(B) Short Answer Type Questions — Short Answers
1. Who was the little girl afraid of? When did she feel a glad sense of relief?
Kezia was afraid of her father. She felt relieved when her father took her to his bed and covered her warmly.
2. What orders did ‘father’ give when he came back home in the evening?
Father ordered Kezia to take off his shoes and bring him a pair of slippers.
3. Who was ordered to take off her father’s shoes?
Kezia was ordered to take off her father’s shoes.
4. “I-d-d-don’t know, father.” Did Kezia always stutter?
No, Kezia did not always stutter. She stuttered mainly when she was afraid of her father.
5. Which sentence in the story shows that father was ‘so big’?
The sentence is: “She saw him with her little brown eyes and thought him to be very big.”
6. Why did grandmother send Kezia down to the drawing-room on Sunday? What did she find there?
Grandmother sent Kezia to the drawing-room to talk to her parents. There she found her father’s papers on the table.
7. What did grandmother suggest Kezia for her father’s birthday?
Grandmother suggested that Kezia make a pin-cushion as a birthday gift for her father.
8. What mistake did Kezia make when she was preparing her ‘surprise’?
Kezia mistakenly used her father’s important speech papers to stuff the pin-cushion.
9. How did father punish Kezia?
Father punished Kezia by hitting her with a ruler on her hands.
10. Did Kezia forget all about the punishment? How did she react when she saw her father next time?
No, she did not forget it. She was still afraid of her father and tried to avoid him.
11. How many children had Mr Macdonald got? What were they doing?
Mr Macdonald had five children. They were playing happily in the garden.
12. Which ‘the same old nightmare’ came to Kezia again?
The nightmare of her father coming to her with a ruler came to Kezia again.
13. He was not a butcher. He was a father. How did father console his daughter?
Father picked Kezia up, carried her to his bed and made her sleep beside him.
14. Kezia’s attitude towards her father changed. What did she think about him?
Kezia realised that her father was not cruel. She understood that he loved and cared for her in his own way.
(C) Long Answer — More Short & Easy
1. Why was Kezia afraid of her father?
Kezia was afraid of her father because he was strict and spoke harshly. She stammered while talking to him and felt nervous around him. He also punished her when she made a mistake.
2. What did Kezia see at her neighbour’s house?
Kezia saw Mr Macdonald playing happily with his children. He was loving and caring. She realised that fathers could be kind and loving too.
3. Story of ‘The Little Girl’
Kezia was afraid of her strict father. She made a pin-cushion for his birthday but accidentally used his important papers. Her father punished her. Later, he comforted her during a nightmare, and she understood his love.
4. Character-sketch of Kezia
Kezia was an innocent, sensitive and loving girl. She was afraid of her father but wanted to please him. Later, she understood that her father loved and cared for her.
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