IFRAH-The Lost Child

How was the child feeling while going to the fair?

• Nervous

• Frightened

• Sad and unhappy

• Full of life and laughter

What did the child do as they passed by the mustard field?

• He collected some flowers

• He ran after butterflies and caught some of them.

• He tried to catch dragonflies as one of them settled down to rest there.

• He lay down to rest there.

What was the child’s favourite sweet?

• Gulab Jamun

• Rasgulla

• Burfi

• Jalebi

At what point in the fair did the child lose his parents?

• At the sweetmeat shop

• At the flowers shop

• At the balloon seller

• At the roundabout

The child was attracted by the music of the snake-charmer, yet he moved on. Why?

• His parents had forbidden him to hear such coarse music.

• His parents were saying, “Come child, come.”

• The child was afraid of the cobra.

• The child did not want to be left behind.

What happened as the child entered the grove?

• A shower of young flowers fell on him.

• A dove flew over his head.

• His father started shouting at him.

• His mother collected some flowers for him.

The child asked for burfi but then he moved on without waiting for an answer. Why?

• He knew his parents were poor.

• He knew his plea would not be heeded.

• He knew it was bad to be greedy.

• He knew his parents had no money.

What did the stranger who rescued the child, try to do?

• He scolded the child.

• He left the child in a corner.

• He tried to soothe the child.

• He tried to kidnap the child.

Where was the child nearly trampled underfoot?

• Near the roundabout

• Near the snake charmer's show

• Near the entrance of the temple

• Near the groove

In which season was the fair held in the story?

• Winter

• Spring

• Summer

• Rainy