CLASS: VIII

SECTION: ALL SECTIONS

SUBJECT: ENGLISH
SESSION: 2021-22

SPRINGTIME A’ LA CARTE
-O. HENRY
ENGLISH ASSIGNMENT

SKILLS ASSESSED: Intensive Reading of the Text, Application of Analytical Skills and Sentence
Construction Ability
On the basis of the reading of the text Springtime A’ La Carte, answer the following questions in your
English Notebook – Prose and Poetry.

I. Answer the following questions in about 20-30 words. (Very Short Answer Type)
Q1. What was the greatest success of Sarah’s battle with the world?
Q2. Why was Schulenburg pleased?
Q3. What did Sarah notice while dining at Schulenburg’s restaurant?
Q4. What did Sarah canvass for?

II. Answer the following questions in about 40-50 words. (Short Answer Type)
Q1. How was Walter different from other farmers?
Q2. Which signs notified Sarah about her reading time?
Q3. How did Walter get to know about the place where Sarah lived?
Q4. How has O’ Henry depicted the contrasting city life of Manhattan with the country life at Sunnybrook
Farm?
Q5. How had Sarah managed to ‘open the world’ with her typewriter?

III. Answer the following question in about 80-100 words. (Long Answer Type)
O’ Henry has introduced dandelions as a motif (recurring symbol) rather than just bright flowers in the
story. What role did dandelions play to bring about a twisted ending to the story?
IV. Extract Based Questions
‘In a short while, Sarah forced back her tears. The cards must be typed. But, still in a faint golden glow from
her dream of dandelions, she fingered the typewriter keys absently for a little while with her mind and
heart in the meadow lane with her young farmer’.
(a) What made Sarah force back her tears?
(b) Why was it necessary for Sarah to type the cards? What were they about?
(c) Why did Sarah finger the typewriter keys absently?
V. For the question mentioned below, two statements are given – one labeled Assertion (A) and the
other labeled Reason(R). Select the correct answer to these questions from the given options.
Assertion: Sarah was crying over the menu.
Reason: Sarah did not agree with the dishes served at the restaurant.
I. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
II.Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
III.A is true but R is false.
IV.A is false but R is true.
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