*Ch.-1. A Letter to God (G.L. Fuentes)*
*1. Who is the writer of ‘A Letter to God’?*
Ans. G. L. Fuentes
*2. Who was Lencho?*
Ans. He was a hard working farmer
*3. Where was his house located?*
Ans. on the top of a low hill
*4. How did Lencho feel when it started raining?*
Ans. He felt very happy
*5. What were Lencho's older boys doing?*
Ans. They were working in the fields
*6. What are called frozen pearls in “A Letter to God”?
Ans. Hailstones
*7. Did the corn remain safe after the hail?*
Ans. No, the crop was totally destroyed.
*8. What is “a plague of locusts”?*
Ans. A group of insects
*9. What is the meaning of the Spanish word 'peso'?*
Ans. A coin
*10. How much money had Lencho asked for?*
Ans. One hundred pesos
*11. How much money did Lencho receive from God?*
Ans. only seventy pesos
*12. How much money did he ask God to send more?*
Ans. Thirty pesos
*13. What is the synonym of 'crest'?*
Ans. Top
*14. What is the meaning of ‘an ox of a man’?*
Ans. a hardworking man
*15. What happened when Lencho’s family was having a meal?
Ans. Big drops of rain began to fall
*16. “Now we're really going to get some water, woman.” Who is this woman?*
Ans. Lencho's wife
*17. What had Lencho been doing throughout the morning?*
Ans. He had been looking towards the sky in the northeast
*18. What destroyed Lencho's field completely?*
Ans. Hailstones
*19. Who was a fat amiable fellow in “A letter to God”?*
Ans. The postmaster
*20. What was the reaction of the postman when he saw the address on the envelope?*
Ans. He laughed heartily
*21. These truly did resemble new silver coins.' What are these?*
Ans. Hailstones
*22. Who helped Lencho in reality?*
Ans. The post office's employees
*23. What does Lencho call the post office employees?*
Ans. A bunch of crooks.
*1. A Letter to God (G.L. Fuentes)*
Textual Questions
*1. What did Lencho hope for?*
Ans. Lencho hoped for rain. Because his field needed rain for a good harvest.
*2. Where was Lencho’s house situated?*
Ans. Lencho's house was located on the top of a low hill. It was the only house in the entire valley.
*3. Why did Lencho say the raindrops were like ‘new coins’?*
Ans. His crop was needed a good rain. When rain came, he compared the raindrops to new coins. He called the big drops ten-cent and the small drops five-cent.
*4. How did the rain change? What happened to Lencho's field?*
Ans. The rain changed into the hailstorm. It continued for an hour. As a result, the corn in his field was totally destroyed.
*5. Who or what did Lencho have faith in? What did he do?*
Ans. Lencho had faith in God. He believed that God would help him. So he wrote a letter to God. He explained his situation and asked for one hundred pesos.
*6. Why was Lencho angry when he received money?*
Ans. Lencho asked for one hundred pesos from God. But the post office employees sent him only seventy pesos. Lencho was angry to find less money. He called them 'a bunch of crooks' to keep his money.
*7. Why did the postmaster decide to answer Lencho's letter to God?*
Ans. The postmaster was deeply moved by Lencho’s faith in God. He decided to answer the letter so that Lencho's faith in God would not be shaken.
*8. What was the single word written as a signature on the letter sent back to Lencho?*
Ans. GOD (The postmaster signed it this way so Lencho would believe it came directly from heaven/God).
Long-Answer
*Q. 1 Why did Lencho write a letter to God?*
Ans. Lencho is the main character of the story “A Letter to God.” He was a hardworking farmer. He lived in a small house which was situated on the crest (top) of a low hill in the valley. His house was the only house in the entire valley. He lived with his wife and his sons.
This year, his crop was needed of a good rain. When the rain came, it suddenly changed into heavy hailstones. It rained for an hour. The hailstones destroyed Lencho's crops completely. He was very sad. He had only one hope to get help from God. He had great faith in God. He thought God would help him. So he decided to write a letter to God. He wrote a letter to God and asked for one hundred pesos.