Class 6 English Honeysuckle Chapter 5 Practice Question Answers - A Different kind of school

Q1: What did Miss Beam tell the author about the game being played among the friends?
Ans: Miss Beam explained to the author that no child was lame, blind or crippled. They were, in fact, being made to understand misfortune. Every child had one blind day. one lame day and one dumb day. They were helped by other children.

Q2: How did the girl explain the ‘bad days’? Why were they bad?
Ans: Amongst the bad days, the day when the arm was tied up was troublesome, because you need help for eating, to doing any other work. Being blind on the blind day was also a bad day because the head ached and there was fear of getting hurt all the time.

Q3: What was the purpose of these special days?
Ans: The purpose of special days was to teach thoughtfulness kindness to others, and being responsible citizens. To make the children appreciate and understand misfortune, they were made to share in misfortune too.

Q4: What was the real aim of Miss Beam’s school?
Ans: The real aim of Miss Beam’s school was not to teach so many subjects to make them thoughtful. They were trained to be kind to others and become responsible citizens. The school aimed at teaching ‘thoughtfulness’.

Q5: How did Miss Beam look like?
Ans: Miss Beam was a middle aged, authoritative woman. She was kind and understanding. Since she was middle aged, her hair had started turning grey. She had a motherly plump figure.

Q6: How successful was Miss Beam in inculcating values in her students?
Ans: Miss Beam was known for her efforts in inculcating the values in her students. She focused on academics as well. Her students were taught spelling, reading, adding subtracting, multiplying and writing. They were also educated to be socially responsible citizen. They were given chances to help and coordinate well with each other. The author was impressed with their bond and sharing of responsibilities. He also liked the altitude, zeal and enthusiasm with which Miss Beam was educating her students. At the end, we can say that she had successfully inculcated empathy, companionship among her school students.

Q7: What is your opinion about the teaching methods of Miss Beam’s school. Whether they were correct or not? Give reasons to support your answer.
Ans: In my opinion the teaching methods of Miss Beam’s school were correct and appropriate to show their sympathy. Each term every child had one blind day, one lame day, one deaf day, one injured day and one dumb day in the school. Through this method the students will undergo pain and suffering and they will understand misfortune of disabled persons on these days the children are unable to do anything themselves and needed help and other children are given the duty of helping them. All the children learn many things with this teaching method. This will make them responsible and better citizen for future.

Q8: “This is a very important part of our system. To make our children appreciate and understand misfortune, we make them share in misfortune too. Each term every child has one blind day, one lame day, one def day, one injured day and one dumb day. During the blind day their eyes are bandaged absolutely and they are on their honour not to peep. The bandage is put on overnight so they wake blind. This means that they need help with everything. Other children are given the duty of helping them and leading them about. They all learn so much this way- both the blind and the helpers.
Questions:
(i) What was the very important part of the school?
Ans: The very important part of the school system was to make children responsible and understand misfortune.

(ii) What was done on “blind day’?
Ans: During the blind day their eyes were bandaged.

(iii) What was the duty of the helpers?
Ans: The helpers were given duty of helping and leading the blind student of the day.

(iv) Why was ‘lame day’ organised for each term?
Ans: Lame day was organised to make children appreciate and understand misfortune.

(v) Give the meaning of‘are on their honour’.
Ans: ‘have promised’.

Q9: “Oh, yes”, she said. “Let’s go for a little walk. Only you must tell me about things. I shall be so glad when today is over. The other bad days can’t be half as bad as this. Having a leg tied up and hopping about on a crutch is almost fun, I guess. Having an arm tied up is a bit more troublesome because you can’t eat without help, and things like that. I don’t think I’ll mind being deaf for a day at least not much. But being blind is so frightening. My head aches all the time just from worrying that I’ll get hurt. Where are we now?”
Questions:
(i) What was the writer taken for?
Ans: The writer was taken for a little walk.

(ii) Which is the ‘funny lame day’ for the girl?
Ans: The funniest lame day was when her one leg was tied and she had to hop on a crutch.

(iii) Which was the toughest activity for.the ’girl?
Ans: The toughest activity for her was being blind folded.

(iv) What Worried her the most on being blind?
Ans: The fear of getting hurt was the reason of her worry.

(v) Give the noun form of‘troublesome’.
Ans: troublesomeness.

Q10: When I arrived there was no one in sight but a girl of about twelve. Her eyes were covered with a bandage and she was being led carefully between the flower-beds by a little boy, who was about four years younger. She stopped, and it looked like she asked him who had come. He seemed to be describing me to her. Then they passed on.
Questions:
(i) Where did the writer arrive?
Ans: The writer arrived at Miss Beam’s school.

(ii) What was the girl doing?
Ans: The girl was led by a boy as her eyes were covered with a bandage.

(iii) What was the age of the girl?
Ans: The girl was about twelve years.

(iv) Why has the girl stopped?
Ans: The girl was stopped to enquired about the visitor.

(v) Change the adverb ‘Carefully’ into an adjective.
Ans: Careful.