A Letter to God Class

Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow by choosing the most
appropriate alternative from those given below:

(1)

One of the employees, who was a postman and also helped at the post office, went to his
boss laughing heartily and showed him the letter to God. Never in his career as a postman
had he known that address. The postmaster, a fat, amiable fellow – also broke out
laughing, but almost immediately he turned serious and, tapping the letter on his desk,
commented : “What faith! I wish I had the faith of the man who wrote this letter. Starting
up a correspondence with God!”

Question 1.
Lencho had written that letter to:
(a) Sarpanch
(b) God
(c) Neighbour
(d) Brother

Answer

(b) God

Question 2.
The postman at the post office laughed because :
(a) he received a parcel
(b) he had irritation
(c) the postman said something
(d) the letter was addressed ‘To God’

Answer

(d) the letter was addressed ‘To God’

Question 3.
The postmaster was impressed with:
(a) postmaster’s devotion
(b) clerk’s work
(c) Lencho’s faith in God
(d) his friends’ care

Answer

(c) Lencho’s faith in God

Answer

(a) to retain Lencho’s faith

Question 5.
The noun form of ‘amiable’ is:
(a) amiably
(b) amicable
(c) amicably
(d) amiability

Answer

(d) amiability

(2)

“It’s really getting bad now,” exclaimed the man. “I hope it passes quickly.” It did not pass
quickly. For an hour the hail rained on the house, the garden, the hillside, the cornfield, on
the whole valley. The field was white, as if covered with salt. Not a leaf remained on the
trees. The corn was totally destroyed. The flowers were gone from the plants. Lencho’s
soul was filled with sadness.

Question 1.
“It’s really getting bad now….” ‘It’ refers here to :
(a) rain
(b) sunlight
(c) sand storm
(d) hailstones

Answer

(d) hailstones

Question 2.
Lencho hoped it would pass quickly because:
(a) the ripecorn would flourish more
(b) the ripecorn would be destroyed in it
(c) the land was over flooded
(d) the house would get down

Answer
(b) the ripecorn would be destroyed in it

Question 3.
Lencho’s hopes were belied because:
(a) the sunlight was enough
(b) the rain was still going on
(c) the hail lasted for an hour
(d) the children were unsuccessful

Answer

(c) the hail lasted for an hour

Question 4.
The noun form of ‘destroyed’ is:
(a) destroy
(b) destruction
(c) destroyable
(d) destructive

Answer

(b) destruction

Question 5.
The field was white as if:
(a) covered with cotton
(b) covered with milk
(c) covered with maida
(d) covered with salt

Answer

(d) covered with salt

(3)

The house – the only one in the entire valley – sat on the crest of a low hill. From this
height one could see the river and the field of ripe corn dotted with the flowers that always
promised a good harvest. The only thing the earth needed was a downpour or at least a
shower. Throughout the morning Lencho – who knew his fields intimately – had done
nothing else but see the ‘sky towards the north-east.

Question 1.
Lencho was a:
(a) landlord
(b) farmer
(c) labourer
(d) worker

Answer

(b) farmer

Question 2.
The house was situated on the crest:
(a) of a high hill
(b) of a low bill
(c) near the valley
(d) of a nearby village

Answer

(b) of a low bill

Question 3.
The house is called ‘the house’ because:
(a) it is different
(b) it is a pakka villa
(c) it was built last year
(d) it was the only one in the valley

Answer

(d) it was the only one in the valley

Question 4.
The ripe corn dotted with flowers promised:
(a) a lot of dollars
(b) a store of canes
(c) a good harvest
(d) a good bamboo crop

Answer

(c) a good harvest

Question 5.
The word ‘downpour’ means:
(a) rain
(b) hail
(c) drizzle
(d) dew

Answer
(a) rain

(4)

Lencho went up to the window to ask for paper and ink. On the public writing-table, he
started to write, with much wrinkling of his brow, caused by the effort he had to make to
express his ideas. When he finished, he went to the window to buy a stamp which he licked
and then affixed to the envelope with a blow of his fist. The moment the letter fell into the
mail box the postmaster went to open it. It said : “God : Of the money that I asked for,
only seventy pesos reached me. Send me the rest, since I need it very much. But don’t
send it to me through the mail, because the post office employees are a bunch of crooks.”

