Read the stanza given below and answer the questions that follow each:
The little old house was out with a little new shed
In front at the edge of the road where the traffic sped
A roadside stand that too pathetically pled
It would not be fair to say for a dole of bread
But for some of the money, the cash, whose flow supports
The flower of cities from sinking and withering faint

1. Where was the little new shed put up? What was its purpose?
2. What did it plead for? Why do you think it pled pathetically?

What was put up in front of an old house at the edge of the road?

• A saloon

• A shanty

• A little newshed

• A mall

The purpose of the putting up of the shed was to:

• earn some money from city people who passed from there

• sell liquor

• sell cheap items

• Both (a) and (c)

The shed pled pathetically because:

• people of high strata of life passed from the road indifferently

• the police was troubling its owner

• the terrorists threatened its owner

• there was shortage of customers