Chapter - 9
Madam Rides the Bus
( āĻŽেāĻĄাāĻŽে āĻŦাāĻāĻāύ āĻāϞাāϝ় )
Thinking about the Text :
( āĻĒাāĻ ā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻিāύ্āϤা āĻā§°া : )
1. What was Valli's deepest desire? Find the words and phrases in the story that tell you this.
( āĻাāϞীā§° āĻāĻীā§° āĻāĻাংāĻ্āώা āĻি āĻāĻিāϞ? āĻাāĻšিāύীāĻোā§° āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻā§°ু āĻŦাāĻ্āϝাংāĻļāĻŦিāϞাāĻ āĻŦিāĻাā§°ি āĻāϞিāϝ়াāĻāĻ āϝিāϝ়ে āĻāĻĒোāύাāĻ āĻāĻāĻো āĻāϝ়। )
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2. How did Valli plan her bus ride? What did she find out about the bus, and how did she save up the fare?
( āĻাāϞীāϝ়ে āĻেāύেāĻৈ āϤাāĻā§° āĻŦাāĻ āϝাāϤ্ā§°াā§° āĻĒā§°িāĻāϞ্āĻĒāύা āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ? āϤাāĻ āĻŦাāĻāĻāύ⧰ āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻি āĻাāύিāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°িāϞে, āĻā§°ু āϤাāĻ āĻেāύেāĻৈ āĻাāĻĄ়া ā§°াāĻšি āĻā§°িāϞে? )
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3. What kind of a person is Valli? To answer this question, pick out the following sentences from the text and fill in the blanks. The words you fill in are the clues to your answer.
( āĻাāϞী āĻেāύে āϧ⧰āĻŖā§° āĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤি? āĻāĻ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύāĻোā§° āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻĻিāĻŦāϞৈ, āĻĒাāĻ ā§° āĻĒā§°া āύিāĻŽ্āύāϞিāĻিāϤ āĻŦাāĻ্āϝāĻŦোā§° āĻŦাāĻāύি āĻā§°āĻ āĻā§°ু āĻাāϞী āĻ াāĻāĻŦোā§° āĻĒূā§°āĻŖ āĻā§°āĻ। āĻāĻĒুāύি āĻĒূā§°āĻŖ āĻā§°া āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻŦোā§° āĻšৈāĻে āĻāĻĒোāύাā§° āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰⧰ āϏংāĻেāϤ। )
(i) "Stop the bus! Stop the bus!" And a tiny hand was raised .
( "āĻŦাāĻāĻāύ āĻŦāύ্āϧ āĻā§°āĻ! āĻŦাāĻāĻāύ āĻŦāύ্āϧ āĻā§°āĻ!" āĻā§°ু āĻāĻা āϏ⧰ু āĻšাāϤ āĻĻাāĻি āϧ⧰া āĻšৈāĻিāϞ । )
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(ii) "Yes, I go to town," said Valli, still standing outside the bus.
( "āĻšāϝ়, āĻŽāĻ āĻāĻšā§°āϞৈ āϝাāĻঁ," āĻŦাāĻā§° āĻŦাāĻšিā§°āϤ āĻĨিāϝ় āĻšৈ āĻĨāĻা āĻাāϞীāϝ়ে āĻ'āϞে। )
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(iii) "There's nobody here ," she said haughtily. "I've paid my thirty paise like everyone else."
("āĻāϝ়াāϤ āĻোāύো āύাāĻ ," āϤাāĻ āĻ āĻšংāĻাā§°ā§°ে āĻ'āϞে। "āĻŽāĻ āϏāĻāϞোā§°ে āĻĻā§°ে āĻŽোā§° āϤ্ā§°িāĻļ āĻĒāĻāĻা āĻĒā§°িāĻļোāϧ āĻā§°িāĻো।" )
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(iv) "Never mind," she said, I can , You don't have to help me. "I'm not a child, I tell you," she said, .
