Treasure Chest - IX (Beeta publication) workbook solution of story - The Home Coming

 

HOME COMING

SECTION A: MCQS ANSWERS

1.      B) ringleader

2.      B) his mother would believe Makhan’s version of the incident

3.      A) compassionate

4.      C) being extremely angry

5.      A) irony

6.      D) all the above

7.      C) in a state of suspense

8.      B) had the holidays come

9.      D) both b and c

SECTION B: CONTEXTUAL QUESTIONS

1.Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow:

But just as ---------------------------------------younger

Brother ----------------------------------------of them all

Without a -------------------------------------was pushed

Rather ----------------------------------------he remained

Quite -------------------------------------------meditating

On the ---------------------------------------- if you

Don’t get down this minute I will thrush you!’

 

i)Who was Makhan? Where was he? What is meant by ‘sauntered up’?

Ans: Makhan was Phatik’s younger brother.  He was by the river side.  Sauntered up means walking slowly and silently. So here Makhan came up slowly and silently, caught them playing his brother and his friends unexpectedly.

ii)What was the fun that was about to begin? What did Makhan do to spoil the fun?

Ans; The fun was that Phatik and his companions planned to shift the log away from mud flat so that the owner would be shocked and angry. But Makhan spoiled their fun by sitting on the log at the right moment and they could not move it.

iii)What did one of the boys do and why? How did Makhan react to it?

Ans: One of the boys pushed Makhan from the log because they wanted to push that log into the river; but they didn’t push it since on it Makhan was sitting. So he pushed him thinking he might get up from the log. But Makhan did not react. He continued sitting on the log.

iv)Why was Phattik furious? What did he ask his band of companion to do after this extract?

Ans: Phatik was furious because Makhan was sitting on the log and foiled their plan of having fun. He asked his companions to push the log together with Makhan.

v)Did Phatik hit Makhan? Why? Which two characteristic traits of Phatik are revealed in this extract?

Ans: No, Phatik did not hit Makhan. He knew Makhan would run to their mother and Phatik would get into trouble. Makhan was good in the eye of mother. So mother used to support him more than Phatik. It is revealed that he is quick to anger and foresight.

2.It was just at------------------------------stranger arrived.

He asked what the---------------------------and ashamed.

i)What was the critical juncture? What had happened before this critical juncture?

Ans: The critical juncture was that Phatik had just pushed aside his mother to stop her from hitting him and she was furious. Before this critical juncture was that Makhan had accused Phatik of hitting him.

ii)Who was the grey haired stranger? Why did he come there?

Ans: The grey haired stranger was his mother maternal uncle Bishamber. He had lost touch with his sister as he had gone to Bombay. But later when he returned to Calcutta and found out about his sister’s widowhood and his fatherless nephews.

iii)Why did Phatik feel ashamed on seeing the stranger?

Ans: Phatik felt ashamed on seeing the stranger because the stranger had enquired of him where the Chakravortis lived and Phatik had been vague to him. When the stranger repeated his question to him but he was very rude to the stranger.

iv)How did Phatik react to the stranger’s offer when he reached home? Which characteristic trait of Phatik is revealed by his reaction?

Ans: Phatik was elated to the stranger’s offer. He was optimistic that he would be better in his uncle’s house.  When Phatik went to his uncle’s house, he felt he would get a home where his uncle and aunt would bring him up with parental love and care.

v)State any two traits of the stranger’s personality in the story.

Ans: The two traits of the stranger’s personality in the story are- the stranger is the brother of Phatiks’s mother Bishamber. He is a grey haired middle aged man who lives with his family in Calcutta. He is a considerate man devoted to his family. As soon as he comes to know about her sister’s condition, he rushes to meet her. He offers to take Phatik off his sister’s hands. He goes against his family to help his sister. This shows that he is a loving brother and a kind and compassionate man, who is concerned about the welfare of his nephew.