TITLE: MADAM RIDES THE BUS
Vallikannan is the pseudonym of the popular writer R.S. Krishnaswamy. He was born in a town close Tirunelveli in Tamil Nadu on 12 November 1920 and passed on 9 November 2006. He was a celebrated Tamil essayist, writer, columnist, critic and translator. He began writing at an exceptionally young age and had published 25 books when he turned thirty. He wrote a sum of 75 books throughout his life. He wrote books, poetry collections, plays and essays. He was given the Sahitya Akademi award in 1978, for his critical work on modern Tamil poetry.
Q: What was Valli’s favourite pastime?
Answer: Valli’s favourite pastime was standing in the front doorway of her house, watching what was going on in the road outside.
Q: Did Valli have any playmates of her own age?
Answer: No, Valli had no playmates of her own age.
Q: What was the most fascinating thing for Valli?
Answer: Seeing the bus filled each time with a new set of travelers was the most fascinating thing for Valli.
Q: What was Valli’s ‘tiny wish’?
Answer: Valli’s tiny wish was to travel by bus.
Q: What would Vail wistfully stare at?
Answer: Valli would gaze wistfully at the people who jumped on or off the bus.
Q: When were Valli’s longings, hopes and dreams encouraged?
Answer: Valli's longings, dreams and hopes were encouraged when she could see the bus travellers.
Q: What did Valli cautiously listen to?
Answer: Valli listened cautiously to discussions of her neighbours who used the bus normally.
Q: How much time did the bus take from Valli’s village to the city?
Answer: The bus took forty-five minutes from Valli's village to the city.
Q: How far was the town from the village?
Answer: The town was six miles away from the village.
Q: How does the author describe the conductor?
Answer: The conductor was a carefree/jolly kind of man.
Q: What did the conductor call Valli?
Answer: The conductor called Valli 'madam.'
Q: What does the author mean by ‘the slack time of day’?
Answer: The author implies that there were relatively few travellers riding the bus at that time.
Q: How were the seats of the bus?
Answer: The bus had delicate and luxurious seats.
Q: How were the woman’s earlobes and earrings?
Answer: The women's earlobes had big holes and her earrings were ugly.
Q: What was the woman chewing?
Answer: The woman was chewing a betel nut.
Q: Did Valli like the elderly woman sitting beside her?
Answer: No, Valli did not like the elderly woman. she found her shocking.
Q. How was Valli’s view cut off?
Answer: Valli’s view was cut off by a canvas curtain.
Q. Why did Valli stand up on the seat?
Answer: She stood up on the seat because a canvas blind cut off her view.
Q. What desire did Valli stifle at the village fair?
Answer: Valli smothered/stifled her longing to ride the merry-go-round.
Q. What was Valli’s next problem after she had saved the money?
Answer: Valli's next problem was how to sneak out of the house without her mother’s knowledge.
Q. What was the most suitable time for Valli’s ‘first excursion outside the village’?
Answer: The most suitable/reasonable time for her was when her mother dozed after lunch
Q. Why did Valli clap her hands with joy?
Answer: Valli applauded with delight to see a young cow, tail high in the air, running quickly, right in front of the bus.
Q. What did the bus driver do when there was a cow on the road ahead of him?
Answer: He sounded the horn boisterously/loudly over and over.
Q. What was the effect of honking of the horn on the cow?
Answer: The cow was more terrified and it ran faster.
Q. What seemed very funny/interesting to Valli?
Answer: The running of the cow just in front of the bus was exceptionally interesting to Valli.
Q. What was Vallis reaction when she was called a child by an elderly person?
Answer: Valli was irritated somewhat furious at his attention.
Q. While Valli was going back home, she saw something that changed her mood. What was it she saw?
Answer: Valli saw a cow lying dead by the roadside.
Q: How old was Valli?
Answer: Valli was eight years old.
Q. How far was the town from Valli’s village?
Answer: Six miles.
Q. Who did Valli live with?
Answer: Valli lived with her mother.
Q. Who is the author of the lesson ‘Madam Rides the Bus’?
Answer: Vallikkannan
Q. What was the most fascinating thing for Valli?
Answer: sight of the bus. filled each time with a new set of travelers was the most fascinating thing for Valli.
Q: Whar did the conductor call Valli ?
Answer: The conductor called Valli madam.
Q: Who did Valli find in her home when she returned from the town?
Q: What was Valli’s favourite pastime?
