Chapter 1
A Letter To God
A. Very Short Type Questions: Mark : 1
1. Choose the correct answer from the alternative given : [HSLC ’15]
(a) I need a hundred pesos________ (currency of India/Spain/ Latin America)!
(b) Send me the rest, since I need it very much. ! (relax/ remaining part/ be buried) [HSLC ’16]
(c) The house________ the only one in the entire valley- sat on the crest of a low hill. (wide/ whole/ flat) [HSLC ’17]
2. What happened to Lencho’s fields after the hail- storm? [HSLC ’15]
3. Where was Lencho’s home situated? [HSLC ’16]
4.” All through the night, Lencho thought only of this one hope:” What was Lencho’s only one hope? [HSLC ’17]
5. What type of a man was the Postmaster? [HSLC ’19]
6. What was the one hope of Lencho? [HSLC ’20]
7. What did Lencho say to his sons after the hailstorm? [HSLC ’20]
B. Short Type Questions :Marks: 2/3
1. “These aren’t raindrops falling from the sky, they are new coins.” Why did Lencho consider the raindrops as ‘new coins’? [HSLC ’15]
2. “But don’t send it to me through the mail because the post office employees are a bunch of crooks.” What made Lencho think that the post office employees were a bunch of crooks?[HSLC ’16]
3. What did the postmaster do after he had received Lencho’s letter? [HSLC ’17, ’20]
4. What did Lencho do throughout the morn- ing ? What did he see in the north-east?[HSLC’ 18]
5. “Lencho’s soul was filled with sadness. Why? [HSLC ’18]
6. The only thing the earth needed….” What ‘only thing’ did the earth need? [HSLC ’19]
7. What did Lencho write in his letter to God? [HSLC ’19]