SECTION C-LITERATURE
(CASE STUDY/ EXTRACT QUESTIONS)
1. The priest taught us the alphabet and the Morning Prayer. While the children sat in rows on either
side of the verandah singing the alphabet or the prayer in a chorus, my grandmother sat inside
reading the scriptures. When we had both finished, we would walk back together. This time the
village dogs would meet us at the temple door. They followed us to our home growing and fighting
with each other for the chapattis we threw to them.
(a)What did the grandmother do in the temple?
(i) read scriptures
(ii) played with the kids
(iii) fed the dogs
(iv) all the above
(b) Who made chapattis for dogs?
(i) narrator
(ii) grandmother
(iii) both of them
(iv) none of them
(c) What does the word the word ‘Chorus’ mean?
(i) sing alone
(ii) singing in a group
(iii) silence
(iv) none of the above
2. Read the extract and answer the following questions Now she’s been dead nearly as many years
As that girl lived. And of this circumstance There is nothing to say at all. Its silence silences.
1. Identify the poetic device in the last line.
a. Simile
b. Metaphor
(CASE STUDY/ EXTRACT QUESTIONS)
1. The priest taught us the alphabet and the Morning Prayer. While the children sat in rows on either
side of the verandah singing the alphabet or the prayer in a chorus, my grandmother sat inside
reading the scriptures. When we had both finished, we would walk back together. This time the
village dogs would meet us at the temple door. They followed us to our home growing and fighting
with each other for the chapattis we threw to them.
(a)What did the grandmother do in the temple?
(i) read scriptures
(ii) played with the kids
(iii) fed the dogs
(iv) all the above
(b) Who made chapattis for dogs?
(i) narrator
(ii) grandmother
(iii) both of them
(iv) none of them
(c) What does the word the word ‘Chorus’ mean?
(i) sing alone
(ii) singing in a group
(iii) silence
(iv) none of the above
2. Read the extract and answer the following questions Now she’s been dead nearly as many years
As that girl lived. And of this circumstance There is nothing to say at all. Its silence silences.
1. Identify the poetic device in the last line.
a. Simile
b. Metaphor
