(HS) English Sugesstion, Prose: THANK YOU MA’AM,Three QuestionS(2020-21)

     

    

PROSE 3 THANK YOU MA’AM

Q.1 “And he did not want to be mistrusted now”—who is ‘he’ referred to here? Why did not ‘he/’ Roser want to be mistrusted, though he could have easily fled from the home of Mrs. Jones?

Ans. Roser, a little boy is referred to here in the short story, “Thank You Ma’am”.

>The boy while trying to snatch a purse from Mrs. Luella Bates was caught and taken to her home. The boy thought he would be taken to the police station but the lady took him at her home and treated very genially. The boy understood that the lady has placed an absolute faith on him by leaving him alone in the room. The boy could have easily escaped from the room but he did not want to be mistrusted now.

Q.2  “Eat some more, son”—who says this? What is offered by the speaker to the listener? What feature of the speaker’s character is revealed in this line?

Ans. The speaker is Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones.

> She offers Roge, the young boy, a half of her ten cent cake.

>Mrs. Jones understood that the boy was hungry. So, she decided to give her some food.

Q. 3 “I am very sorry lady, I’m sorry” .—who is the speaker? Was the speaker really sorry? When was the speaker become a changed person?

Ans. Here   the speaker is Roger who tried to snatch the purse of an elderly lady.

>The boy was caught by the lady. She was robust and shook the boy with such might that the boy was alarmed. She was also not ready to loose her grip lest he would escaped. The boy, therefore, said that he was sorry so that he may be released. But the boy spoke out of fear and not from his heart. He was afraid that the lady might take him to jail.

>Roger was transformed into a new person when he realized the benevolence of the lady. Even though he committed the sin of thief, the lady was kind and sympathetic to him. She gave him food, money to buy his coveted shoes and advised him never to follow a wrong track. It was then that the Roger was completely changed.

PROSE : THREE QUESTIONS

Q.1 “Forgive me”---who begs forgiveness and to whom? Why did the man ask forgiveness? How did he forgive him?

Ans. The bearded man begs forgiveness to the Tsar in the short story, “Three Questions”

>The bearded man begged for forgiveness from the Tsar because, the Tsar saved his life when he was severely wounded.

>The Tsar was extremely pleased to gain the friendship of an enemy so easily. He forgave the wounded man and said that he would send his servants and the doctors to attend him. He also promised the man to give back his property.

Q.2 “You are tired”—who said this and to whom? What made the person tired? What did the speaker do for him?

Ans. The Tsar said this to the hermit, in the short story, “Three Questions”

>Hermit was tired because he was quite frail and weak and digging the ground continuously.

>When the Tsar reached to the hermit, he saw that the hermit was quite frail and weak. Hermit was digging the ground in front of his hut. Each time he stuck his spade into the ground, he breathed heavily. The Tsar took pity on the hermit. He took the spade from the hermit and started to dig the ground. He wanted to give some respite to the old man.

Q.3 How did the Tsar nurse the wounded man? OR, What did the Tsar do to tend the wounded man?

Ans. When the Tsar was asking question to the hermit, he gave a hint of a bearded man coming towards his hut. Blood was flowing profusely from his stomach. Coming near the Tsar, he fell fainting on the ground and moaned feebly. The Tsar and hermit unfastened the man’s clothing. The Tsar washed the wound carefully. Then he bandaged the place with his handkerchief and with a towel. The Tsar and hermit bandaged repeatedly. Finally, blood ceased flowing. Bringing fresh water, the Tsar asked the man for it. There after the Tsar carried the wounded man with the hermit’s help into his hut and laid him on bed. Thus the Tsar and the hermit nursed the injured man with their service.