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1. 1A Grain as Big as a Hen's Egg

1. Choose the correct option.

a) What did the thing found by the children look like?

i) a grain with a groove down the middle

ii) a grain with a groove on the top
iii) a grain with shades of red
iv) a grain with shoots coming out of it

दू the thing sold as?

b) What was
i) medicine
ii) rarity
iii) amenity
iv) jewel

c) What made the wise men think the thing was rye?
i) A hen pecked at it and kicked it.
ii) A hen pecked at it and flew with it in its beak.
iii) A hen pecked at it and made a hole in it.
iv) A hen sat on it to hatch it.

d) Where had the big grain grown?

i) on God’s earth
ii) in a laboratory
iii) in a botanical garden
iv) on the old peasant’s farm

e) Which of the following reasons is not connected to why the earth stopped bearing big
grains?
i) people have ceased to labour
ii) people don’t live according to God’s law
iii) people covet what others produce
iv) people are using chemicals in their fields

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 2. Complete the following table.

Values shared by the

Generation Physical Appearance Quality of grains
community

a) Old peasant

b) Old peasant’s
father

c) Old peasant’s
grandfather

3. Answer the following questions in 30-40 words each.

a) Describe the old peasant.

b) What was the old peasant’s grandfather’s reply when the king asked him about the grain
of rye?

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4. Refer to Q.2 and analyse the traits of the three generations. What can you
conclude from the comparative study?

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