Answer: Valli’s favourite pastime was standing in the front doorway of her house, watching what was going on in the road outside.
Q: Did Valli have any playmates of her own age?
Answer: No, Valli had no playmates of her own age.
Q: What was the most fascinating thing for Valli?
Answer: Seeing the bus filled each time with a new set of travelers was the most fascinating thing for Valli.
Q: What was Valli’s ‘tiny wish’?
Answer: Valli’s tiny wish was to travel by bus.
Q: What would Vail wistfully stare at?
Answer: Valli would gaze wistfully at the people who jumped on or off the bus.
Q: When were Valli’s longings, hopes and dreams encouraged?
Answer: Valli's longings, dreams and hopes were encouraged when she could see the bus travellers.
Q: What did Valli cautiously listen to?
Answer: Valli listened cautiously to discussions of her neighbours who used the bus normally.
Q: How much time did the bus take from Valli’s village to the city?
Answer: The bus took forty-five minutes from Valli's village to the city.
Q: How far was the town from the village?
Answer: The town was six miles away from the village.
Q: How does the author describe the conductor?
Answer: The conductor was a carefree/jolly kind of man.
Q: What did the conductor call Valli?
Answer: The conductor called Valli 'madam.'
Q: What does the author mean by ‘the slack time of day’?
Answer: The author implies that there were relatively few travellers riding the bus at that time.
Q: How were the seats of the bus?
Answer: The bus had delicate and luxurious seats.
Q: How were the woman’s earlobes and earrings?
Answer: The women's earlobes had big holes and her earrings were ugly.
Q: What was the woman chewing?
Answer: The woman was chewing a betel nut.
Q: Did Valli like the elderly woman sitting beside her?
Answer: No, Valli did not like the elderly woman. she found her shocking.
Q. How was Valli’s view cut off?
Answer: Valli’s view was cut off by a canvas curtain.
Q. Why did Valli stand up on the seat?
Answer: She stood up on the seat because a canvas blind cut off her view.
Q. What desire did Valli stifle at the village fair?
Answer: Valli smothered/stifled her longing to ride the merry-go-round.
Q. What was Valli’s next problem after she had saved the money?
Answer: Valli's next problem was how to sneak out of the house without her mother’s knowledge.
Q. What was the most suitable time for Valli’s ‘first excursion outside the village’?
Answer: The most suitable/reasonable time for her was when her mother dozed after lunch
Q. Why did Valli clap her hands with joy?
Answer: Valli applauded with delight to see a young cow, tail high in the air, running quickly, right in front of the bus.
Q. What did the bus driver do when there was a cow on the road ahead of him?
Answer: He sounded the horn boisterously/loudly over and over.
Q. What was the effect of honking of the horn on the cow?
Answer: The cow was more terrified and it ran faster.
Q. What seemed very funny/interesting to Valli?
Answer: The running of the cow just in front of the bus was exceptionally interesting to Valli.
Q. What was Vallis reaction when she was called a child by an elderly person?
Answer: Valli was irritated somewhat furious at his attention.
Q. While Valli was going back home, she saw something that changed her mood. What was it she saw?
Answer: Valli saw a cow lying dead by the roadside.
Q: How old was Valli?
Answer: Valli was eight years old.
Q. How far was the town from Valli’s village?
Answer: Six miles.
Q. Who did Valli live with?
Answer: Valli lived with her mother.
Q. Who is the author of the lesson ‘Madam Rides the Bus’?
Answer: Vallikkannan
Q. What was the most fascinating thing for Valli?
Answer: sight of the bus. filled each time with a new set of travelers was the most fascinating thing for Valli.
Q: Whar did the conductor call Valli ?
Answer: The conductor called Valli madam.
Q: Who did Valli find in her home when she returned from the town?
Answer: Valli found her aunt in her home when she returned from the town.
Q: Who was Valli?
Answer: Valli was an eight years old village girl.
Q: When would Valli be jealous?
Answer: Valli would be jealous when one of her friends described the sight of the town to her.
Q: What did Valli carefully listen to?
Answer: Valli carefully listened to discussions of her neighbours who used the bus regularly.
Q: Who was Valli?
Answer: Valli was an eight years old village girl.
Q: When would Valli be jealous?
Answer: Valli would be jealous when one of her friends described the sight of the town to her.
Q: What did Valli carefully listen to?
Answer: Valli carefully listened to discussions of her neighbours who used the bus regularly.
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