Hi Everyone!! This article will share The Growing Years Questions & Answers.
In my previous posts, I have shared the questions and answers of The Lazy Gardener, Prayer, The Kites and Five Men In A Cart so, you can check these posts as well.
The Growing Years Questions & Answers
Question 1: Choose the correct option:
1. To cut the jackfruit, Grandma used
(a) a blade
(b) a knife
(c) a saw
(d) an axe
2. Among the children, the narrator was
(a) the youngest
(b) Grandma’s dearest
(c) the eldest
(d) none of these
3. When Grandma invited her to help, the narrator was
(a) confident
(b) nervous
(c) depressed
(d) relentless
4. Grandma gave the children ___________ pieces of fruit each.
(a) three
(b) four
(c) five
(d) two
Question 2: Fill in the blanks.
1. Grandma sat down on the broad wooden doorstep.
2. She poured some oil on her hands and knife.
3. The narrator’s age was ten.
4. The jackfruit was yellow in colour.
5. The aunt brought five plates.
Question 3: Where did Grandma sit down?
Answer: Grandma sat down on the broad wooden doorstep.
Question 4: Why did the knife look like a toy in Grandma’s hands?
Answer: The knife that looked so menacing when it was lying harmlessly beside the other kitchen utensils, looked like a toy in Grandma’s deft hands because she knew how to use it.
Question 5: What made the narrator both excited and fearful at the same time?
Answer: The narrator was both excited and fearful at the same time because now it was the time to cut the giant jackfruit.
Question 6: The children questioned Grandma for one whole week. What were the questions about?
Answer: The children questioned Grandma for one whole week as when was the right time to cut the giant jackfruit that Uncle had carried home one evening from the fields.
Question 7: Why did no hand go near the jackfruit?
Answer: No hand went near the jackfruit because there were some unsaid rules in Grandma’s house and the children all knew them.
So, these were the Questions & Answers.