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INDEX, , , , Sr. No Chapter Name, , , , 1. Ch |. The Portrait of A Lady (Prose), Poem 1. A Photograph, L- 1. The Summer of The Beautiful White Horse (SR), , , , , , , , 2. Ch 2. We're Not Affaid to Die... If We Can All Be Together, Ch 3. Discovering Tut. The Saga Continues, , 3. Ch 4. Landscape of The Soul (Prose), Poem 2. The Laburnum Top, 1-2, The Address, , 4. Poem 3. The Voice Of The Rain, , L- Ranga’s Marriage, , , , , , n
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>» SUMMARY, , , , The Portrait of a Lady deals with an account of the author's old grandmother. She was very, old and wrinkled, She was fat, short and bent. She moved about the house with her rosary in, her hand. She was always dressed in white. Her hair was white. Her lips always moved in, prayer. She would wake up the author and prepare him for school. She went with him to, school. The school was attached to the temple. While children learnt alphabet, she sat inside, and read religious books. After school they came back together. She gave bread to village, dogs. After sometime they went to the city, The author was now in an English school. The, grandmother could not help him with his lessons. She was not contented with what he learnt, there, The writer told her that he was taught music. The grandmother did not like it. For her,, music was meant for prostitutes. She was unhappy because there was no religious teaching at, that school. There were no stray dogs. She took to feeding sparrows., , The author then left for England for further studies. She did not feel upset. She went to the, station to see him off. At the time of parting, she kissed the author. When he returned after five, years, she came to the railway station to receive him. She did not look even a day older. Even, now she was saying her prayer. In the evening she did not pray. She brought a drum. She, called women from her neighbourhood, She sang songs to celebrate the return of her grandson., The next morning she fell ill. She lay peacefully in her bed praying. She died peacefully. Her, death affected even the sparrows, They did not chirp. They ignored the crumbs thrown to, them., , >» NEW VOCABULARY, , Mantelpiece, Absurd, Undignified, Hobbled, Locks, Puckered, Serenity, Monotonous, Harlots, , 10, Seclusion, 11. Frivolous, 12. Dilapidated, , ORNAVAYWY, , , , » WORD MEANINGS, , Portrait — true picture, , Mantelpiece — shelf above a fireplace, , Absurd — ridiculous, , Hobbled ~ walked with difficulty, , Stoop — bent body due to old age, , Rosary — a string of beads used for counting prayers as they are chanted, Puckered — wrinkled, , Lewd — indecent, , SNAWS WH =
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9,, , 10., Il., 12., 13., 14., 15., , >,, , F, , ae, , =, f, , BOR Ah wD, , ese, , iv., , Feore, , aooe, , Harlots — prostitutes, , Bedlam — confusion, , Thumped — beat hard, , Dilapidated ~ in a state of despair or ruin, , Pallor — pale colouring of the face, , Shroud — a piece of cloth used to cover a dead body before cremation, Serenity — the state of being peaceful and calm, , EXTRACT BASED QUESTIONS, , Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow by choosing from, the given alternatives., , EBL, , I would tell her English words and little things of western science and learning, the law of, gravity, Archimedes’ Principle, the world being round, etc. This made her unhappy. She, could not help me with my lessons. She did not believe in the things they taught at the, English school and was distressed that there was no teaching about God and the scriptures., , Why grandmother of author could not help author with his lessons?, , She did not want to., , She did not know the subjects., , Author did not want her to help him, , Author did not talk to her., , According to the extract, which of the following were not told by the author to his, grandmother, , English Words, , French Words, , Law of gravity, , World being flat, , Energy conservation principles, , 2,4 and 5, , 1,3 and 6, , 2,5 and 6, , 1,4 and 6, , Grandmother was unhappy with school because of, No teaching about God, , No teaching about scriptures, , Both a and b, , None of the above, , According to the extract, what was the medium of instructions in the school?, Hindi, , Tamil, , English, , Malayalam, , Which word in the extract is synonym of ‘coached’?, , Learning, , Distressed, , Believe, , ‘Taught
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EB2, All over the verandah and in her room right up to where she lay dead and stiff wrapped in, , the red shroud, thousands of sparrows sat scattered on the floor. There was no chirruping. We, felt sorry for the birds and my mother fetched some bread for them. She broke it into litle, crumbs, the way my grandmother used to, and threw it to them. The sparrows took no notice, of the bread., , i, Why birds were not chirruping?, , They were dumb, , Author had ordered them, , There was no sound in the room, , They had understood the grandmother was dead., , ii. What was the colour of the cloth with which grandmother was covered?, , Green, , Yellow, , Red, , Purple, , iii. Im your opinion, why did author's mother brought some bread?, , She thought birds had come to eat., , She had some extra bread in the house., , She wanted to pay homage to grandmother., , She had done it without any thinking., , iv. Which word in the extract is synonym of ‘spread’?, , Threw, , Scattered, , Wrapped, , Fetched, , yv. Which of the following rightly explains the phrase ‘took no notice of used in the, extract?, , Did not write notice, , Did not give any direction, , Did not pay any attention., , Did not worry,, , >» ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS IN 30-40 WORDS,, , Bese, , BP oP, , pose, , & Oop, , peor, , 1. What stories of grandmother did the author treat as fables of the prophets? Why?, Ans: The author treated the stories of grandmother's youth and beauty as fables as he had, always seen her old and he found it hard to accept that she could once he pretty and young., , 2. What is the significance of sparrows in grandmother's life?, , Ans: When grandmother shifted to the city, she spent half an hour every day feeding the, sparrows. The birds became friendly with her and came every day in the verandah of her, house, It was the happiest hour of the day, When she died after short illness, thousands of, sparrows flew in the verandah and sat near her body. They were quiet and not chirping. They, even ignored the bread crumbs given by author's mother. In this way they expressed their, bonding with the grandmother., , 3. Grand mother never complained about anything. Her patience was beyond any, measure. Mention any two instances.
