Lesson - 1
Father's Help
by - R. K. Narayana
-:Multiple Choice Questions:-
1. The story called ‘Father’s Help’ is written by
(A) R.K Laxman
(B) R.K Subramanian
(C) G.K Narayan
(D) R.K Narayan
2. Swami’s father wrote the letter to Swami’s
(A) friends
(B) headmaster
(C) teacher
(D) mother
3. The letter made Swami feel
(A) happy
(B) sad
(C) excited
(D) worried
4. Swami stopped his way to school to decide whether Samuel was a/an
(A) bad person
(B) good and friendly person
(C) honest person
(D) dishonest person
5. Swami felt dizzy because he was
(A) excited
(B) indifferent
(C) afraid
(D) puzzled
6. The more Swami thought of Samuel the more
(A) aggrieved he felt
(B) cheerful he felt
(C) disappointed he felt
(D) angry he felt
7. When he realized that it was Monday morning Swaminathan felt
(A) afraid
(B) angry
(C) sad
(D) overjoyed
8. Swaminathan felt that Monday morning came very
(A) slowly
(B) gradually
(C) soon
(D) late
9. Swami was lying with pain in the
(A) belly
(B) tooth
(C) head
(D) leg
10. Swami realized that it was the morning of
(A) Friday
(B) Tuesday
(C) Monday
(D) Sunday
Answers:
1. D) R.K Narayan
2. (B) headmaster
3. (D) worried
4. (A) bad person
5. (D) puzzled
6. (A) aggrieved he felt
7. (C) sad
8. (C) soon
9. (C) head
10. (C) Monday
-:Extract- Based Questions:-
A. Lying in bed, Swami realized with a shudder that it was Monday morning. It looked as though only a moment ago it was Friday. Already Monday was here. He hoped he didn’t have to go to school. At nine o’clock, Swaminathan wailed, “I have a headache.” Mother generously suggested that Swami might stay at home. At 9.30, when he ought to have been in the school prayer hall, Swami was lying on the bench in Mother’s room.
1. What does Swami realize with a shudder?
Ans. Swami realizes that it is Monday morning.
2. How does Swami perceive the passage of time from Friday to Monday?
Ans. He feels that it has passed very quickly, as though it was just a moment ago.
3. What excuse does Swami use to avoid going to school?
Ans. He claims to have a headache.
4. How does Swami’s mother respond to his excuse?
Ans. She generously suggests that he might stay at home.
5. Where is Swami supposed to be at 9.30, and where is he actually?
Ans. Swami is supposed to be in the school prayer hall, but he is lying on the bench in his mother’s room.
B. Father asked him, “Have you no school today?” “Headache,” Swami replied. “Nonsense! Dress up and go.” “Headache!” “Loaf about less on Sundays and you will be without a headache on Monday.” Swami knew how strict his father could be. So he changed his tactics. “I can’t go so late to the class.” “You’ll have to. It is your own fault.” “What will the teacher think if I go so late?” “Tell him you had a headache and so are late.”
1. What is Swami’s father’s initial reaction to Swami’s excuse?
Ans. Swami’s father dismisses it as nonsense and tells Swami to dress up and go to school.
2. What advice does Swami’s father give regarding avoiding headaches on Mondays?
Ans. Swami’s father advises Swami to loaf about less on Sundays.
3. How does Swami attempt to change his father’s mind?
Ans. Swami tries a new excuse, saying he can’t go so late to the class.
4. What does Swami fear the teacher will think if he arrives late?
Ans. He fears the teacher will scold him.
5. What does Swami’s father suggest Swami tell the teacher about being late?
Ans. Swami’s father suggests that Swami tell the teacher that he had a headache and that’s why he is late.
C. “If he is so angry, why not tell your headmaster about it?” “They say that even the headmaster is afraid of him.” Swami hoped that with this his father would be made to see why he must avoid school for the day. But Father’s behavior took an unexpected turn. He proposed to send a letter with Swami to the headmaster. No amount of protest from Swami would make him change his mind. By the time Swami was ready to leave for school, Father had composed a long letter to the headmaster. He put it in an envelope and sealed it.
1. What reason does Swami give for not wanting to tell the headmaster about Samuel?
Ans. Swami says that even the headmaster is afraid of Samuel.
2. What does Swami hope his father will understand from his explanation?
Ans. Swami hopes his father will understand why he must avoid school for the day.
3. What unexpected action does Swami’s father take?
Ans. Swami’s father decides to send a letter with Swami to the headmaster.
4. How does Swami react to his father’s decision to write a letter?
Ans. Swami protests, but his father does not change his mind.
5. What does Swami’s father do with the letter before Swami leaves for school?
Ans. Swami’s father puts it in an envelope and seals it.
D. Swami went to school feeling that he was the worst boy on earth. His conscience bothered him. He wasn’t at all sure if his description of Samuel had been accurate. He felt he had mixed up the real and the imagined. Swami stopped on the roadside to make up his mind about Samuel. Samuel was not such a bad man after all. Personally he was much more friendly than the other teachers. Swami also felt Samuel had a special regard for him.
1. How does Swami feel about himself as he goes to school?
Ans. Swami feels like the worst boy on earth.
2. What is bothering Swami’s conscience?
Ans. Swami is unsure if his description of Samuel was accurate.
3. What does Swami feel he might have mixed up in his description of Samuel?
Ans. Swami feels he might have mixed up the real and the imagined.
4. What realization does Swami come to about Samuel when he stops on the roadside?
Ans. He realizes that Samuel is not such a bad man after all.
5. How does Swami compare Samuel to other teachers?
Ans. Swami finds Samuel much more friendly than the other teachers.
E. As he entered the school gate, an idea occurred to him. He would deliver the letter to the headmaster at the end of the day. There was a chance Samuel might do something during the course of the day to justify the letter. Swami stood at the entrance to his class. Samuel was teaching arithmetic. He looked at Swami. Swami hoped Samuel would scold him severely. “You are half an hour late,” Samuel said. “I have a headache, sir,” Swami said. “Then why did you come at all?” This was an unexpected question from Samuel. Swami said, “My father said I shouldn’t miss school, sir.” Samuel looked impressed. “Your father is quite right. We want more parents like him.”
1. What idea occurs to Swami as he enters the school gate?
Ans. The idea to deliver the letter to the headmaster at the end of the day.
2. What does Swami hope Samuel will do when he enters the class late?
Ans. Swami hopes Samuel will scold him severely.
3. How late is Swami to class?
Ans. He is half an hour late.
4. What unexpected question does Samuel ask Swami?
Ans. He asks why Swami came at all if he had a headache.
5. How does Samuel react to Swami’s explanation that his father insisted he come to school?
Ans. Samuel looks impressed and agrees that Swami’s father is right.
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