*3. The
Little Girl (Katherine Mansfield)*
Very Short Type Question-Answer
*1.
What was the name of the ‘little girl’ in the story?*
Ans. Kezia
*2. Who was Kezia?*
Ans. A little girl
*3. Who is the writer of this story?*
Ans. Katherine Mansfield
*4. To the little girl who was a figure to be feared and avoided?*
Ans. Her father
*5. How did Kezia feel when her father left for the office?*
Ans. A sense of relief
*6. What does Kezia’s father compare her to?*
Ans. An owl
*7. How many members were there in Kezia’s family?*
Ans. Four
*8. Who was the cook in Kezia’s house?*
Ans. Alice
*9. What did Kezia discover on the bed-table?*
Ans. Many sheets of fine paper
*10. What did Kezia’s grandmother suggest Kezia to give a surprise gift
to her father on his birthday?*
Ans. Pin-cushion
*11. Who was Kezia’s neighbor?*
Ans. Mr. Macdonald
*12. How many children did Macdonald have?*
Ans. Five
*13. Why was Kezia’s father going to beat her?*
Ans. Because she had torn important papers into pieces
*14. Who was Alice?*
Ans. The cook in Kezia’s house
*15. Where did Kezia’s grandmother and mother went one day?*
Ans. To hospital
* 3. The Little Girl (Katherine Mansfield)*
Short
Type Q-Ans.
*1.
Why was Kezia afraid of her father?*
Ans. He used to speak rudely to her and always found faults in her. He always gave commands to everybody
in the house. He was the person of strict behaviour. He never played with
Kezia.
*2.
Who were the people in Kezia’s family?*
Ans. There were four members in her family, her father, mother, grandmother and
Kezia herself. Alice was the cook in her house.
*3.
What were Kezia’s feelings for her father?*
Ans. Kezia thought her father was a hard-working but
short-tempered man. He was a strict person who always gave commands to others.
He was a quiet man. He did not play with
her.
*4.
Why did Kezia’s father punish her with a ruler?*
Ans. She was making a gift to
present her father on his birthday. So she tore important papers to stuff in
the pin cushion. It was important speech written by her father on these papers. So her father punished her for tearing these papers.
*1.
Narrate in about 100 words the story ‘The Little Girl’.*
Ans. The main theme of the
story is the relationship between parents and their children. The children share a very deep bond of love with their parents. Young children do
not feel that their parents love and care for them because they are strict to
them. They don’t like their actions. But when children grow up they realize
that all the acts of their parents were favourable for them. The bond of love
between parents and their children has been underlined through this story.
Kezia, who afraid from his father in the beginning for his strictness, later
understand how his father treats him with love and affection.