Post test - The Little Girl

1. Read the following passage and answer the questions:

She never stuttered with other people — had quite given it up —

but only with Father, because then she was trying so hard to say the words properly.

A. Who was she?

B. Why did she stutter and in front of whom?

C. Why did she try so hard to say words properly?

D. Who was she afraid of?

2. “What’s the matter? What are you looking so wretched about? Who said these words, to whom and about whom?

3. ‘You look like a brown owl’. Why did father say it to Kezia?

4. How did a change occur in Kezia towards her father?

5. Who is the author of this story?

• A) A.R.Rahman

• B) Katherine Mansfield

• C) Cecile

• D) Thomson

6. On the night of hue and cry, after Kezia was put to bed, she watched

• (a) Evening light making sad little patterns on the floor

• (b) A cartoon

• (c) The mood through the window

• (d) A nightmare of a giant

7. After getting beaten up, when next time she saw her father, she quickly

• (a) Runaway

• (b) Sat down in silence

• (c) Put both hands behind her back

• (d) Became senseless

8. Father who seems hard from outside is not so from within. Comment on this statement with reference to Kezia’s father in ‘The Little Girl’.

9. Every father has a love for his child whether he expresses his love or not. Comment on the basis of the story “The Little Girl”.