin cushion. But it was her sheer bad luck that those were not useless papers, but was Father’s great speech for the Port Authority to be delivered at some important function. This made her father extremely angry to the extent that he beat her up. Hence, Kezia’s efforts to please her father resulted in displeasing him very much.
2.Kezia decides that there are “different kinds of fathers”. What kind of father was Mr. MacDonald, and how was he different from Kezia’s father?
(ANS)One day Kezia looked through a gap in the fence at the neighbouring house. The MacDonald’s who lived next door made an exuberant, lively, playful family. Mr. MacDonald was of jovial nature. He used to play around with his kids. Kezia saw the five children playing with their father. She saw the MacDonald’s playing ‘tag’ together. The father had the baby on his shoulders, while his two little girls were hanging on to his coat pockets. They ran round and round the flowerbeds and were shaking with laughter. The boys turned the hose on him. This was when she decided that there were “different kinds of fathers”. On the other hand Kezia’s father was never seen in a playful mood and was always serious. He always scolded Kezia for seemingly minor mistakes. She was often too afraid to go near him. This was his way of bringing up a child. Mr. Macdonald was quite a contrast to Kezia’s father.
3.How does Kezia begin to see her father as a human being who needs her sympathy?
(ANS)Once Kezia’s mother had to be taken to the hospital and her grandmother accompanied her. Kezia was left alone in the house with the cook. She woke up in the middle of the night screaming as she had a horrible nightmare. She cried out her grandmother’s name. She was weeping out of fear. When she opened her eyes, she saw her father beside her bed. Her father rather than scolding her, carried her to his bedroom, tidied up the bed and carefully tucked her up next to him. Half asleep, she crept close to him, snuggled her head under his arm, and held tightly to his shirt. Her father asked her to rub her feet against his legs so that she could make them warm. Tired out Father slept before the little girl. It was now she realized that her father was not all that of a-giant. She realized that there was no one to look after him. Kezia understood that as her father was working hard every day, he had no time for family. She felt sorry for him as she had torn his speech. She expressed her new feelings by saying that her father had a big heart.
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