Worksheet Solutions: The gift of peace | Living in Harmony Class 5: Book Solutions, Notes & Worksheet PDF Download

Q1: Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs).

(i) What did the narrator do to comfort their friend in the hospital?
(a) Brought flowers
(b) Offered to play games
(c) Stroked her hands and prayed for her
(d) Ignored her pain
Ans: (c)
The narrator stroked their friend's hands and said, ‘I will pray that the pain goes away.’

(ii) Where does the gift of peace begin?
(a) Hospitals
(b) Schools
(c) In our hearts
(d) Television stations
Ans: (c)
"The gift of peace begins in our hearts."

(iii) Who can be messengers of peace?
(a) Only adults
(b) Only teachers
(c) Only doctors
(d) Even children
Ans: (d)
"Even children can be messengers of peace."

(iv) What happens when there is no peace?
(a) Adults suffer the most
(b) Children suffer the most
(c) Nobody suffers
(d) Only teachers suffer
Ans: (b)
"Where there is no peace, children suffer the most."

(v) How does the gift of peace spread?
(a) Only to friends
(b) Only to family
(c) From us to our families and friends, then to neighbors and everyone around us, and onto the nation and the world.
(d) Only to neighbors
Ans: (c)
The spread of the gift of peace from individual hearts to the world.

Q2: Fill in the Blanks.

(i) "I am eight years old and I study in the __________ elementary grade."
Ans: second
"I am eight years old and I study in the second elementary grade."

(ii) "When the water and the electricity were cut, we could not have a ________ or even clean the house."
Ans: second
"I am eight years old and I study in the second elementary grade."

(iii) "Last year, all schools and universities were closed, and no one could go to ________."
Ans: work
"Last year, all schools and universities were closed, and no one could go to work."

(iv) "We woke up to the sound of ________."
Ans: bombing
"We woke up to the sound of bombing."

(v) "We spent two weeks without electricity and ________."
Ans: running water
"We spent two weeks without electricity and running water."

Q3: Match the Column.

Ans:

Q4: True or False.

(i) The narrator's house was destroyed during the incident.
Ans: False
"At that time I thought our house had also been destroyed, but we did not know what was happening."

(ii) The narrator could go to summer camp when schools closed.
Ans: False
"I could not go to summer camp. I had to stay at home."

(iii) The incident on a Thursday.
Ans: True
"It was a Thursday and I was at school."

(iv) During the two weeks without electricity, the narrator used disposable cups and plates to save water.
Ans: True
"In order to save the stored water, we used disposable cups and plates."

(v) The narrator could walk freely on the streets during the incident.
Ans: False
"I would walk very fast and sometimes I forgot what my mother had asked me to buy because soldiers were shooting anyone who walked on the streets."