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प्रश्न
How was the family affected by the war?
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उत्तर
Before the war, Nicola and Jacopo’s widowed father was a well-known singer. He was killed in the early part of the war leaving Lucia, his daughter behind to take care of the little boys. Shortly after a bomb destroyed their home. The three children were thrown into the streets. They had always known a comfortable and cultured life. Lucia was training to become a singer. Suddenly they were uprooted from their cozy life. They had suffered from near starvation and exposure to cold winter. The home they rebuilt from the rubbles was not weather-proof. The boys joined the secret services of resistance moment as they hated Germans. When they returned home after the war, they found their sister affected by tuberculosis of the spine. They persuaded a private hospital to take Lucia in. Every week they worked hard to pay for their sister’s medical expenses. To achieve it they had to sacrifice a lot.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
The boys did not spend much on clothes and food. Why?
Why did the author avoid going to Lucia’s room?
What was Lucia suffering from?
Why didn’t the boys disclose their problem to the author?
Describe the appearance of Nicola and Jacopo.
What were the various jobs undertaken by the little boys?
Recount the untold sufferings undergone by the siblings after they were rendered homeless.
The narrator did not utter a word and preferred to keep the secret to himself. Why? Substantiate the statement with reference to the story
Which tea does the author prefer– China tea or Indian tea?
According to the author, what does the phrase ‘a nice cup of tea’ refer to?
Do tea lovers generally like strong tea or weak tea?
Why should tea be directly added to the pot?
What are the author’s views on China tea?
What happened in the grand finale?
Describe the ‘Grand Prix’ at Cape Town’s Red Cross Children’s Hospital.
What did Hillary do with his wet boots?
Why did Hillary become clumsyfingered and slow-moving?
What did Hillary find in a tiny hollow?
What did Hillary mean by saying “We had had enough to do the job, but by no means too much”?
Describe the stool that the narrator’s family had.
When did the children shy away from the chair?
When did the children get over the fear of sitting on the chair?
Why did Maamanaar hand over the chair to the villagers to retain it?
Write character sketches of Maamanaar and Pedanna.
Para 15
For a few moments, I lay regaining
my breath, and for the first time really
felt the fierce determination that nothing
now could stop us from reaching the top. I took
a firm stance on the ledge and signaled
to Tenzing to come on up. As I heaved
hard on the rope, Tenzing wriggled his
way up the crack, and finally collapsed at
the top like a giant fish when it has just
been hauled from the sea after a terrible
struggle.
Para 16
The ridge continued as before:
giant cornices on the right; steep rock
sloped on the left. The ridge curved away
to the right and we have no idea where the
top was. As I cut around the back of one
hump, another higher one would swing
into view. Time was passing and the ridge
seemed never-ending.
Para 17
Our original zest had now quite
gone, and it was turning more into a grim
struggle. I then realized that the ridge
ahead, instead of rising, now dropped
sharply away. I looked upwards to see a
narrow snow ridge running up to a snowy
summit. A few more whacks of the ice-ax
in the firm snow and we stood on top.
The ridge had taken us two and half hours, but it seemed like lifetime. Why? (Para 15 to 17)
How responsible and capable are you at home?
