A STORM ON A HILL
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1. Choose the correct answer:
āĻļুāĻĻ্āϧ āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰āĻো āĻŦাāĻি āϞāĻāĻ:
I) Where did Aunt Lakshmi live?
āϞāĻ্āώ্āĻŽী āĻুā§°ী āĻ'āϤ āĻāĻিāϞ?
a) Near the ruins
āϧ্āĻŦংāϏাā§ąāĻļেāώ⧰ āĻāĻā§°āϤ
b) Above the shops
āĻĻোāĻাāύāĻŦোā§°ā§° āĻāĻĒā§°āϤ
Answer:- Above the shops.
āĻĻোāĻাāύāĻŦোā§°ā§° āĻāĻĒā§°āϤ
ii) With her pocket money, Usha bought
āĻĒāĻেāĻā§° āϧāύেā§°ে āĻāώাāĻ āĻিāύিāϞে
a) A necklace and some marbles.
āĻāĻা āĻšাā§° āĻā§°ু āĻিāĻুāĻŽাāύ āĻŽাā§°্āĻŦāϞ।
b) Spices, sugar and matches.
āĻŽāĻāϞা, āĻেāύি āĻā§°ু āĻŽেāĻ।
Answer:- a necklace and some marbles.
āĻāĻা āĻšাā§° āĻā§°ু āĻিāĻুāĻŽাāύ āĻŽাā§°্āĻŦāϞ।
iii) While waiting in the ruins, Usha prayed and hoped that
āϧ্āĻŦংāϏাā§ąāĻļেāώāϤ āĻ āĻĒেāĻ্āώা āĻā§°ি āĻĨাāĻোঁāϤে āĻāώাāĻ āĻĒ্ā§°াā§°্āĻĨāύা āĻā§°িāϞে āĻā§°ু āĻāĻļা āĻā§°িāϞে
a) She would not be struck by lightning.
āϤাāĻ āĻŦিāĻুāϞীā§° āĻāĻাāϤ āύাāĻĒাāĻŦ।
b) She would not encounter ghosts.
āϤাāĻ āĻূāϤ⧰ āϏāύ্āĻŽুāĻীāύ āύāĻš’āĻŦ।
c) The cat would not attack her
āĻŽেāĻুā§°ীāϝ়ে āϤাāĻāĻ āĻāĻ্ā§°āĻŽāĻŖ āύāĻā§°িāĻŦ
Answer:- she would not be struck by lightning.
āϤাāĻ āĻূāϤ⧰ āϏāύ্āĻŽুāĻীāύ āύāĻš’āĻŦ।
iv) In the ruins. Usha was first frightened by
āϧ্āĻŦংāϏাā§ąāĻļেāώāϤ। āĻāώাāĻ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĨāĻŽে āĻāϝ় āĻুā§ąাāĻāĻিāϞ
a) An owl
āĻāĻা āĻāĻ āĻĒā§°ুā§ąা
b) A lizard
āĻāĻŦিāϧ āĻিāĻāĻিāĻি
c) A cat
āĻāĻা āĻŽেāĻুā§°ী
Answer:- A cat
āĻāĻা āĻŽেāĻুā§°ী
v) The strong wind
āĻĒ্ā§°āĻŦāϞ āĻŦāϤাāĻš
a) did not allow Usha to reach the ruins
āĻāώাāĻ āϧ্āĻŦংāϏাā§ąāĻļেāώāϤ āĻāĻĒāύীāϤ āĻš’āĻŦāϞৈ āύিāĻĻিāϞে
b) helped Usha to move faster towards the ruins.
āĻāώাāĻ āϧ্āĻŦংāϏাā§ąāĻļেāώ⧰ āĻĢাāϞে āĻĻ্ā§°ুāϤāĻāϤিāϤ āĻāĻāĻŦাāĻĸ়ি āϝোā§ąাāϤ āϏāĻšাāϝ় āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ।
C) slowed Usha’s pace of walking.
āĻāώাā§° āĻোāĻ āĻāĻĸ়াā§° āĻāϤি āϞেāĻšেāĻŽীāϝ়া āĻā§°িāϞে।
Answer:- The strong wind helped Usha to move faster towards the ruins
āĻĒ্ā§°āĻāĻŖ্āĻĄ āĻŦāϤাāĻšāĻাāĻে āĻāώাāĻ āϧ্āĻŦংāϏাā§ąāĻļেāώ⧰ āĻĢাāϞে āĻŦেāĻেā§°ে āĻāĻāĻŦাāĻĸ়ি āϝোā§ąাāϤ āϏāĻšাāϝ় āĻā§°িāϞে।
2. Number the following sentences in the correct sequence to describe Usha’s experience in the ruins.
āϧ্āĻŦংāϏাā§ąāĻļেāώāϤ āĻāώাā§° āĻ āĻিāĻ্āĻāϤা āĻŦā§°্āĻŖāύা āĻā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ āϤāϞ⧰ āĻŦাāĻ্āϝāĻŦোā§° āϏāĻ িāĻ āĻ্ā§°āĻŽāϤ āϏংāĻ্āϝা āĻĻিāϝ়āĻ।
Usha decided to take shelter under the blocked chimney a little latter.
