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Q4- Bholi’s real name is Sulekha. We are told this right at the beginning. But
only in the last but one paragraph of the story is Bholi called Sulekha again.
Why do you think she is called Sulekha at that point in the story?
A4- The word “Bholi” means simpleton. On the other hand, the word Sulekha
means a person with good handwriting. Throughout the story Bholi was
sketched as a person who was a simpleton and never raised her voice for her
betterment. At the end of the story she raised her voice for her self- respect
and for her father’s dignity and refused to marry a greedy old man. The word
Sulekha is used in the end to show her confidence, knowledge and ability to
speak up against the injustice.
Read the following extracts carefully and answer the questions that follow.
Question 1.
Little Sulekha could not speak till she was five, and when at last she learnt to
speak, she stammered. The other children often made fun of her and mimicked
her.
(a) What did Sulekha later on come to be known as?

(b) Why did children make fun of her?
(c) What does the word ‘mimicked’ mean?
(d) What part of speech is ‘often’?
Answer:
(a) Sulekha later on came to be known as Bholi.
(b) Children made fun of her because she stammered while speaking.
(c) The word ‘mimicked’ means to copy the speech of others.
(d) It is an adverb.
Question 2.
She remembered how a few days ago their old cow, Lakshmi, had been turned
out of the house and sold. “N-n-n-n No, no-no-no,” she shouted in terror and
pulled her hand away from her father’s grip.
(a) Why did Bholi shout in terror?
(b) Why did she remember ‘Lakshmi’?
(c) What is the antonym of ‘forgotten’ in the extract?
(d) The present tense of ‘sold’ is
Answer:
(a) Bholi shouted in terror as she thought that her father was turning her out of
her house.
(b) She remembered her cow ‘Lakshmi’ because ‘Lakshmi’ had also been
turned out of the house a few days ago.
(c) ‘‘remembered’ is the antonym of ‘forgotten’ in the extract.
(d) Its present tense is ‘sell’.

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