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About the Author
Vandana Kumari Jena is an officer of the 1979 batch of the Indian Administrative Service of the Odisha cadre. She writes
middles, novels, short stories and poetry. Her short stories have been published in over fifteen anthologies. Her first novel
‘The Dance of Death’ was published in 2008. Her collection of short stories entitled ‘The Incubation Chamber’ was published
in 2014.
Time to answer
A. Choose the correct option.
1. What was the cause of Ruma’s unwillingness to go to school?
She did not like to study.
She did not have friends in school.
She was afraid of the new girls and teachers.
She could not see the blackboard without glasses.
2. Which of the following statements best describes the attitude of the other girls towards
Anita?
They found it difficult to accept a differently abled girl as their friend.
They could not accept that someone could be crippled at such a young age.
They did not want to include anyone new in their friend circle.
They considered themselves superior to Anita.
3. What is the theme of the story?
friendship peer pressure inclusivity equality
4. Which adjective would best describe Mrs Behl?
strict demotivating compassionate insensitive
B. Answer these questions.
1. How did Ruma’s stomach ache get better?
2. Why did Ruma hate wearing spectacles?
3. Why was Ruma not happy even when she got the first prize in the fancy dress
competition?
4. How did Ruma feel about Anita? What did she do for the latter?
5. What did Mrs Behl comment about Ruma’s glasses?
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