Lesson 2 - The Little Girl by (Katherine Mansfield)
Working with the Text:
Q1. How did the little girl feel when her father went to work each day?
Ans. The little girl felt the glad sense of relief when her father went to work each day.
Q2. "She never stuttered with other people but only with father." This shows that the little girl was:
a) Foolish b) Nervous c) Funny d) Unnatural
Ans. Nervous
Q3. Why did the little girl start making the pin cushion?
Ans. Little girl started making pin cushion as suggested by her grandmother, to gift it to her father on his birthday, next week.
Q4. What did the little girl stuff the pin
cushion with?
Ans. Little girl stuffed the pin cushion with
tiny pieces, torn out from sheets of fine paper.
Q5. "What did God make fathers for?" Who said these words?
Ans. The child (Kezia-Little Girl), said these words while clinging to her grandmother.
Q6. What was Kezia's nightmare?
Ans. Kezia's nightmare was about the butcher, who had a knife and a rope with him coming nearer and nearer to her with a dreadful smile that made her crying in her dream.
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