The Price Less Gift Question Answer Class 9 English Chapter 1 | 9th Class English Solutions Chapter 1 The Price Less Gift Textbook Exercise Questions and Answers.
Question Answer
1.What did the writer experience in the restaurant?
Ans. The writer went to a vegetarian restaurant. As it was lunch time, the people were eating and drinking. The restaurant was densely crowded . The writer found some of the chairs and tables having been pushed into a corner . The writer sitting on a corner table began to go through the newspaper.
2. What did he notice there?
Ans. He (The Writer) noticed a very young girl. She kept looking at the writer. Her eyes were large revealing a sad expression.
3. What was the writer's first impression of the girl?
Ans. The writer found in the girl's large eyes a sad expression. Her looking gesture at the writer made him know more and more about her.
4. What made the writer surprised?
Ans The girl enquired of the cashier if the writer was an Indian The cashier nodded (ମୁଣ୍ଡ ହଲାଇ ‘ହଁ’ ମାରିଲେ). Before going out of the restaurant, she looked at the writer once more which surprised the writer.
5. Why did he enquire from the cashier? କ୍ୟାସିୟର୍ଙ୍କଠାରୁ କ’ଣ ଜାଣିବାକୁ ଚାହିଁଲେ ?)
Ans.He (The Writer) enquired of the cashier if he (the cashier) knew the girl who was sitting out there.
6. What information did he (the writer) get from the cashier? (ସେ (ଲେଖକ) କ୍ୟାସିୟରଙ୍କଠାରୁ କେଉଁ ସୂଚନା ପାଇଲେ ?)
Ans. The writer got some vital information from the cashier about the girl. The girl had lunch in the restaurant on Saturdays. She came there on pay day only as she earned very little.
7.Where did the writer go on the next Saturday? (ଆସନ୍ତା ଶନିବାର ଦିନ ଲେଖକ କେଉଁଠାକୁ ଗଲେ ?)
Ans. A week passed. Saturday came again. The writer went to the same restaurant.
8. Why did he arrange the chair opposite hers? (ଝିଅ ଆଗରେ ଲେଖକ କାହିଁକି ଚେୟାରଟିକୁ ସଜାଡ଼ି ରଖିଦେଲେ ?)
Ans.The next Saturday, the writer entered the same restaurant. He found the girl sitting at the same table as before. She was eating. The writer went upto her and arranged the chair opposite her to know the girl's curiosity about him.
9. What query did the girl make about the writer? (ବାଳିକା/ ଯୁବତୀ ଲେଖକଙ୍କ ବିଷୟରେ କି ପ୍ରଶ୍ନକଲା ? )
Ans. The girl enquired (ଜାଣିବାକୁ ଇଚ୍ଛାକଲା) of the writer if he was an Indian.
10, What impression did the writer have about the family of the girl? (ବାଳିକା/ଝିଅ/ ଯୁବତୀର ପରିବାର ସମ୍ପର୍କରେ ଲେଖକଙ୍କର କେଉଁ ଧାରଣା ଆସିଲା/କ'ଣ ଜାଣିବାକୁ ପାଇଲେ ? )
Ans. The writer learnt from the girl that her brother was in India and was a soldier. But they hadn't had a letter from him for a long time. So her mother was very afraid that something might have happened to the girl's brother.
11. How was the writer treated_at Maggie's house ? Who was there to welcome him ? (ମାଗି ଘରେ ଲେଖକଙ୍କୁ କିପରି ସତ୍କାର କରାଗଲା ଓ ସେଠାରେ ଲେଖକଙ୍କୁ ସ୍ଵାଗତ କରିବାକୁ କିଏ ଥିଲେ ?)
Ans. As Maggie opened the door and entered it, she asked the writer to come in. Together they descended the stairs (ପାହାଚ ଉପରକୁ ଚଢ଼ିଗଲେ) to the kitchen. Maggie told her mother that an Indian gentleman had come to see her. The old woman (Maggie’s mother) wanted eagerly to welcome the writer.
12. What was Mrs. Bethy doing when the writer met her? Why was she unwilling to go for a handshake?
Ans. When the writer met Mrs Bethy was making cakes to sell that evening. She was unwilling to go for a handshake because her hands were covered with flour .
13. Why did the girl usually visit the restaurant on Saturdays ?
Ans. The girl (Maggie) usually visited the restaurant on Saturdays to have her lunch only on pay days.
