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प्रश्न
Based on your reading of the story answer the following question by ticking the
correct option.
The boys were the first to join the resistance movement against the Germans because
पर्याय
the Germans had hurt their sister
the Germans ruled the city
the Germans had ruined their family
the Germans had destroyed their home
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उत्तर
the Germans had ruined their family
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Based on your discussion above, what do you think the story is about?
Now read the story given below. Your teacher may use a variety of techniques for
different parts of the story e.g.
• Silent reading
• One student reading aloud to the whole class
• Students reading in small groups
• Dramatised reading in small groups
Based on your reading of the story answer the following question by ticking the
correct option.
The driver did not approve of the narrator buying fruit from the two boys because
Based on your reading of the story answer the following question by ticking the
correct option.
The narrator was most impressed by the boys'
Based on your reading of the story answer the following question by ticking the
correct option.
Nicola was not pleased when Jacopo asked the narrator to drive them to Poleta as he
Based on your reading of the story answer the following question by ticking the
correct option.
The author did not speak to the boys on their return journey because.
What do you understand by the following statement?
He coloured deeply under his sunburn, then grew pale.
What do you understand by the following statement?
Yet in both these boyish faces there was a seriousness which was far beyond their years.
Answer the following question briefly.
Why were the narrator and his companion impressed by the two boys?
Answer the following question briefly.
The narrator asks the boys, "Must you work so hard? You both look rather tired."
The boys replied, "We are not complaining, sir." What do you learn about the boys
from their reply?
Answer the following question briefly.
When the narrator asks the boys about their plans, they are evasive. Why don't
they disclose their problems?
Discuss the following question and write the answers in your notebook.
Appearances are deceptive. Discuss with reference to the two boys.
Discuss the following question and write the answers in your notebook.
Do you think the boys looked after Lucia willingly? Give reasons for your answer.
Discuss the following question and write the answers in your notebook.
How does the story 'Two Gentlemen of Verona' promise hope for society?
The narrator realises why Nicola and Jacopo work so hard. Yet he does not go in to meet their sister nor does he speak to them about what he learns from the nurse. Working in groups, discuss the following aspects of the story and share your views with the class.
a) The love, devotion and the family values Nicola and Jacopo display.
b) Their pride in themselves and their family
c) The trust they place in the narrator
d) The reason the narrator does not disclose to them that he knows their secret.
After her brothers' visit, Lucia writes a page in her diary about her past life and
her present situation. As Lucia, write the diary entry in about 150 words.
Listen to your teacher reading an excerpt from page no. 189, from the diary of a 13
year old girl Zlata Fillipovic who writes of the horrors of war in Sarajevo in her
book Zlata's Diary.
Based on your listening of the passage, complete the following statements.
1. The first sign of approaching war was …………………………………………….
2. The family went into the cellar when ………………………………………………
3. The 'awful cellar' was the only place that could save their lives because …………………
4. Zlata's friend, Nina died when ………………………………………………….......
5. Zlata and her father were worried about her mother's safety because ......................…
