Rohit Yadav
Oral Comprehension Check
1. What did Lencho hope for?
Answer:- Lencho hoped for rain as the only thing that his field of ripe corn needed was a shower.
2. Why did Lencho say the raindrops were like ‘new coins’?
Answer:- Lencho’s crops were ready for harvest. As raindrops would have helped in getting a better harvest, resulting in more prosperity, so Lencho compared them with new coins.
3. How did the rain change? What happened to Lencho’s fields?
Answer:- The rain was pouring down. But suddenly, a strong wind began to blow and very large hailstones began to fall along with the rain.
All the crops in Lencho’s fields were destroyed.
4. What were Lencho’s feelings when the hail stopped?
Answer:- After the hail stopped, Lencho’s soul was filled with sadness. He could see a bleak future for him and his family. He was worried about the lack of food for the coming year.
Oral Comprehension Check
1. Who or what did Lencho have faith in? What did he do?
Answer:- Lencho had faith in God. He believed that God’s eyes see everything, even what is deep in one’s conscience. He wrote a letter to God saying that he needed a hundred pesos to sow his field again.
2. Who read the letter?
Answer:- Postmaster read the letter.
3. What did the postmaster do then?
Answer:- The Postmaster first laughed. But then he became serious. He was deeply moved by the writer’s faith in God. He did not want to shake this faith. So he decided to collect the money and send it to Lencho.
Oral Comprehension Check
- Was Lencho surprised to find a letter for him with money in it?
Answer:- No. Lencho was not at all surprised to see the letter from God with money inside it. His confidence and faith in God was such that he had expected that reply from God.
2. What made him angry?
Answer:- When he finished counting money he found only seventy pesos. But he demanded a hundred pesos. He was confident that God could neither make a mistake nor deny him what he had requested. Therefore, he concluded that the post office employees must have taken the remaining thirty pesos.
Thinking about the Text
1. Who does Lencho have complete faith in? Which sentences in the story tell you this?
Answer:- Lencho had complete faith in God. The sentences in the story that show this are as follows:
(i) But in the hearts of all who lived in that solitary house in the middle of the valley, there was a single hope: help from God.
(ii) All through the night, Lencho thought only of his one hope: the help of God, whose eyes, as he had been instructed, see everything, even what is deep in one’s conscience.
(iii) “God,” he wrote, “if you don’t help me, my family and I will go hungry this year.”
(iv) He wrote ‘To God’ on the envelope, put the letter inside and, still troubled, went to town.
(v) God could not have made a mistake, nor could he have denied Lencho what he had requested.
(vi) It said: “God: of the money that I asked for, only seventy pesos reached me. Send me the rest, since I need it very much.”
2. Why does the postmaster send money to Lencho? Why does he sign the letter ‘God’?
Answer : The postmaster was moved by Lencho’s complete faith in God. So, he decided to send money to Lencho. Moreover, the postmaster did not want to shake Lencho’s faith in God. So, he signed the letter ‘God’. It was a good ploy to convey a message that God had himself written the letter.
3. Did Lencho try to find out who had sent the money to him? Why/Why not?
Answer:- No, Lencho does not try to find out who had sent the money to him. This is because he had great confidence in God and never suspected that it could be someone else other than God who would send him the money. His faith in God was so strong that he believed that God had sent him the money.
4. Who does Lencho think has taken the rest of the money? What is the irony in the situation? [Remember that the irony of a situation is an unexpected aspect of it. An ironic situation is strange or amusing because it is the opposite of what is expected.]
Answer:- Lencho thinks that the post office people have taken the money. It is the post office people who send the money to Lencho. But, on the other hand, Lencho thinks they have stolen his money. He calls them crooks. Thus there is an element of irony in this situation.
5. Are there people like Lencho in the real world? What kind of a person would you say he is? You may select appropriate words from the box to answer the question.
Greedy
Naïve
stupid
ungrateful
selfish
comical
unquestioning
Answer:- I don’t think there can be any such people in the real world. Lencho is literate and yet he doesn’t know how his letter will reach God without any address.
He probably would be naïve and unquestioning.
6. There are two kinds of conflict in the story: between humans and nature, and between humans themselves. How are these conflicts illustrated?
Answer:- The conflict between humans and nature is shown by the destruction of Lencho’s crops by the hailstorm. As the crops failed because of hail, Lencho started feeling sad and gloomy after the storm appropriately projects the conflict of nature and man. The Story also shows another conflict, between humans themselves. The postmaster, along with the help of the other post office employees, sent Lencho the money that they could manage to collect. They were not related to Lencho in any manner. It was an act of kindness and selflessness on their part. Even though they did a good deed, Lencho blamed them for taking away some amount of money. This shows that man does not have faith in his fellow humans, thereby giving rise to this conflict.