āĻāώাāĻ āĻ āϞāĻĒ āĻĒিāĻāϤ āĻŦāύ্āϧ āĻšৈ āĻĨāĻা āĻিāĻŽāύিāĻোā§° āϤāϞāϤ āĻāĻļ্ā§°āϝ় āϞোā§ąাā§° āϏিāĻĻ্āϧাāύ্āϤ āϞ’āϞে।
The three of them hunddled together and waired for dawn.
āϤিāύিāĻāĻāύে āĻāĻেāϞāĻে āĻুঁāĻā§°াāĻ āĻোā§° āĻšোā§ąাā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে ā§°ৈ āĻĨাāĻিāϞ।
As the sky grew lighter, the children left the ruins.
āĻāĻাāĻļāĻāύ āĻĒোāĻšā§° āĻšৈ āĻ āĻšাā§° āϞāĻে āϞāĻে āϞ’ā§°া-āĻোā§ąাāϞীāĻŦোā§°ে āϧ্āĻŦংāϏাā§ąāĻļেāώ⧰ āĻĒā§°া āĻāϞাāĻ āĻ’āϞ।
In the blue light of the lightning, Usha saw two children.
āĻŦিāĻুāϞীā§° āύীāϞা āĻĒোāĻšā§°āϤ āĻāώাāĻ āĻĻেāĻিāϞে āĻĻুāĻা āϏāύ্āϤাāύ।
Usha stumbled into Suresh and Binya.
āĻāώা āϏুā§°েāĻļ āĻā§°ু āĻŦিāύ্āϝাā§° āϞāĻāϤ āĻāĻুāĻি āĻাāĻ āĻĒā§°িāϞ।
Frightened, Usha ran towards the wall from where she had entered.
āĻāϝ় āĻাāĻ āĻāώাāĻ āϝ’āϤ āϏোāĻŽাāĻāĻিāϞ āϤাā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻŦেā§°ā§° āĻĢাāϞে āĻĻৌā§°ি āĻ’āϞ।
Answer:- Frightened, Usha ran towards the wall from where she had entered.
Usha decided to take shelter under the blocked chimney a little later.
In the light of the lightning, Usha saw two children.
Usha stumbled into Suresh and Binya.
The three of them hudded together and waited for dawn.
āĻāϝ় āĻাāĻ āĻāώাāĻ āϝ’āϤ āϏোāĻŽাāĻāĻিāϞ āϤাā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻŦেā§°ā§° āĻĢাāϞে āĻĻৌā§°ি āĻ’āϞ।
āĻāώাāĻ āĻ āϞāĻĒ āĻĒিāĻāϤে āĻŦāύ্āϧ āĻšৈ āĻĨāĻা āĻিāĻŽāύিāĻোā§° āϤāϞāϤ āĻāĻļ্ā§°āϝ় āϞোā§ąাā§° āϏিāĻĻ্āϧাāύ্āϤ āϞ’āϞে।
āĻŦিāĻুāϞীā§° āĻĒোāĻšā§°āϤ āĻāώাāĻ āĻĻেāĻিāϞে āĻĻুāĻা āϏāύ্āϤাāύ।
āĻāώা āϏুā§°েāĻļ āĻā§°ু āĻŦিāύ্āϝাā§° āϞāĻāϤ āĻāĻুāĻি āĻাāĻ āĻĒā§°িāϞ।
āϤিāύিāĻāĻāύে āĻāĻেāϞāĻে āĻšুāĻŽুāύিāϝ়াāĻš āĻাāĻĸ়ি ā§°াāϤিāĻĒুā§ąাāϞৈ āĻ āĻĒেāĻ্āώা āĻā§°িāϞে।
3. Answer the following questions:
āϤāϞāϤ āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύāĻŦোā§°ā§° āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻĻিāϝ়āĻ।
i) How did the villagers counts the force of the wind in their daily life?
āĻাঁā§ąā§° āĻŽাāύুāĻšে āύিāĻā§° āĻĻৈāύāύ্āĻĻিāύ āĻীā§ąāύāϤ āĻŦāϤাāĻšā§° āĻŦāϞ āĻেāύেāĻৈ āĻāĻŖāύা āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ?
Answer:- There was nearly always a strong wind in these parts. So the villagers kept large stones on roofs to prevent them from being blown off.