14. What did Mrs. Bethy believe about the ring?
Ans.Mrs. Bethy believed in the power of the ring sent to her by her soldier-son Franky. According to Franky, if she (Mrs. Bethy) concentrated on a distant person as she gazed into it, she would be able to see him and his work.
15. What made the author to tell a lie about the ring?
Ans. Since there was no news about Franky, mother Mrs.Bethy was in a serious condition. To console the old lady and bring her back to normalcy, the author took the crystal ring in his hand, proceeded to Maggie's mother's bedside and wishing her a good morning, told her that her son (Franky) was alive and well .
16. Did the telling of a lie benefit Mrs. Bethy ?
Ans. Yes, the writer's telling a lie benefited Mrs. Bethy. Hearing that her son was still fit and fine , she raised her head a little off the pillow. Tears of happiness stood in her eyes and she was soon recovered .
17. Why did the writer feel guilty about himself?
Ans.It was the writer's time of returning to India. He learnt that Franky had been dead some days when he himself told his (Franky's) mother that he was alive and well. Now the writer felt ashamed and guilty about/of himself.
18. What was Maggie's gift to the writer?
Ans.Maggie came to the writer's on the day of his returning to India. The writer promised to visit her (Maggie's) brother's grave and write to her. With tear-filled eyes of thanks and gratitude she thanked the writer and gave him a shilling to buy flowers for her brother.
19. Why was it a priceless gift?
Ans.Undoubtedly Maggie's gift of a shilling to the writer was a priceless gift. Because it was a token of great love and affection between a brother and a sister. The joy of complying with Maggie's request was priceless.
20. Did Maggie love her brother dearly? Give reasons.
Ans. Maggie had earned the shilling, which she gifted to the writer, with so much toil. She had great joy in making the offer for the sake of her brother who was no more. She had great relief that with the shilling the writer would buy flowers and put them on her brother's grave. This bears ample testimony to Maggie's deep love for her brother.
LET'S UNDERSTAND THE TEXT BETTER
1. Why did the writer choose the corner table in the restaurant?
Ans. The writer chose the corner table in the restaurant because the restaurant was very crowded and some of the tables had been pushed into a corner. He wanted to read a newspaper without his attention being distracted.
2. How did the writer start a conversation with the young girl?
Ans. The writer started a conversation with the young girl by going up to her, taking the chair opposite hers, wishing her a good afternoon and making a brief remark.
3. How could the writer guess the girl to be poverty-stricken ?
Ans. The writer came to know from the waiter that the girl came to that restaurant on Saturdays only, that is, on the pay day, which meant that she did not earn much. She also had a sad anxious figure. From this the writer could guess the girl to be poverty- stricken.
4. Which of the following do you think the author will talk about after m meeting the girl?
(a) meeting the girl again
(b) enquiring about the nature of her work
(c) about her family
(d) all the above
ANS: A And C
5. 'I was moved by what he said.' What impression did the writer get about the girl?
Ans. From what the waiter said about the girl, the writer got the impression that the girl was extremely poor and rather unhappy.
6. What impression did Mrs Bethy have of India ?
Ans. Mrs Bethy had a strange impression of India. She thought there were too many snakes and tigers in India and they often killed people,
7. 'Will it be too much of a lie ? Why did the girl say so ?
Ans. This is a rhetorical question. Here the girl said that if the writer looked into the crystal and told mother that Franky was all right and alive, then it would not be too much of a lie.
8. Why did the writer feel ashamed to face Mrs Bethy at the time of his return to India'?
Ans. At the time of his return to India, the writer felt ashamed to face Mr Bethy since her son Franky had died by then and they were in mourning even though he had predicted that he was alive and well.
9. Why was the shilling Maggie presented to the writer an invaluable offering?
Ans. Shilling is a British coin worth five pence and is a very small amount of Money But the shilling which Maggie presented to the writer was an invaluable offering because she had earned it with so much toil. It was a matter of great sacrifice on Maggie's and she forwent so much for the love of her brother. Hence it was an invaluable offering.
Q. (a) Here is an exercise for you. Fill in the gaps using the appropriate form in each sentence.
1. There is an.............of anger on his face. (express)
2. He made his......... from the scene after a dialogue. (depart)
3. She performed well at her first.......... (opportune)
4. She showed a.........for my past life. (curious)
5. I had a....... with my friend. (converse)
6. You need a lot of.............on the subject to understand it perfectly. (concentrate)
Answers
1. expression 2. departure 3. opportunity 4. curiosity 5. conversation 6. concentration.
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