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The Woman on Platform 8

A. Choose the best answer.

1. Satish's mother handed to her son ____________.

a. bag of pencil

b. bag of vegetables

 c. big box of chocolates

d. cricket ball

[Answer: c) big box of chocolates]

2. The train would come at ____________.

a. one o’ clock

 b. twelve o’ clock

c. two o’ clock

 d. eleven o’ clock

[Answer: b) twelve O’ clock]

3. The strange lady gave ______ to Arun.

a. coffee and vadai

b. tea and bajji

c. tea and samosas

d. black tea and cake

[Answer: c) tea and samosas]

4. Arun was sitting on platform _________ .

a. no. 7

b. no. 8

c. no. 4

d. no. 3

[Answer: b) no. 8]

5. Satish and Arun were ________ years old boys.

a. 12

b. 11

c. 13

d. 10

[Answer: b) no. 13]

B. Match the following.

1. woman in white - mother of Satish

2. train                    - boy of same age

3. bowler                 - dressed simply

4. Satish                  - waves of stream

5. spectacles             - Arun

Answer:

[1. (c) 2. (d) 3. (e) 4. (b) 5. (a)]

1. woman in white - (c) dressed simply

2. train - (d) waves of stream

3. bowler - (e) Arun

4. Satish - (b) boy of same age

5. spectacles - (a) mother of Satish 

C. Identify the character.

1. I am glad to know that. [Answer: Satish’s mother]

2. Are you all alone, my son? [Answer: Strange lady]

3. Yes, I am going to school. [Answer: Arun ]

4. He is one of my friends. [Answer: Satish ]

5. Goodbye mother. [Answer: .Satish ]

D. Answer the following questions.

1. Where was Arun sitting?

Answer: Arun was sitting on platform no. 8 at Ambala station.

2. What was the expected arrival time of the train?

Answer: The expected time of the train’s arrival was at twelve o’clock midnight.

3. What were the sight Arun had seen on the platform?

Answer: Arun saw a tide of people, the cries of various vendors and the newspaper boy.

4. What did the vendors sell?

Answer: The vendor sold curds, lemons, sweet meat and newspapers.

5. How did the women appear?

Answer: The woman had a pale face and dark kind eyes. She wore no jewels and was dressed very simply in a white saree.

6. Where was Arun travelling to?

Answer: Arun was travelling to his boarding school.

7. What did the woman buy for him?

Answer: The woman bought samosas and jalebies. She also ordered tea for Arun.

8. What was the advise of Sathish’s mother?

Answer: Sathish’s mother advised Arun not to talk to strangers and to be very careful of them.

9. What were the Arun’s last words?

Answer: Arun’s last words were “Goodbye - mother”.

10. What was the reaction of the woman at the end?

Answer: When Satish’s mother was talking, she did not listen to her. But she was looking at Arun, as the train moved.