āĻāĻ āĻ ংāĻļāĻŦোā§°āϤ āĻĒ্ā§°াāϝ় āϏāĻĻাāϝ় āĻĒ্ā§°āĻāĻŖ্āĻĄ āĻŦāϤাāĻš āĻŦāϞিāĻিāϞ। āĻāϤিāĻে āĻাঁāĻāĻŦাāϏীāϝ়ে āĻাāĻĻāϤ āĻĄাāĻā§° āĻĄাāĻā§° āĻļিāϞ ā§°াāĻিāĻিāϞ āϝাāϤে āĻā§°ুā§ąাāĻ āύিāĻŦ āύোā§ąাā§°ে।
ii) What was said to be the cause behind the appearance of ghosts on Haunted Hill?
āĻšāύ্āĻেāĻĄ āĻšিāϞāϤ āĻূāϤ⧰ āĻāĻŦিā§°্āĻাā§ąā§° āĻঁā§°ā§° āĻাā§°āĻŖ āĻি āĻŦুāϞি āĻোā§ąা āĻšৈāĻিāϞ?
Answer:- Usha’s grandfather said about the cause behind the appearance of the ghosts on Haunted Hill that during a horrible storm one of the houses in the settlement of Britishers was struck by lightning and all the members of the family including two children were killed and they remained as ghosts on the Haunted Hill.
āĻāώাā§° āĻĻাāĻĻাāĻ āĻšাāĻāĻŖ্āĻেāĻĄ āĻšিāϞāϤ āĻূāϤ⧰ āĻāĻŦিā§°্āĻাā§ąā§° āĻঁā§°ā§° āĻাā§°āĻŖ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒā§°্āĻে āĻৈāĻিāϞ āϝে āĻāĻ āĻāϝ়ংāĻā§° āϧুāĻŽুāĻšাā§° āϏāĻŽāϝ়āϤ āĻŦ্ā§°িāĻিāĻāϏāĻāϞ⧰ āĻŦāϏāϤিāϏ্āĻĨāϞ⧰ āĻāĻা āĻā§°āϤ āĻŦিāĻুāϞীā§° āĻāĻাāϤāϤ āĻĻুāĻা āĻļিāĻļুāĻে āϧ⧰ি āĻĒā§°িāϝ়াāϞāĻোā§° āϏāĻāϞো āϏāĻĻāϏ্āϝāĻ āύিāĻšāϤ āĻšāϝ় āĻā§°ু āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻ āĻšāύ্āĻেāĻĄ āĻšিāϞāϤ āĻূāϤ āĻšিāĻাāĻĒে āĻĨাāĻিāϞ।
iii) Why was Usha compelled to halt journey back home? What did she do?
āĻā§°āϞৈ āĻāĻāϤি āĻ āĻšাā§° āϝাāϤ্ā§°া āĻŦāύ্āϧ āĻā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻিāϝ় āĻŦাāϧ্āϝ āĻš’āϞ āĻāώাāĻ? āϤাāĻ āĻি āĻā§°িāϞে?
Answer:- Usha compelled to halt her journey back home because night had fallen and cold, stinging pellets of rain came ddown faster along with a flash of lightning which sharply outliineed the ruins oon the hill. So, she decided to take shelter in the ruins.
āĻāώাāĻ āĻā§°āϞৈ āĻāĻāϤি āĻ āĻšাā§° āϝাāϤ্ā§°া āĻŦāύ্āϧ āĻā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻŦাāϧ্āϝ āĻšৈāĻিāϞ āĻাā§°āĻŖ ā§°াāϤি āĻĒā§°িāĻিāϞ āĻā§°ু āĻ াāĻŖ্āĻĄা āĻšৈāĻিāϞ, āĻŦā§°āώুāĻŖā§° āĻেāĻĒা āĻুāĻিāĻŦোā§° āĻĻ্ā§°ুāϤāĻāϤিāϤ āĻāĻšিāĻিāϞ āĻā§°ু āϞāĻāϤে āĻŦিāĻুāϞীā§° āĻāϞāĻ āĻāĻাāĻ āĻāĻšিāĻিāϞ āϝিāϝ়ে āĻĒাāĻšাā§°ā§° āϧ্āĻŦংāϏাā§ąāĻļেāώāĻŦোā§°āĻ āĻোāĻাāĻাā§ąে ā§°ূāĻĒā§°েāĻা āĻĻাāĻি āϧ⧰িāĻিāϞ। āĻāϤিāĻে, āϤাāĻ āϧ্āĻŦংāϏাā§ąāĻļেāώāϤ āĻāĻļ্ā§°āϝ় āϞোā§ąাā§° āϏিāĻĻ্āϧাāύ্āϤ āϞ’āϞে।
iv) Do you think that this was Usha’s first visit to the ruins? Give any two reasons to support your answer.
