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Oral Comprehension Check
Question 1.
What did Lencho hope for?
Answer:
Lencho hoped for a good rain as it was much needed for a good harvest.
Question 2.
Why did Lencho say the raindrops were like ‘new coins’?
Answer:
Lencho compared the raindrops with new coins because they were promising him a good harvest resulting in more prosperity.
Question 3.
How did the rain change? What happened to Lencho's fields?
Answer:
The rain changed into hailstones as a strong wind began to blow and huge hailstones began to fall alongwith the rain. All the crops in Lencho’s field got destroyed because of the weather conditions.
Question 4.
What were Lencho’s feelings when the hail stopped?
Answer:
Lencho was filled with grief after the hail stopped as everything was ruined and there was nothing that he could feed his family with. He could see a bleak future for him and his family.
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Question 1.
Who or what did Lencho have faith in? What did he do?
Answer:
Lencho had firm faith in God. He believed ‘ that God sees everything, even what is deep in one’s conscience and help everyone in one’s problems. He wrote a letter to God demanding him a hundred pesos to sow his field again.
Question 2.
Who read the letter?
Answer:
Postmaster read the letter.
Question 3.
What did the postmaster do after reading a letter?
Answer:
The postmaster laughed when he read
Lencho’s letter but soon he became serious and was moved by the writer’s faith in God. He didn’t want to shake Lencho's faith. So, he decided to collect ,money and send it to Lencho on behalf of God.
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Question 1.
Was Lencho surprised to find a letter for him with money in it?
Answer:
Lencho was not surprised to find a letter with money from God as he believed that God will help him.
Question 2.
What made Lencho angry?
Answer:
There were only seventy pesos in the envelope whereas Lencho had demanded a hundred pesos. The difference in the amount made him angry.
MCQ:-
1. What made Lencho angry when he counted the money?
(a) Lencho received sixty pesos less than what he had demanded from God
(b) Lencho received thirty pesos less than what he had demanded from God
(c) Lencho received hundred fifty pesos less than what he had demanded From God
(d) Lencho received seventy pesos less then what he had demanded from God
Ans: (b) Lencho received thirty pesos less than what he had demanded from God
2. Who is the chief character in the story " A letter to God" ?
(a) Rajvir
(b) Pranjal
(c) lencho
(d) Nelson Mandela
Ans: Lencho
3. Where is Lencho's house ?
(a) On the crest of a low valley
(b) On the crest of a low hill
(c) On the crest of a low mountain
(d) In the countryside
Ans: On the crest of a low hill
4. What is the profession of Lencho ?
(a) Manager
(b) farmer
(c) Postman
(d) Trader
Ans: (b) Farmer
5. Lencho cultivated_____.
(a) Corn
(b) Barley
(c) Paddy
(d) Wheat
Ans: Corn
6. " These area 't raindrops falling from the sky, they are new coins." who uttered this line ?
(a) The Postman
(b) Lencho
(c) The older boys
(d) The woman who was preparing supper
Ans: (c) Lencho
7. What was needed by Lencho's field for a good harvest ?
(a) Rain
(b) Pesticides
(c) Tilling
(d) Manure
Ans: (a) Rain
8. Who exclaimed " Yes, God willing".
(a) The Postmaster
(b) The older boys
(c) Lencho himself
(d) The woman who was preparing supper
Ans: (d) The woman who was preparing supper
9. Who wrote the prose-piece "A Letter to God"?
(a) Arup Kumar Datta
(b) G. L Fuentes
(c) Lucio Rodrigues
(d) Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
Ans: (b) G. L Fuentes
10. Lencho compared the little drops of rain with___.
(a) Ten cent pieces
(b) Five cent pieces
(c) Twenty cent pieces Ans.
(d) Two cent pieces
Ans: (b) Five cent pieces
11. Why did Lencho need money?
(a) To save his family from the pangs of hunger
(b) To buy a pair of oxen
(c) To enroll his children to school.
(d) To buy paddy seeds.
Ans: (a) To save his family from the pangs of hunger
12. Lencho compared the big drops of rain with
(a) Five cent pieces
(b) Ten cent pieces
(c) Twenty cent pieces
(d) Two cent pieces
Ans: (b) Ten cent pieces
13. Who exclaimed, "We'all go hungry this year."
(a) The Postmaster
(b) The older boys
(c) Lencho
(d) The woman who was preparing supper
Ans: (c) Lencho
14. The field was white, as if covered with____."
(a) Salt
(b) Snow
(c) Milk
(d) None of these
Ans: (a) Salt
15. "A plague of locusts would have left more than this." What is a locust?
