A LETTER TO GOD
Q1. Choose the correct answer from the alternatives given:
I need a hundred pesos____________ (currency of India/Spain/Latin America)
Answer: (a) Currency of Latin America.
Q2: What happened to Lencho’s field after the hailstorm?
Answer: The hailstorm destroyed Lencho’s field. The corn was
totally destroyed. The flowers were gone from the plants.
Q3: Where was Lencho’s home situated?
Answer:
Leneho’s house was
situated on the crest of a low hill.
Q4: All through the night, Lencho thought only of his one
hope: What was Com Lencho’s only one hope?
Answer:
Lencho’s only hope was
to get help from God.
Q5: What type of a man was the Postmaster?
Answer:
The postmaster was a
fat, amiable fellow.
Q6 : What did Lencho hope for?
Answer:
Lencho
hoped for a
shower for his crops as it was much needed for a good harvest.
Q7: Choose the correct answer from among the alternatives
given and complete the sentence given below.
Lencho’s soul was filled with ____
(a) Tears (b) sadness (c) pleasure
Answer: (b) sadness.
Q8: Choose the correct answer from among the alternatives given and complete the sentence given below:
The field was
white, as if covered with ..........
(i)
snow (ii) flour (iii) salt
Answer: (iii) salt.
Q9: Why did Lencho become angry when he counted the money?
Answer: When Lencho counted the money, he became angry as the money
was less than he asked for. He thought that God could neither make a mistake
nor could deny his request.
Q10: Choose correct option for the following.
“A plague of locusts would have left
more than this.....” What does the underlined word mean?
(a) a herd
of animals (c) a flock of birds
(b) a
swarm of bees (d) a swarm of
insects
Answer:
(d) a swarm of insects.
“The postmaster - a fat, amiable fellow also broke out laughing.” Choose
from below the word that is same in meaning as ‘amiable.’
(a) huge (b) friendly (c) jealous (d)
angry
Answer:
(b) friendly.
“Lencho hoped for help from....”
(a) neighbours (b) sons (c)
God (d) wife
Answer:
(c) God.
Q11: Why do you think
Lencho’s house is called ‘the’ house and not ‘a house’?
Answer: Lencho's house is referred to as ‘the house’
and not ‘a house’ because it was the only house in the entire valley.
Q12: Why did Lencho
keep gazing at the sky?
Answer: Lencho kept gazing at the sky because
he hopefully wished for rain.
Q13: How did Lencho
feel when it started raining?
Answer: Lencho felt very happy.
Q14: Who was Lencho?
Answer: Lencho was a hard-working Latin American farmer.
Q15: What does Lencho
call the rain-drops?
Answer: He calls the big rain-drops ten cent pesos
and the small rain-drops five-cent pesos.
Q16: How did Lencho’s
field look after the hail had rained?
Answer: Lencho’s field looked as if covered with
salt.
Q17: What was the effect
of the hail storm on the valley?
Answer: No crop or vegetation was left in the entire
valley.