āĻāĻĒুāύি āĻাāĻŦেāύে āϝে āĻāĻāĻোā§ąেāĻ āĻāĻিāϞ āĻāώাā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĨāĻŽāĻো āϧ্āĻŦংāϏাā§ąāĻļেāώ āĻ্ā§°āĻŽāĻŖ? āĻāĻĒোāύাā§° āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰āĻ āϏāĻŽā§°্āĻĨāύ āĻā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ āϝিāĻোāύো āĻĻুāĻা āĻাā§°āĻŖ āĻĻিāϝ়āĻ।
Answer:- I think this was not Usha’s first visit to the ruins because firstly, Usha remembered the part of an old roof that would gave her shelter. Secondly , she knew about the cat that lived in the ruins.
āĻŽāĻ āĻাāĻŦো āĻāώাā§° āĻāĻ āϧ্āĻŦংāϏাā§ąāĻļেāώāϞৈ āϝোā§ąাāĻো āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āύāĻšāϝ় āĻাā§°āĻŖ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĨāĻŽāϤে, āĻāώাā§° āĻŽāύāϤ āĻĒā§°িāϞ āĻĒুā§°āĻŖি āĻাāϞি āĻāĻāύ⧰ āϏেāĻ āĻ ংāĻļāĻোā§ąে āϤাāĻāĻ āĻāĻļ্ā§°āϝ় āĻĻিāĻŦ। āĻĻ্āĻŦিāϤীāϝ়āϤে , āϧ্āĻŦংāϏাā§ąāĻļেāώāϤ āĻŦাāϏ āĻā§°া āĻŽেāĻুā§°ীāĻোā§° āĻāĻĨা āϤাāĻ āĻাāύিāĻিāϞ ।
v) The last line of the story asks a question ‘was it just the wind?’ Write your own opinion about this doubt and give at least one reason to support your answer.
āĻāϞ্āĻĒāĻোā§° āĻļেāώ⧰ āĻļাā§°ীāĻোāϤ āĻāĻা āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύ āĻā§°া āĻšৈāĻে ‘āĻেā§ąāϞ āĻŦāϤাāĻš āĻāĻিāϞ āύেāĻি?’ āĻāĻ āϏāύ্āĻĻেāĻšā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āύিāĻā§° āĻŽāϤাāĻŽāϤ āϞিāĻি āύিāĻā§° āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰āĻো āϏāĻŽā§°্āĻĨāύ āĻā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻ āύ্āϤāϤঃ āĻāĻা āĻাā§°āĻŖ āĻĻিāϝ়āĻ।
Answer:- Usha, Binya and Suresh afraid of ghosts because of the story of the ruins told by Usha’s grandfather. So they had fear in mind about ghosts. That’s why Usha mistook Binya and Suresh were ghosts. In fact, there was no ghost. Because of the wind the top of the plum tree moving and they thought it was a waving hand and bid them and the chilling sound of wind was interpreted by them as good bye.
āĻāώাā§° āĻĻাāĻĻাāĻ āĻোā§ąা āϧ্āĻŦংāϏাā§ąāĻļেāώ⧰ āĻাāĻšিāύীā§° āĻŦাāĻŦেāĻ āĻূāϤ⧰ āĻāϝ়āϤ āĻāώা, āĻŦিāύāϝ়া āĻā§°ু āϏুā§°েāĻļ। āĻāϤিāĻে āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻā§° āĻŽāύāϤ āĻāĻিāϞ āĻূāϤ⧰ āĻĒ্ā§°āϤি āĻāϝ়। āϏেāĻāĻŦাāĻŦেāĻ āĻāώাāĻ āĻŦিāύāϝ়া āĻā§°ু āϏুā§°েāĻļāĻ āĻূāϤ āĻŦুāϞি āĻুāϞ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ৷ āĻāĻāϞāϤে āϤাāϤ āĻোāύো āĻূāϤ āύাāĻিāϞ। āĻŦāϤাāĻšā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻĒ্āϞাāĻŽ āĻāĻā§° āĻāĻĒā§° āĻ ংāĻļāĻো āϞ⧰āĻā§° āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ āĻā§°ু āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻে āĻāϝ়াāĻ āϞ⧰āĻā§° āĻā§°া āĻšাāϤ āĻŦুāϞি āĻাāĻŦি āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻāĻ āύিāĻŦিāĻĻা āĻĻিāĻিāϞ āĻā§°ু āĻŦāϤাāĻšā§° āĻ াāĻŖ্āĻĄা āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻোāĻ āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻে āĻŦিāĻĻাāϝ় āĻŦুāϞি āĻŦ্āϝাāĻ্āϝা āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ।
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