Question 1.
On the public writing-table, Lencho started to write:
(a) a letter to his brother
(b) a letter to village Sarpanch
(c) a letter to postman
(d) a letter to God

Answer

(d) a letter to God

Question 2.
Lencho was a strong farmer who knew:
(a) how to write
(b) how to skip
(c) how to train
(d) how to fight

Answer

(a) how to write

Question 3.
Lencho needed more money to sow his field again since :
(a) the sun had burnt it
(b) the hail had destroyed the corn
(c) locusts destroyed it
(d) rainless harvest had no value

Answer

(b) the hail had destroyed the corn

Question 4.
He felt disgusted and felt that :
(a) the postrnaster is faithful
(b) the post office employees are dishonest
(c) the postman demanded money
(d) God ignored him

Answer

(b) the post office employees are dishonest

Question 5.
The noun form of ‘express’ is:
(a) expresso
(b) expressable
(c) expression
(d) expressably

Answer

(c) expression

(5)

All through the night, Lencho thought only of his one hope : the help of God, whose eyes,
as he had been instructed, see everything, even what is deed in one’s conscience. Lencho
was an ox of a man, working like an animal in the fields, but still he knew how to write.
The following Sunday, at day break, he began to write a letter which he himself would
carry to town and place in the mail.

Question 1.
Lencho was an ox of a man. It means that:
(a) he has an ox
(b) he is a very strong man
(c) his ox is faithful
(d) he feels strength

Answer

(b) he is a very strong man

Question 2.
Lencho thought all through the night about:
(a) the help of elder brother
(b) the help of Sarpanch
(c) the help of neighbours
(d) the help of God

Answer

(d) the help of God

Answer

(c) Sunday at daybreak

Question 4.
The antonym of ‘hope’ is:
(a) hopeful
(b) stress
(c) despair
(d) irritate

Answer

(c) despair

Question 5.
Whose eyes see everything…’Whose’ refers to:
(a) God’s
(b) Sarpanch’s
(c) Brother’s
(d) Wife’s

Answer

(a) God’s

(6)

With a satisfied expression he regarded the field of ripe corn with its flowers, draped in a
curtain of rain. But suddenly a strong wind began to blow and along with the rain very
large hailstones began to fall. These truly did resemble new silver coins. The boys,
exposing themselves to the rain, ran out to collect the frozen pearls. “It’s really getting bad
now”, exclaimed the man. “I hope it passes quickly.” It did not pass quickly. For an hour
the hail rained on the house, the garden, the hillside, the cornfield, on the whole valley.

Question 1.
Lencho looked satisfied when:
(a) he saw his children playing
(b) he saw his wife cooking
(c) he saw his field of ripe-corn
(d) he saw the heavy downpour
 Answer

(c) he saw his field of ripe-corn

Question 2.
The boy ran out of the house to:
(a) play hockey
(b) collect corn flowers
(c) gather silver coins
(d) collect the hailstones

Answer

(d) collect the hailstones

Question 3.
Lencho the farmer hoped that:
(a) the rain would continue
(b) the hail would stop
(c) the sun would set
(d) the moon would disappear

Answer

(b) the hail would stop

Question 4.
The word ‘resemble’ means:
(a) to look like one
(b) to look different
(c) to look sick
(d) to look pleased

Answer

(a) to look like one

Question 5.
Lencho was filled with sadness because:
(a) his field of corn was destroyed
(b) his child hurt his toe
(c) his wife had cook-burn
(d) his pocket was picked

Answer

(a) his field of corn was destroyed