MEMORIES OF CHILDHOOD: THE CUTTING OF MY LONG HAIR

^{I cried aloud, shaking my head all the while until I felt the cold blades of the scissors against my neck, and heard them gnaw off one of my thick braids. Then I lost my spirit.}

'Then I lost my spirit’.

Choose the option that DOES NOT refer to ‘spirit’.

^{'Everyone picked up his knife and fork and began eating'.}

After which bell they began eating?

Name the writer of this chapter.

This chapter's writer was :

Name the school where this story took place.

How would you describe the author’s tone when she says,

^{“I was only one of many}

^{little animals driven by a herder”?}

“Among our people, short hair was worn by mourners, and shingled hair by cowards!”

^{This statement is an example of}

What according to our writer, was the hardest trial in the first day?

^{Choose the correct option with reference to the two statements given below.}

Statement 1: The author had been subjected to humiliation when she was separated from her mother.

Statement 2: Nobody was able to ease her distress and empathise with her.

The writer was mainly against: