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Time to answer

A. Choose the correct option.

1. Why was the village agog with excitement?
because it was Eid

because the morning was beautiful and wonderful

because the sun was brighter and more dazzling

because the boys were going to the fair

2. Why was Ameena sad?

because it was Eid and she did not have a handful of grain

because Hamid did not have a father and she did not want to send him to the fair
all by himself
because everyone in the village was happy

because she had lied to Hamid about his parents

3. Why do the village children stand and gape at the things that they see in the town?

because everything they see in the town is strange for them

because the children do not go to the town often

because everything in the village is simple and the fair is held in the town

because children go to the town without their parents or elders
4. Why did Hamid not regret buying a pair of tongs from the fair?

because his tongs were the Champion of India and king of toys

because the pair of tongs would help his grandmother make chapattis without
burning her fingers

because the toys of the other children were made of clay which would break but his
pair of tongs were indestructible

because his pair of tongs could be a gun, could be a musical instrument

B. Answer these questions.

1. What visual imagery does the writer create in the first paragraph? Describe it in your
own words.

2. Why were the boys of the village more excited than others?
3. What fears did Ameena have about Hamid going to the Eidgah?

4. How did the boys enjoy at the fair? How did Hamid feel on seeing his friends enjoy
at the fair?
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