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Assignment - The Portrait of A Lady

The document contains 14 short questions and 3 long questions about Chapter 1 of the story "The Portrait of a Lady" from the book Hornbill. The questions ask about details in the story like how the author describes his grandfather's portrait, why the grandmother was unhappy with the city school, how the sparrows behaved at the grandmother's death, and how the bond between the author and grandmother changed when they moved from the village to the city.

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Assignment - The Portrait of A Lady

The document contains 14 short questions and 3 long questions about Chapter 1 of the story "The Portrait of a Lady" from the book Hornbill. The questions ask about details in the story like how the author describes his grandfather's portrait, why the grandmother was unhappy with the city school, how the sparrows behaved at the grandmother's death, and how the bond between the author and grandmother changed when they moved from the village to the city.

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Hornbill chapter 1

Assignment -The Portrait of a Lady

Short questions
Q1. How does the author describe the portrait of the grandfather?
Q2. Which thought was revolting for the author?
Q3. Why did the author call his grandmother 'the winter landscape in the mountains '?
Q4. In what way did the grandmother take care of the author in the village?
Q5. What was the turning point in the relationship between the author and his grandmother?
Q6. Why was the grandmother unhappy with the city school?
Q7. What was the routine of the grandmother after the common link between her and the author
was snapped?
Q8. Why were the hours spent with the sparrows the happiest hours for the grandmother?
Q9. "I was sure my grandmother would be upset." What was the author sure about? Was he
right? Justify your answer.
Q10. According to the author, what was the last sign of physical contact between him and his
grandmother? Why did he think so? Was he right? Elucidate.
Q11. How did the grandmother celebrate the homecoming of her grandson?
Q12. Why did the grandmother cease talking before her death?
Q13. How did the sparrows pay homage to the grandmother?
Or
What was unusual about the behaviour of the sparrows when they visited the house at
grandmother's death?
Or
"When the people are pious and good, even nature mourns their death." Justify.
Q14. Was the grandmother educated? Justify your answer.
Q15. The grandmother was a kind- hearted soul. Give two instances from the story to prove this.
Q16. What stories of the grandmother did the author treat as 'the fables of the prophets'? Why?

Long questions
Q1. The bond between the author and his grandmother was the strongest when they were in the
village but it saw a change when they moved to the city. Elucidate.
Q2. Bring out the contrast between the school education in the village and in the city.
Q3. Our elders are the ones who cared for us for their whole life. However, when they become
old, they face loneliness and seclusion. Explain in context with the story.

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