The Cherry Tree Questions & Answers

Read the lines and answer the questions: 'Nothing is lucky if you put it away. If you want luck, you must put it to some use.' (a) Who said this and to whom? (b) What was the speaker referring to? (c) How did the person being spoken to ‘put it to some use?’

Read the line and answer the questions: ‘Hey, not there!’ (a) Who said these words? (b) Why did the speaker say, ‘not there’? (c) Did the listener go somewhere else? If so, where?

Grandfather says, ‘Nothing is lucky if you put it away. If you want luck, you must put it to some use. What, do you think, he means?

How did Rakesh and his grandfather spend the winter evenings?

Read the lines and answer the questions: ‘What’s so special about this tree? Why do we like it so much?’ (a) Who said this? (b) Why did they like the tree so much? (c) How did the speaker feel about himself after watching the tree grow?

Rakesh thought that the cherry tree had died on two occasions. Narrate the incident briefly.

Who benefitted from the cherry tree besides Rakesh and Grandfather and how?

Read the lines and answer the questions: ‘Come back when you are butterfly,’ he said. (a) Who said this and to whom? (b) Why did the speaker not want the creature to stay? (c) What does it tell you about the speaker?

Why did Rakesh only look at the tree out of the corner of his eye?

Do you think that Grandfather was as excited as Rakesh about the cherry tree? Give reasons for your answer.