( "āĻেāϤিāϝ়াāĻ āĻŦেāϝ়া āύাāϞাāĻে," āϤাāĻ āĻৈāĻিāϞ, āĻŽāĻ āĻĒাā§°িāĻŽ , āĻāĻĒুāύি āĻŽোāĻ āϏāĻšাāϝ় āĻā§°িāĻŦ āύাāϞাāĻে। "āĻŽāĻ āĻļিāĻļু āύāĻšāϝ়, āĻŽāĻ āĻāĻĒোāύাāĻ āĻāĻঁ," āϤাāĻ āĻ'āϞে । )
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(v) "You needn't bother about me. I ," Valli said, turning her face toward the window and staring out.
( "āĻāĻĒুāύি āĻŽোā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻিāύ্āϤা āĻā§°াā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϝ়োāĻāύ āύাāĻ। āĻāĻŽি ," āĻāϞ্āϞি āĻাāύাāϞাāϰ āĻĻিāĻে āĻŽুāĻ āĻুāϰিāϝ়ে āĻŦাāĻāϰে āϤাāĻিāϝ়ে āĻŦāϞāϞ। )
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(vi) Then she turned to the conductor and said, "Well, sir, I hope ."
( āϤেāϤিāϝ়া āϤাāĻ āĻāĻŖ্āĻĄাāĻ্āĻā§°ā§° āĻĢাāϞে āĻূā§°ি āĻ'āϞে, "āĻāĻ্āĻা, āĻাā§°, āĻŽāĻ āĻāĻļা āĻā§°োঁ ।")
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4. Why does the conductor refer to Valli as 'madam'?
( āĻāĻŖ্āĻĄাāĻ্āĻā§°ে āĻŦāϞ্āϞীāĻ 'āĻŽেāĻĄাāĻŽ' āĻŦুāϞি āĻিāϝ় āĻāϞ্āϞেāĻ āĻā§°ে? )
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5. Find the lines in the text which tell you that Valli was enjoying her ride on the bus.
( āĻĒাāĻ ā§° āĻļাā§°ীāĻŦোā§° āĻŦিāĻাā§°ি āĻāϞিāϝ়াāĻāĻ āϝিāϝ়ে āĻāĻĒোāύাāĻ āĻāϝ় āϝে āĻাāϞীāϝ়ে āĻŦাāĻāϤ āϤাāĻā§° āϝাāϤ্ā§°া āĻāĻĒāĻোāĻ āĻā§°ি āĻāĻিāϞ। )
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6. Why does Valli refuse to look out the window on her way back?
( āĻাāϞীāϝ়ে āĻāĻāϤি āĻ āĻšাā§° āĻĒāĻĨāϤ āĻিā§°িāĻীā§° āĻŦাāĻšিā§°āϞৈ āĻাāĻŦāϞৈ āĻিāϝ় āĻ āϏ্āĻŦীāĻাā§° āĻā§°ে? )
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7. What does Valli mean when she says, "I was just agreeing with you said about things happening without our knowledge."
( āĻাāϞীāϝ়ে āϝেāϤিāϝ়া āĻāĻāĻĻā§°ে āĻৈāĻিāϞ, "āĻāĻŽাā§° āĻ āĻ্āĻাāϤে āĻāĻি āĻĨāĻা āĻāĻāύাāĻŦোā§°ā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻŽāĻ āĻāĻĒোāύাā§° āϏৈāϤে āϏāύ্āĻŽāϤ āĻšৈ āĻāĻিāϞো।" )
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8. The author describes the things that Valli sees from an eight-year-old's point of view. Can you find evidence from the text for this statement?
( āĻāĻāύ āĻāĻ āĻŦāĻā§°ীāϝ়া āĻļিāĻļুā§° āĻĻৃāώ্āĻিāĻোāĻŖā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻাāϞীāϝ়ে āĻĻেāĻা āĻŦāϏ্āϤুāĻŦোā§° āϞেāĻāĻে āĻŦā§°্āĻŖāύা āĻā§°িāĻে। āĻāĻĒুāύি āĻāĻ āĻŦিāĻŦৃāϤিāĻোā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻĒাāĻ ā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻĒ্ā§°āĻŽাāĻŖ āĻŦিāĻাā§°ি āĻĒাāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°িāĻŦāύে? )
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