SPRINGDALE HIGH SCHOOL (H.S.

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HOME ASSIGNMENT
Class – IX
Sub- English
Set – 4
1. What was the young woman carrying with her?
2. How many people got into the bus with the younger woman?
3. “This was the opportunity for which the conductor had been waiting...”
------- What was the opportunity referred to here?
4. “It was his moment of triumph.”
------- What do you mean by “moment of triumph”?
5. “Well, he’s got his rules, you know.”
--------- Who said this? What attitude of the speaker is revealed here?
6. “A woman passenger’s voice rose above the gale, threatening the bus
conductor.”
-------- What was the immediate response of the conductor to the above
threatening of the woman? What figure of speech has been used here by
the author?
7. When and why did the lady with the dog steal down the stairs and re-enter
the bus?
8. What was the opinion of the author about “Rules”?
9. From where are the faded leaves taken away?
10. Who takes the faded leaves away and how?
11. What message can we receive from the chirping of the sparrows?
12. What is meant by “the naked trees”?
13. Where do the pigeons nestle?
14. What does the poet say about the “stubble lea”?
15. What dances till the shut of the evening?

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