Thinking about the Language
1. There are different names in different parts of the world for storms, depending on their nature. Can you match the names in the box with their descriptions below, and fill in the blanks? You may use a dictionary to help you.
gale,
whirlwind,
cyclone,
hurricane,
tornado,
typhoon
1. A violent tropical storm in which strong winds move in a circle:
__ __ c __ __ __ __
2. An extremely strong wind: __ a __ __
3. A violent tropical storm with very strong winds: __ __ p __ __ __ __
4. A violent storm whose centre is a cloud in the shape of a funnel:
__ __ __ n __ __ __
5. A violent storm with very strong winds, especially in the western Atlantic ocean: __ __ r __ __ __ __ __ __
6. A very strong wind that moves very fast in a spinning movement and causes a lot of damage: __ __ __ __ l __ __ __ __
Answer:- 1. Cyclone
2. Gale
3. Typhoon
4. Tornado
5. Hurricane
6. Whirlwind
3. Join the sentences given below using who, whom, whose, and which as suggested.
1. I often go to Mumbai. Mumbai is the commercial capital of India. (which)
2. My mother is going to host a TV show on cooking. She cooks very well. (who)
3. These sportspersons are going to meet the President. Their performance has been excellent. (whose)
4. Lencho prayed to God. His eyes see into our minds. (whose)
5. This man cheated me. I trusted him. (whom)
Answer:- 1. I often go to Mumbai, which is the commercial capital of India.
2. My mother, who cooks very well, is going to host a TV show on cooking.
3. These sportspersons, whose performance has been excellent, are going to meet the President.
4. Lencho prayed to God, whose eyes see into our minds.
5. This man, whom I trusted, cheated me.
4. Find sentences in the story with negative words, which express the following ideas emphatically.
1. The trees lost all their leaves.
2. The letter was addressed to God himself.
3. The postman saw this address for the first time in his career.
Answer:- 1. The trees lost all their leaves.
Not a leaf remained on the trees.
2. The letter was addressed to God himself.
It was nothing less than a letter to God.
3. The postman saw this address for the first time in his career.
Never in his career as a postman had he known that address.
Chapter 1- A Letter to God MCQ
Question 1.
What did Lencho hope for?
(a) A good shower of rain for his crop.
(b) A new motorcycle
(c) A tractor
(d) None of the Above
Answer
(a) A good shower of rain for his crop.
Question 2.
Why was Lencho satisfied?
(a) On seeing a new tractor in his field.
(b) On seeing a new buffalo.
(c) On seeing the field of ripe corn with flowers.
(d) None of the Above
Answer
(c) On seeing the field of ripe corn with flowers.
Question 3.
Why did Lencho need money?
(a) To buy a tractor
(b) To save his family from hunger
(c) To buy a new phone.
(d) To buy a buffalo.
Answer
(b) To save his family from hunger
Question 4.
What did the postmaster do then?
(a) He decided to collect the money and send it to Lencho.
(b) He throws away the letter
(c) He decided to beat Lencho to teach him a lesson.
(d) He gave it to other postmasters
Answer
(a) He decided to collect the money and send it to Lencho.
Question 5.
Who read the letter sent by Lencho?
(a) His Wife
(b) The Postmaster
(c) One of the farmer
(d) The God
Answer
(b) The Postmaster
Question 6.
Who is the author of the lesson ‘A Letter to God’?
(a) G.L. Fuentes
(b) J.k. Rowling
(c) William Shakespeare
(d) Roald Dahl
Answer
(a) G.L. Fuentes
Question 7.
What is the irony in this lesson?
(a) Lencho was sad after the hailstorm even though he was the one waiting for a shower
(b) The postmaster laughed at Lencho but still helped arrange money for him
(c) Lencho blamed the post office employees who in fact helped him
(d) there is no irony
Answer
(c) Lencho blamed the post office employees who in fact helped him
Question 8.
What did Lencho think of the post-office employees?
(a) bunch of crooks
(b) rude
(c) unhelpful
(d) proud
Answer
(a) bunch of crooks
Question 9.
Why was Lencho not surprised to see the money in the envelope?
(a) he was too sad to acknowledge it
(b) he had unwavering faith in God
(c) he was an ungrateful man
(d) none of the above
Answer
(b) he had unwavering faith in God
Question 10.
How much money was the postmaster able to arrange?
(a) 100 pesos
(b) Nil
(c) 1000 pesos
(d) 70 pesos
Answer
(d) 70 pesos
Question 11.
Why did the postmaster decide to reply to Lencho’s letter?
(a) he was a good man
(b) he felt empathetic
(c) to preserve Lencho’s faith in God
(d) all of the above
Answer
(c) to preserve Lencho’s faith in God
Question 12.
The postmaster was a fat, amiable man. What is the meaning of amiable?
(a) rude
(b) helpful
(c) friendly
(d) enthusiastic
Answer
(c) friendly
Question 13.
How much money did Lencho ask for?
(a) 100 pesos
(b) 1000 pesos
(c) 10 pesos
(d) 500 pesos
Answer
(a) 100 pesos
Question 14.
What was the only hope left in the hearts of Lencho’s family?
(a) compensation from government
(b) help from the farmer’s association
(c) help from God
(d) there was no hope left
Answer
(c) help from God
Question 15.
The field looked as if it were covered in _______.
(a) salt
(b) locusts
(c) sugar
(d) ice
Answer
(a) salt
Question 16.
Which crop was growing on Lencho’s fields?
(a) Corn
(b) Barley
(c) Rice
(d) None of the above
Answer
(a) Corn
Question 17.
Where did Lencho expect the downpour to come from?
(a) north
(b) north-east
(c) north-west
(d) south-east
Answer
(b) north-east
Question 18.
Where was Lencho’s house situated?
(a) bottom of the hill
(b) top of a hill
(c) top of a plateau
(d) in a city
Answer
(b) top of a hill
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