Question
Read the following passages carefully and answer the questions that follow:
Valli always used these hours for her ‘excursions’ as she stood looking from the doorway of her house or sometimes even ventured out into the village; today, these same hours could be used for her first excursion outside the village.
1. What does ‘these hours’ mean in the given context?
2. What is meant by ‘excursions’ in this context?
3. The phrase ‘ventured out’ here conveys the sense of?
Solution
1. ‘These hours’ here means the time of Valli’s mother’s afternoon nap.
2. Excursions mean her watching the street, or going to the village or staring at the bus and its passengers.
3. Wandering cautiously and courageously.
