Class 9 Beehive Chapter-3 The Little Girl
By Katherine Mansfield
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Summary Class 9 Beehive Chapter-3 The Little Girl
Class 9 Beehive Chapter-3 The Little Girl
Question-Answer Class 9 Beehive Chapter-3 The Little Girl
I. Given below are some emotions that Kezia felt. Match the emotions in Column A with the items in Column B.
Answers:
- (iii), (iv), (v), (vii)
- (i), (ii),
- (vi)
Class 9 Beehive Chapter-3 The Little Girl
II. Answer the following questions in one or two sentence.
Question 1:
Why was Kezia afraid of her father?
Answer
Kezia’s father never talked to her lovingly. He never played with her. Kezia thought her father was a cruel person. She was terribly afraid of him.
Class 9 Beehive Chapter-3 The Little Girl
Question 2:
Who were the people in Kezia’s family?
Answer
The people in Kezia’s family were : Kezia, her father, her mother, and her grandmother.
Question 3:
What was Kezia’s father’s routine
(i) before going to his office?
(ii) after coming back from his office?
(iii) on Sundays?
Answer
(i) Before going to his office, Kezia’s father usually went into her room to give her a casual kiss.
(ii) After coming back from his office, he would ask for the newspaper and tea.
(iii) On Sundays, he would take rest. He would enjoy sound sleep on the sofa.
Class 9 Beehive Chapter-3 The Little Girl
Question 4:
In what ways did Kezia’s grandmother encourage her to get to know her father better?
Answer
On Sundays, she would encourage Kezia to go to her father and have a nice talk with him. Then once she suggested that she should make a pin-cushion for her father. She could give it to him as a gift on his birthday.
Class 9 Beehive Chapter-3 The Little Girl
III. Discuss these questions in class with your teacher and then write down your answers in two or three paragraphs each.
Question 1:
Kezia’s efforts to please her father resulted in displeasing him very much. How did this happen?
Answer
Kezia wanted to give her father a pin-cushion as a birthday gift. She made a beautiful pin-cushion of yellow silk. In order to stuff it, she tore some sheets of paper into small pieces. Unfortunately, these sheets contained an important speech to be given by her father. When the father came to know what Kezia had done, he was very angry. He hit her hands with a ruler.
Class 9 Beehive Chapter-3 The Little Girl
Question 2:
Kezia decides that there are “different kinds of fathers”. What kind of father was Mr Macdonald, and how was he different from Kezia’s father?
Answer
Kezia thought about how there are “different kinds of fathers.” Mr. Macdonald, for instance, was a loving father who was gentle, forgiving, and enjoyed playing and laughing with his children. He was friendly and kind to them. In contrast, Kezia’s own father was strict and not very friendly.
Class 9 Beehive Chapter-3 The Little Girl
Question 3:
How does Kezia begin to see her father as a human being who needs her sympathy?
Answer
One day, when Kezia’s mother and grandmother were at the hospital, she stayed home with Alice, their cook. That night, frightened by a dream, she called for her grandmother but found her father comforting her instead. He gently carried her to his bed, where she felt safe and held onto him tightly. Watching him sleep, Kezia realized how hard he worked every day, and she affectionately told him he had a big heart.
Class 9 Beehive Chapter-3 The Little Girl
