A Letter To God - L-1 Class Test -20 M

Class Test -20 Marks

Letter to God First Flight by GL Fuentes

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Q1.Answer the following questions given below .1x5=5 A.What did Lencho hope for? B.What does the postmaster do then? C.What did Lencho think of the post office employees D.Whom Lencho wrote a letter? E.Who read the letter sent by Lencho? What did he do then? F.What are the raindrops compared to and why?	Q1.Answer the following questions given below 1x5=5 A.Where was Lencho house situated B.How much money post master able to collect  C.why did Lencho need money? D.Who is the author of Letter to God? E.Why did the night turn sorrowful for Lencho after the rains? F.What were Lencho’s feelings when the hail stopped?
Q2.read the extract carefully and answer the following question1x4=4 When he finished, he went to the window to buy a stamp which he licked and then affixed to the  envelope with a blow of his fist. The moment the letter fell into the mailbox the postmaster went to open  it. 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. But don’t send it to me through the mail because the post office employees are a  ‘bunch of crooks’. Lencho.”  (a) What did Lencho do wijh the stamp? (b) What did the postmaster do when the letter fell into the mailbox and why? (c) Find out the word which has the similar meaning as ‘attached’ used in the passage. (d) Which word in the passage denotes a dishonest person?	Q2 read the extract carefully and answer the following question.1x4=4 The house- the only one in the entire valley- sat on the crest of a low hill. From this height one could see  the river and the field of ripe corn dotted with the flowers that always promised a good harvest. The only  thing the Earth needed was a downpour or at least a shower. Throughout the morning Lencho who knew  his fields intimately had done nothing else but see the sky towards the North-East. “Now we’re really  going to get some water, woman. ” The woman who was preparing supper, replied, “Yes, God willing”. (a) Where was Lencho’s house located? (b) What was Lencho’s wife preparing? (c) Find the word from the passage which means ‘very closely’. (d) What does ‘Crest’ means?
Q3.Answer any three questions 2x3=6 A.Did the letter reach God? Why did the postmaster send a reply to Lencho? B.How did the postmaster and post office employees help Lencho? How did he react to their help? C.Do you think that Lencho was right to call the post office employees a bunch of crooks? Why or why  not? D.How much money did Lencho need? How much did he get	Q3.Answer any three questions 2x3=6 A.Why was Lencho angry on counting the money sent to him? B.How did the hailstones affect Lencho’s field? What was Lencho’s only hope? C.Why did Lencho not want the money to be sent through mail? D.Who was Lencho? What were his main problems?
Q4. Answer anyone of the following question 1x5=5 Bring out Lencho’s immense faith in God. OR Lencho had faith in God but lacked faith in humanity. Elaborate with reference to ‘A Letter to God’	Q4.Answer anyone of the following question 1x5=5 As the postmaster, write how you felt when Lencho accused you and your men of stealing money. Comment. Or How do you think the postmaster felt when he received Lencho’s second letter? What do you think he did?