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1. Very short answer questions: 1
mark each
a. Who
is the author of “The Cutting of My Long Hair”?
Ans: Zitkala-Sa is the author of “The
Cutting of My Long Hair.”
Ans: The first day in the land of apples was a
bitter-cold one; for the snow still covered the ground, and the trees were
bare.
c. What is a ‘belfry’?
Ans: Belfry is a type of bell-tower.
d. Who came after Zit Kala-Sa
on her first day among strangers ?
Ans: A paleface woman with white hair came after Zit Kala-Sa on her
first day among strangers.
e. Why did Zitkala-Sa feel
like sinking to the floor?
Ans: When Zitkala-Sa walked noiselessly in her soft
moccasins, then she felt like sinking to the floor, for her blanket had been
stripped from her shoulders. She looked hard at the Indian girls, who seemed
not to care that they were even more immodestly dressed than her.
f.Who were the ‘three young braves’ in young Zitkala-Sa’s party ?
Ans: “The three
young braves” were the three boys who entered at an opposite door while Zitkala
and her friends marched into the dining room. Zitkala-Sa watched for the three young braves
who came in young Zitkala-Sa’s
party.
g.How many times did the bell
ring before the children began having breakfast?
Ans: The bell rang three
times before the children began having breakfast.
h. Why did little Zitkala-Sa
hide under a bed, in a strange large room?
Ans: Zitkala-Sa heard from
her friend, Judewin that the paleface woman talked about cutting their long,
heavy hair. So/for this reason, Zitkala-Sa hid under a bed, in a strange large
room.
i. Who was Zitkala-Sa’s
friend ?
Ans: Judewin was Zitkala-Sa’s
friend.
j.When did Zitkala-Sa lose
her spirits ?
Ans: When Zitkala-Sa felt the
cold blades of the scissors (কেঁচি) against
her neck (গলা) and heard
them gnaw off one of her thick braids, then Zitkala-Sa lost her spirits.
k.How long did Bama actually
take to reach home from school ?
Ans: It actually took ten minutes for Bama to reach home from
school.
l.How long did Bama usually
take to reach home ?
Ans: It took usually half an
hour for Bama to reach home.
m. Why were the animals
muzzled (মুখ বন্ধ) in Bama’s story ?
Ans: The animals were muzzled
so that they wouldn’t help themselves to the straw in Bama’s story.
n.What did the elder of Bama’s
street carry ?
Ans: The elder of Bama’s
street carried vadai
or
green banana bhajji
in
the packet.
B.Short Answer Questions: 2
marks each.
a. What was the land of apples like ?
Answer: The first day in the
land of apples was like a bitter-cold one; for the snow still covered the
ground, and the trees were bare.
b. What were the different
noises that seemed to upset little Zitkala-Sa ?
Ans: Among the different
noises that seemed to upset little Zitkala-Sa, one was the large bell with its
loud metallic voice/sound. The other was the annoying clatter of shoes on
bare floors which gave no peace. Also, the constant clash of harsh noises,
with an undercurrent of many voices murmuring an unknown tongue made a
bedlam/madhouse.
c.Who were marched into the
dinning room ?
Ans: A line of girls were
marching into the dining room. These were Indian girls, in stiff shoes and closely
clinging dresses. Besides/also, the small girls wore sleeved aprons and
shingled hair.
d. What was Zitkala’s idea
regarding short, shingled hair ?
Ans: Zitkala’s idea regarding short, shingled hair
was that only unskilled warriors who were captured had their hair shingled by
the enemy. Among their people, short hair was worn by mourners and shingled
hair by cowards.
e.What was Zitkala-Sa’s
immediate reaction to the cutting of her hair ?
Or: How did Zitkala-Sa feel
made one when she was of many little animals led by a harder.
Ans: After cutting of Zitkala-Sa’s hair, she lost
her spirit. She had suffered extreme indignities. People had stared at her. She
had been tossed about in the air like a wooden puppet. Her long hair was
shingled like a coward’s. In her anguish, she moaned for her mother, but no one
came to comfort her. Not a soul reasoned quietly with her, as her own mother
used to do; for now she was only one of many little animals driven by a herder.
f.Why was Annan not amused by
Bama’s story ?
