Page 2 - Questions and Answers

For a party or a feast Bread

For daughter‘s engagement Sandwiches

For Christmas Cakes and bolinhas

Q6. What did the bakers wear:

i. In the Portuguese days?
ii. When the author was young?

A.
(i) In the Portuguese days, the bakers wore a unique knee-length frock dress
typically known as ‗kabai‘.
(ii) In the narrator‘s childhood days, he had seen them wearing shirts and shorter
than usual pants.

Q7. Who invites the comment — ―he is dressed like a pader‖? Why?
A. During the narrator‘s childhood days, the bakers had a peculiar dress. They
wore shirts and shorter than usual pants. Thus, if someone is seen wearing pants
of this much length, they invite the comment – ―he is dressed like a pader‖.

Q8. Where were the monthly accounts of the baker recorded?
A. The monthly accounts of the baker were recorded on some wall with a pencil.

Q9. What does a ‗jackfruit-like appearance‘ mean?
A. ‗Jackfruit-like appearance‘ means a well-built or plump physique, similar to a
jackfruit. In those days, bakers had plump physique because baking was a
profitable profession. His family and servants never starved and were
prosperous.

Q. Which of these statements are correct?

i. The pader was an important person in the village in old times.

True