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The Little Girl

The document is a worksheet for Class IX English students at G.D. Goenka Public School, Jammu, focusing on the story 'The Little Girl.' It includes comprehension questions, multiple-choice questions, and short answer prompts that encourage students to analyze the characters and themes in the story, particularly the relationship between Kezia and her father. The questions aim to assess students' understanding of emotional dynamics and character perspectives.

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The Little Girl

The document is a worksheet for Class IX English students at G.D. Goenka Public School, Jammu, focusing on the story 'The Little Girl.' It includes comprehension questions, multiple-choice questions, and short answer prompts that encourage students to analyze the characters and themes in the story, particularly the relationship between Kezia and her father. The questions aim to assess students' understanding of emotional dynamics and character perspectives.

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G.D.

GOENKA PUBLIC SCHOOL, JAMMU


(Governed by Om Prakash Bansal Charitable Trust Regd.)

TOPIC-The Little Girl

CLASS: IX SUBJECT: ENGLISH SEC:

NAME: WORKSHEET ROLL NO.:

Q1. Read the following passage and answer the following questions:

And oh, there was a glad sense of relief when she heard the noise of the carriage
growing fainter and fainter down the long road! In the evening when he came home,
she stood near the staircase and heard his loud voice in the hall. “Bring my tea into the
drawing-room... Hasn’t the paper come yet? Mother, go and see if my paper’s out there
— and bring me my slippers. By that time, he had his spectacles on and looked at her
over them in a way that was terrifying to the little girl. “Well, Kezia, hurry up and pull off
these boots and take them outside. Have you been a good girl today?” “I d-d-don’t
know, Father.” You d-d-don’t know? If you stutter like that Mother will have to take you
to the doctor.” She never stuttered with other people — had quite given it up — but only
with Father, because then she was trying so hard to say the words properly.

1. When did ‘she’ feel happy?


(a) When the noise of carriage became louder
(b) When the noise of carriage remained constant
(c) When the noise of carriage reduced
(d) When the noise of was around the corner of her house.

2. The story ‘The little girl ‘does not reflect


(a) an emotionally imbalanced relationship.
(b) a hard phase of life.
(c) a young child’s point of view about her father.
(d) a streak of control in her father’s nature.

3. Kezia’s stuttering was


a) as a result of an accident.
b) due to her low confidence.
c) when she was alone and afraid.
d) as she used to pretend.

4. Choose a word, which does not correspond to “stuttered’.


a) stammered
b) spluttered
c) articulated
d) gabbed

Q2 Answer the following questions in 20- 30 words


i. Do you think Kezia’s father was right in punishing her? Support your answer with a
reason.
ii. What does Kezia mean when she asks her grandmother, “What did God make
Fathers for?”

Q3 Answer the following questions in 40- 50 words

i. Do you think Kezia was wrong in tearing her father’s papers? What does it show
about her character?
ii. Why did Kezia feel that Mr. McDonald was a better father as compared to her own
father?

Q4 Answer the following questions in 100-120 words

i. Give in detailed a pen portrait of Kezia’s father.


ii. Every father has a love for his child whether he expresses his love or not.
Comment on the basis of the story ‘The Little Girl’.

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