Sponsor Area
The Letter
'Ali displays qualities of love and patience.' Give evidence from the story to support the statement.
Ali hoped that one day he will receive a letter from her daughter. So he went to the Post Office daily for five years and asked the Post Master if there was a letter from her daughter Miriam. He was insulted and humiliated by the employees but he always ignored them. He gave a clerk five gold guineas and requested him to deliver the letter, if it would come, to his grave.
Some More Questions From The Letter Chapter
Ali did not come to the Post Office for several days as ____.
'Tortured by doubt and remorse, he sat down in the glow of the charcoal sigri to wait.' The Post Master was waiting for ____.
Who was Ali? Where did he go daily?
'Ali displays qualities of love and patience.' Give evidence from the story to support the statement.
How do you know Ali was a familiar figure at the Post Office?
Why did Ali give up hunting?
What impression do you form of the postmaster after reading the story, 'The Letter'?
The postmaster says to Ali, 'What a pest you are, brother!' Do you agree with the statement? Give reasons for your answer.
'Ali came out very slowly, turning after every few steps to gaze at the post office. His eyes were filled with tears of helplessness, for his patience was exhausted, even though he still had faith.' Why were Ali's eyes filled with tears of helplessness? What had exhausted his patience but not his faith?
'Tortured by doubt and remorse, he sat down in the glow of the charcoal sigri to wait.' Who is tortured by doubt and remorse? Why? What is he waiting for?
Sponsor Area
Mock Test Series
Mock Test Series