The lost child

What did the lost child say when a man asked him, “Whose baby are you ?”

• (a) The child said, “I want my father, I want my mother

• (b) The child said, “I want to go home.”

• (c) The child said, “I live in a village.”

• (d) The child said, “I am feeling hungry

At what point in the fair did the child lose his parents?

• (a) At the sweetmeat-shop

• (b) At the flower-shop

• (c) At the balloon-sellers

• (d) At the roundabout

The child wanted to have balloons yet he walked on. Why?

• (a) He knew his parents would never buy him the balloons

• (b) He knew his parents would say he was too old to play with such toys

• (c) Both A and B above

• (d) Neither A nor B.

What did the child want to have at the flower shop?

• (a) A garland of roses

• (b) A garland of violets

• (c) A garland of gulmohur

• (d) A garland of lilies

What did the child say as they passed by sweetmeat-shop?

• (a) He said, ‘I want that burfi

• (b) He said, ‘I want that jalebi

• (c) He said, ‘I want that rasagulla.’

• (d) He said, ‘I want that gulab jamun

What shop was there at the entrance of the fair?

• (a) A toy shop

• (b) A balloon shop

• (c) A- sweetmeat-shop

• (d) A flower shop

What did the child start doing when a shower of young flowers fell on him?

• (a) He started collecting the flowers from the ground

• (b)He started gathering the raining petals in his hands

• (c) He started dancing with joy

• (d) He started climbing up the flowering tree

What did the parents do when they reached a shady grove?

• (a) They collected some flowers for the child

• (b) They lay down to rest for some time

• (c)They sat down on the edge of a well

• (d) They listened to the cooing of doves

Who said to the child, “Come, child, come, come on to the footpath.”?

• (a) The father

• (b) The mother

• (c) Both the father and the mother

• (d) Neither the father nor the mother

How did the flowering mustard-field look?

• (a) White like silver

• (b) Red like a rose

• (c) Pale like melting gold

• (d) Lovely like a rainbow