(a) A kind of bacteria
(b) A wild animal
(c) A kind of insects
(d) None of these
Ans: (c) A kind of insects
16. How much money did Lencho need in his time of crisis?
(a) One Seventy pesos
(b) Seventy Five pesos
(c) Hundred pesos
(d) Seventy pesos
Ans: (c) Hundred pesos
19. How did Lencho work in his fields?
(a) Like a machine
(b) Like an animal
(c) Like a tractor
(d) None of these
Ans: (c) Like a tractor
17. How much money was sent to Lencho
(a) Seventy Five pesos
(b) One Seventy pesos
(c) Hundred pesos
(d) Seventy pesos
Ans: (d) Seventy pesos
18. Lencho hoped for a help from
(a) The Postmaster
(b) God
(c) His relatives
(d) His friends
Ans: God
20. Why was Lencho not at all surprised to see the money in the envelope?
(a) He had unwavering faith in God
(b) He was so sad that he did not acknowledge it
(c) He was a mischievous man
(d) None of These
Ans: (a) He had unwavering faith in God
21. Peso is the currency of
(a) Spain
(b) Australia
(c) The USA
(d) Latin America
Ans: (d) Latin America
22. What did Lencho think of the post-office employees?
(a) Mischievous
(b) Proud
(c) A bunch of crooks
(d) Corrupt
Ans: (c) A bunch of crooks
23. What was the only one thing that the Earth needed according to Lencho?
(a) Water from the river
(b) A downpour or at least a shower
(c) Snowfall
(d) None of These
Ans: (b) A downpour or at least a shower
24. What does the story tell about the character of Lencho?
(a) Lencho was a lazy fellow.
(b) Lencho had faith in God.
(c) Lencho was a friendly and amiable man.
(d) All of the above
Ans: (b) Lencho had faith in God.
25. Lencho compared the quantum of damage with:
(a) plague of locusts
(b) attack by mice
(c) attack by sparrows
(d) None of these
Ans: (a) plague of locusts
26. What was the only hope left in the hearts of Lencho and his family?
(a) There was no hope left
(b) Compensation Government
(c) Help from Lencho's friends and relatives
(d) Help from God
Ans: (d) Help from God
27. Why did the postmaster decide to reply to Lencho's letter?
(a) To keep intact Lencho's unwavering faith in God
(b) The postmaster was a very good and kind man
(c) To help Lencho and his family in the time of crisis.
(d) None of these
Ans: (a) To keep intact Lencho's unwavering faith in God
Thinking about the Text (Page 7-8)
Question 1:
Who does Lencho have complete faith in? Which sentences in the story tell you this?
Answer:
Lencho had complete faith in God as he was instructed that God could see everything and helped whoever was in deep trouble. Given below are a few sentences which exhibit his faith in God:
- But in the hearts of all who lived in that solitary house in the middle of the valley, there was a single hope of help from God.
- All through the night, Lencho thought only of his one hope: the help of God, whose eyes, as he had been instructed, see everything, even what is deep in one’s conscience.
- “God”, he wrote, “if you don’t help me, my family and I will go hungry this year”.
- He wrote ‘To God’ on the envelope, put the letter inside and still troubled, went to town.
- God could not have made a mistake, nor could he have denied Lencho what he had requested.
- It said: “God: Of the money that I asked for, only seventy pesos reached me. Send me the rest, since I need it very much".
Question 2:
Why does the postmaster send money to Lencho? Why does he sign the letter ‘God’?
Answer:
The postmaster was deeply moved by Lencho’s faith in God. Hence, he decided to send some money to Lencho in order to avoid shaking the latter’s faith in God. So, he collected some money from his colleagues and friends and signed the letter as ‘God’. The postmaster felt it was an ideal ploy to convey a message to Lencho that God has sent him the money and that God himself signed it.
Question 3:
Did Lencho try to find out who had sent the money to him? Why/Why not?
Answer:
No, Lencho did not try to find out who had sent him the money because he was confident that God had sent it to him. Not for a moment did he suspect that someone else other than God could have sent the money to him. His faith in the Almighty was so rock-solid that he knew that nothing escapes God’s eyes. Lencho felt that God was aware of the unfortunate incident faced by him and requested him to save him from this difficult situation.
Question 4:
Who does Lencho think has taken the rest of the money? What is the irony in the situation? (Remember that the irony of a situation is an unexpected aspect of it. An ironic situation is strange or amusing because it is the opposite of what is expected.)
Answer:
Upon counting the money, when Lencho found only seventy pesos in the envelope instead of the hundred pesos that he had requested from God, he was confident that the Almighty couldn’t have made such a big mistake. From this situation, he suspected that the post office employees could have stolen the remaining thirty pesos from the envelope. Hence, he called them crooks.
The element of irony in this situation is that Lencho ends up suspecting those very people who helped him in his crisis, in order to avoid shaking his faith in God.
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