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SAI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL


                                                    CLASS X ENGLISH


               THE THIEF’S STORY (Footprints Without Feet)


               Check Your Understanding:Assessment(Comprehend & write in your own wordsin
               the CW notebook)
               Q1. What are Hari Singh‟s reactions to the prospect of receiving an education? Do they change over
               time? (Hint: Compare, for example, the thought: “I knew that once I could write like an educated man
               there would be no limit to what I could achieve” with these later thoughts: “Whole sentences, I knew,
               could one day bring me more than a few hundred rupees. It was a simple matter to steal — and
               sometimes just as simple to be caught. But to be a really big man, a clever and respected man, was
               something else.”) What makes him return to Anil?

               Q2. Why does not Anil hand the thief over to the police? Do you think most people would have done so?
               In what ways is Anil different from such employers?.

               Q3. Who does „I‟ refer to in this story?

               Q4. What is he “a fairly successful hand” at?.

               Q5. What does he get from Anil in return for his work?

               Q6. How does the thief think Anil will react to the theft?

               Q7. What does he say about the different reactions of people when they are robbed?

               Q8. Does Anil realise that he has been robbed?

               Assignment (Reflect on your understanding & write the answers to these questions in your CW
               Notebook)

               Q.1. What are Hari Singh‟s reactions………… What makes him return to Anil ?
               Q.2. Why does not Anil hand the thief over to the police ? Do you think most people would have done so
               ? In what ways is Anil different from such employers ?

               Q. 3. Faith and compassion can change even a thief into a gentleman. Do you agree with this statement?
               If yes, justify your answer.
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