Ans: Annan knew that the man or the elder was not
being funny. The man or the elder belonged to a low caste like Annan and Bama.
If he touched it, then it would be polluted. So, Annan not amused by Bama’s
story instead he was very sad for the story.
g. “Because they had scraped
four coins together….”, what was the reason for this outburst (বিস্ফোরণ ) by Bama
?
Ans:
Bama was outburst by thinking
about the upper caste people. They had scraped ‘four coins together’ that means
lost their all human feelings. They did not feel that the lower caste people
were also human beings. Bama was also depress/sadness at the matter that their
people always ran after them and worked in their fields and took home their
wages.
h.When did Bama experienced
untouchability ?
Ans: One day, Bama saw that
an elder man carried a small packet of vadai or green
banana bhajji in the packet without touching it. The man
went directly to the landlord and gave it to him and the landlord began to eat
after opening it. In this scene, Bama was so amused and elaborated to her
brother, Annan. When her brother explained about the lower caste and
untouchability then she understood and experienced the untouchability.
i.Why did Bama feel terribly
sad and provoked ?
Ans: When Bama mentioned the
story of the elder then Annan was not amused. Annan told Bama that the man or
the elder was not being funny. The man or the elder belonged to a low caste
like Annan and Bama. If he touched it, then it would be polluted for his lower
caste.
After hearing this, she did
not want to laugh any more, and she felt terribly sad and provoked for the upper caste
people.
j. What did Annan say about
his community to the narrator?
Ans: Annan told the narrator or Bama that they were
born into the lower cast community. They were never given any honour or dignity
or respect and they were stripped of all that.
k. How was the narrator
inspired by the words of her elder brother, Annan ?
Ans: Annan told the narrator
or Bama that they were born into lower cast community. They were never given
any honour or dignity or respect and they were stripped of all that. Annan
suggested Bama that if they studied and made progress then they could throw
away these indignities. Also, he advised her to study and make progress. Besides,
he told that If she were always ahead in her lessons, people would come to her
of their own accord and attach themselves to her.
l.What things were seen by Bama in the bazaar, according to the
season?
Answer: Bama enjoyed all the
fun-games, entertaining novelties and oddities of streets, the shops and the
bazaar. According to the season, there were mango, cucumber, sugar-cane,
sweet-potato, palm-shoots, gram, palm-syrup and palm-fruit, guavas and
jack-fruit in the bazaar. The people
were selling sweet and savoury fried snacks, payasam, halva, boiled tamarind
seeds and iced lollies.
m. How did Zitkala- Sa try to
hide herself from the other people in the school? Did she succeed?
Or: What did Zitkala-Sa do to
escape getting her hair shingled.
Answer:
To hide
herself from the other people in the school, Zitkala-Sa escaped and
entered a large room with three white beds. She crawled under the bed and
huddled herself in the dark corner.
Someone
threw up the curtains and the room was filled with sudden light. After that,
she was carried downstairs and tied fast in a chair. She resisted by cried
aloud, shaking her head all while but she was failed and not succeeded to
escape getting her hair shingled.
n. Why did Zitkala-Sa feel
uncomfortable in the dining room?
Answer: Zitkala-Sa felt uncomfortable
in the dining room as she was the newest. She could not adjust with the Indian girls, in stiff shoes and closely clinging dresses, sleeved aprons
and shingled hair. Her blanket had been stripped from her shoulders. She could
not adjustment the sound of bells and the uses. She was very much disturbed by
the paleface woman who wondering keenly watched her. She was afraid to venture
anything more and began crying instead. The eating formula was the hardest
trial for her.
o.Why
was Zitkala-Sa terrified when Judwin told her that her hair would be cut short?
Answer: Zitkala-Sa
was terrified when Judwin told her that her hair would be cut short. Because,
Zitkala-Sa’s mother had taught her that only unskilled warriors who were
captured had their hair shingled by the enemy. Among their people, short hair
was worn by mourners and shingled hair by cowards.