Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow.
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. Since the day I was taken from my mother, I had suffered extreme indignities. People had stared at me. I had been tossed about in the air like a wooden puppet. And now my long hair was shingled like a coward’s ! In my anguish, I moaned for my mother, but no one came to comfort me. Not a soul reasoned quietly with me, as my own mother used to do; for now I was only one of many little animals driven by a herder.
(Memories of Childhood)
Complete the following suitably : “Then I lost my spirit”, indicates that the speaker _________.
Complete the following suitably : “Then I lost my spirit”, indicates that the speaker _________.
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Solution and Explanation
The narrator first cries aloud and shakes her head in protest. Only after the scissors gnaw off her braid does she say, “Then I lost my spirit”.
Step 2: Understand what losing spirit means:
Spirit here means her will to resist. Once the cutting is done, she stops fighting back, because she knows that her protest cannot change anything.
Final Answer:
The speaker has given up and resigned herself to her fate.
What does Zit Kala-Sa imply about the prejudice prevailing in society when she talks of having ‘suffered extreme indignities’ ?
What does Zit Kala-Sa imply about the prejudice prevailing in society when she talks of having ‘suffered extreme indignities’ ?
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Solution and Explanation
Indignities are acts that insult a person's dignity. Zit Kala-Sa lists them: people stared at her, she was tossed about like a wooden puppet, and her hair was shingled like a coward's.
Step 2: Read the implied message:
Such treatment shows that she was seen as inferior and not as an equal human being. Her culture and her feelings were not respected.
Final Answer:
She implies that society was full of discrimination and oppression, and did not accept or respect her culture.
Why did Zit Kala-Sa yearn to be with her mother in her moment of anguish ?
Why did Zit Kala-Sa yearn to be with her mother in her moment of anguish ?
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Solution and Explanation
The narrator says, “I moaned for my mother, but no one came to comfort me”. She adds that no one reasoned quietly with her, “as my own mother used to do”.
Step 2: Link the clue to the question:
In pain and fear, a child naturally looks for the one person who gives comfort and calm.
Final Answer:
She yearned for her mother because her mother was a source of comfort and reassurance, who would have calmed her and made her feel safe.
The tone of the narrator in the extract can be best described as
The tone of the narrator in the extract can be best described as
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- bitter and strong willed
- detached and impersonal
- pained and despairing
- grateful and reflective
The Correct Option is C
Solution and Explanation
The narrator speaks of crying aloud, of anguish, of losing her spirit and of having no one to comfort her. The mood is full of suffering and hopelessness.
Step 2: Test each option:
(A) is wrong because she is not strong willed; she says she lost her spirit. (B) is wrong because her account is emotional and personal, not detached. (D) is wrong because she feels no gratitude and does not look back calmly. (C) fits her pain and despair.
Final Answer:
(C) pained and despairing
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