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6-Write a firsthand experience that you had, when you were a child

and were travelling with your family. This story will be published in

your school E- Magazine.

7--Practice questions for Assessment:

A) Read the following passages and answer the questions:

1. He could not suppress the desire of his heart, even though he well

knew the cold stare of refusal in their eyes.

a. What does „he‟ well know?

b. What „desire of his heart‟ is being talked of?

c. Why has the narrator said that „he‟ couldn‟t suppress his
heart‟s desire?

d. What did the child do when he couldn‟t suppress his desire?
2. Thinking to humour his disconsolate charge by a gift of sweets, the

man took him to counter of sweet shop.

a. Who is „the man‟ being referred here?

b. What was the man trying to do?

c. What was the real intention of the man?

d. What do you mean by the phrase-to humour the disconsolate

charge?

B) Answer the following questions in about 30 words:

1. What aspects evidently show that the child was a nature lover?

2. When did the child feel that his parents would call him „greedy‟?

3. Describe the moment when the child realizes that he is lost.

4. What was the child‟s reaction when the man took him to the

balloon seller?

5. Why was the child lagging behind in the crowd?