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SAI International School
Class IX – English
Chapter- The Bond of Love
Assessment

I. Read the given extract and answer the following questions:

A) A. Friends had conjectured that the bear would not recognize her. I
had thought so too. But while she was yet some yards from his cage
Baba saw her and recognized her. He howled with happiness. She ran
up to him, petted him through the bars, and he stood on his head in
delight.

For the next three hours she would not leave that cage. She gave him
tea, lemonade, cakes, ice-cream and whatnot. Then „closing time‟
came and we had to leave. My wife cried bitterly; Baba cried bitterly;
even the hardened curator and the keepers felt depressed. As for me,
I had reconsidered myself to what I knew was going to happen next.

Questions (1x5=5)

1. What had the friends conjectured?

2. What did Baba do on recognizing the author‟s wife?

3. How long did the author‟s wife remain with Baba?

4. What showed that both Baba and author‟s wife were heartbroken at
the time of separation?

5. Find words from the passage which means the same as (a)Guess
(b)sad

B) She was delighted! She at once put a coloured ribbon around its
neck, and after discovering the cub was a „boy‟ she christened it
„Bruno‟.

Questions (1x5=5)

1. Who is she?

2. Why was she „delighted‟?

3. What does this extract reveal about her character?