Q.1. What was unusual about Kezia’ stuttering?
Ans. Kezia was able to speak without stuttering to everyone in the household but her father. In her father’s formidable presence, she could barely speak and she stuttered as she attempted to speak to him.
Q.2. Why was there hue and cry on the loss of the papers in the house?
Ans. There was so much hue and cry in the house on the loss of the papers because the father’s great speech for the Port Authority was written in them.
Q.3. Why was Kezia afraid of her father?
Ans. Kezia was afraid of her father’s strictness and terrifying, angry look. Instead of tender love and affection, she would get harsh words of scolding and physical punishment from him. Evert's giant-like size would terrify her.
Q.4. Who were the people in Kezia’s family?
Ans. There were four people in Kezia’s family- her father who was very strict, her mother who was stern and aloof; her soft-hearted and loving grandmother; and little Kezia herself.
Q.5. What was Kezia’s father’s routine before going to the office and after coming back in the evening?
Ans. Before going to the office, Kezia’s father would come to her room, give her a casual kiss, and leave for work. He would return in the evening and demand that tea be brought into the drawing-room, and ask for his papers and slippers in a loud voice.
Q.6. What would Kezia’s mother ask her to do when Father returned from office?
Ans. When Father returned home from the office, the mother would tell Kezia to come downstairs and take off her father’s shoes. She would also be told to take the shoes outside. Further, she was ordered by Father to put his teacup back on the table.
Q.7. Why did Kezia go slowly towards the drawing room when the mother asked her to come downstairs?
Ans. Kezia never enjoyed the company of her dominating father. He always scolded her for one thing or the other and never appreciated or loved her. She was so frightened of him that she went very slowly towards the drawing room when she was asked to come downstairs to take off his shoes.
Q.8. Which expressions on Kezia’s face annoyed Father?
Ans. Besides her stuttering, the expressions of gloom and wretchedness on Kezia’s face annoyed Father. He felt that with such expressions, she seemed as if she were on the verge of suicide.
Q.9. Why did Kezia stutter in the presence of Father?
Ans. Kezia’s father’s domineering personality and frequent scolding shook her self-confidence. She felt under pressure to please him, so she would search hard for appropriate words in her mind while talking to him. This pressure made her stutter in his presence.
Q.10. Why did Kezia feel that her father was like a giant?
Ans. Kezia felt that her father was like a giant because he had very big hands and neck. His mouth seemed big, especially when he yawned. In addition, his stern and cold behaviour too made the little girl thinks of him as a giant.
Q.11. In what ways did Kezia’s grandmother encourage her to get to know her parents better?
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Why did Kezia’s grandmother send her to the drawing-room every Sunday afternoon?
Ans. Kezia’s grandmother wanted the little girl’s bond with her parents should be strong. Therefore, every Sunday afternoon, she would encourage Kezia to go downstairs to the drawing-room, have a nice conversation with them, and get to know them better.
Q.12. What was Kezia’s father’s routine on Sundays?
Ans. On Sundays, Kezia’s father would relax in the afternoon. He would stretch out on the sofa in their drawing-room, put the handkerchief on his face, feet on the best cushion and sleep snoring soundly. All this while, her mother would be absorbed in reading the newspaper.
Q.13. What would Kezia do while her father slept on Sundays? What happened when he woke up?
Ans. Kezia would sit on a stool and gravely watch her father until he woke up and stretched to ask the time. Then, he would look at her and tell her not to stare at him as it made her look like a brown owl.
Q.14. What did Grandmother ask Kezia to make and why?
Ans. Grandmother asked Kezia to make a pin-cushion out of a beautiful piece of yellow silk as a birthday present for Father. She wanted the little girl to present this pin-cushion as a surprise gift and make her father happy. This could possibly bring them both close to each other.
Q.15. What did Kezia make as a birthday gift for her father? How did she prepare it?
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Q.16. Why was there a hue and cry in Kezia’s house at night before her father’s birthday?
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Q.17. Why was Kezia dragged down to the dining room at night?
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Kezia was dragged down to the dining room at night to be brought in front of her father who was extremely angry as she had in the papers that had his great speech for the Port Authority.
Q.18. Why did Father come to Kezia’s room with a ruler?
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Q.19. Kezia’s efforts to please her father resulted in displeasing him very much. How did this happen?
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Q.20. Do you think Kezia was wrong in tearing the papers of her father? What does it show about her character?
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Q.21. How and why did Grandmother comfort Kezia after her father hit her with a ruler?
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Q.22. Why did Kezia ask, “What did God make fathers for?”
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Q.23. Why did Grandmother tell Kezia that her father was too Upset that night to listen to her?
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Q.24. How did Father punish Kezia? What was the impact of this punishment?
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Q.25. Who were Kezia’s neighbours? What did she observe about them?
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Q.26. Kezia felt that Mr. Macdonald was a better father as compared to her own father. Why?Ans.
Q.27. Why was Kezia left alone in the house with the cook Alice?
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Q.28. Why did Kezia suddenly grow afraid when Alice put her to bed?
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What did Kezia tell Alice, the cook, about her fear?
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Q.29. What kind of dreams did Kezia usually have?
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Q.30. How did Father comfort the little girl, Kezia, when she got scared in her sleep?
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Q.31. When and how does Kezia’s view of her father undergo a change?
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Q.32. How did Kezia feel when her father beat her?
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Q.33. Why was Kezia afraid of her father?
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Q.34. How did Kezia’s birthday present for her father proves to be a disaster for her?
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Q.35. What was the morning routine of Kezia and her father?
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Q.36. Why was Kezia punished by her father?
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Q.37. Kezia’s efforts to please her father resulted in displeasing him very much. How did this happen?
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Q.38. What kind of father was Mr. Macdonald, and how was he different from Kezia’s father?
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Q.39. Give in brief the message of the story ‘The Little Girl’.
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Q.40. Why was a hue and cry in the house? Why did her father punish Kezia?
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Q.41. Why did Kezia always stutter while talking to her father?
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Q.42. How did Kezia make a pin-cushion for her father?
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Q.43. In what ways did Kezia’s grandmother encourage her to get to know her father better?
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On Sunday afternoons, Kezia’s grandmother sent her to her father’s room to have a nice talk with him. Besides, she asked her to make a gift of a pin-cushion on her father’s birthday.
Q.44. Why was Kezia’s father to be feared and avoided? What did she think of him?
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Q.45. How did Kezia feel when her father left for office and why?
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