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The Little Girl
Question
In what ways did Kezia’s grandmother encourage her to get to know her
father better?
Solution
Kezia’s grandmother encouraged her to get to know her father better by sending her to the drawing room to talk to her parents on Sundays. She also suggested Kezia to make a pin cushion out of a beautiful piece of yellow silk as a gift for her father’s birthday.
Some More Questions From The Little Girl Chapter
Given below are some emotions that Kezia felt. Match the emotions in Column A
with the items in Column B.

Why was Kezia afraid of her father?
Who were the people in Kezia’s family?
What was Kezia’s father’s routine
(i) before going to his office?
(ii) after coming back from his office?
(iii) on Sundays?
In what ways did Kezia’s grandmother encourage her to get to know her
father better?
Kezia’s efforts to please her father resulted in displeasing him very much.
How did this happen?
Kezia decides that there are “different kinds of fathers”. What kind of father
was Mr Macdonald, and how was he different from Kezia’s father?
What do the following phrases mean to you? Discuss in class.
(i) humid shadows
(ii) starry spheres
(iii) what a bliss
(iv) a thousand dreamy fancies into busy being start
(v) a thousand recollections weave their air-threads into woof
(i) humid shadows
(ii) starry spheres
(iii) what a bliss
(iv) a thousand dreamy fancies into busy being start
(v) a thousand recollections weave their air-threads into woof
What does the poet like to do when it rains?
What is the single major memory that comes to the poet? Who are the “darling dreamers” he refers to?
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