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Question 1 What are the elders in Goa nostalgic about?, Answer: The elders in Goa are nostalgic about the good old Portuguese days and their love of, bread and loaves. The writer says that the eaters of loaves have left but the makers still exist., Question 2, Is bread-making still popular in Goa? How do you know?, Answer: Yes, bread making is still popular in Goa. This is very clear from the narrator’s, statement that the eaters have gone away leaving the makers behind. There are mixers,, moulders and the ones who bake the loaves. The time tested furnaces still exist there., Question 3., Match the following. What is a must, 1. as marriage gifts? – cakes and bolinhas, 2. for a party or a feast? – sweet bread called bol, 3. for a daughter’s engagement? – bread, 4. for Christmas? – sandwiches, , Answer:, 1. as marriage gifts – sweet bread called bol, 2. for a party or a feast – bread, 3. for a daughter’s engagement – sandwiches, 4. for Christmas – cakes and bolinhas, Question 4, What is the baker called?, Answer:The baker is called a pader in Goa., Question 5 Where were the monthly accounts of the baker recorded?, Answer:Monthly accounts of the baker were recorded on some wall in the house with a pencil., , Question 6 Bread and cakes were essential of Goan life in older days. Describe the memories, that the author recollects about good old Portuguese days and their loaves of bread., Answer:, In olden days, Goa was very much influenced by the Portuguese. Baking was considered an, essential and profitable profession in a traditional Goan village. The Portuguese were famous, for preparing the loaves of bread. Baking was the traditional family work. The villages were, much fond of the sweet bread known as ‘bol’. The marriage gifts were meaningless without it., So the bakers furnaces were the most essential and ‘cakes and bolinhas’ formed an important, item there. At various occasions like Christmas and other festivals the bakers would collect the, bill at the end of month. Baking was a profitable profession in olden days