The Bridge Home

What is the setting of the story?

• Chennai, 19th century

• Pondicherry, contemporary time

• Chennai, contemporary time

• Chennai

"Overnight, it poured, and the graveyard became a swamp. You were coughing in concert with the buzzing hordes of mosquitoes, and we were all slapping and scratching at our skin. Your skin looked the worst -- it wasn't just bumpy with bites, it was dotted with red where you'd scratched so hard, you'd bled."

Using the underlined words as clues, what is the point of view of the story?

• First person

• Second person

• Third person

Match the following

• believed in Jesus Christ (Yesu)

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• did not trust strangers

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• wanted to be a teacher

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• helped the children get off the streets

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• gave the girls food and beads

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All the children in the story had a past. Arul's family​ (a)   . Muthu​ (b)   and Rukku and Viji​ (c)   .

• had perished in the Tsunami
• had been sold to a cruel man by his step-brother
• had run away from their abusive father

Match the following

• Children's need

• Realistic Fiction

• genre

• protection from violence

• theme

• survival

• Children's right

• play time

Which of the following statements are true about Rukku?

(Click on all the correct options)

• Rukku was compassionate towards people and animals alike

• Rukku wanted to be a teacher

• Rukku saved Viji from the bus driver by throwing her wooden doll at him

• Rukku was adept at making bead necklaces

Why did the children move from the bridge to a graveyard? What does this incident tell you about their lives?

(Only one option is correct)

• The heavy rains washed away their temporary shelter. It demonstrates how dangerous their lives were.

• The bridge broke down. It demonstrates that the children were homeless.

• The graveyard was more fun than the bridge. It shows the innocence of the children.

• The waste mart man sent his goons to kidnap the girls. It demonstrates that the children were not safe.

Match the following

• friendship and independence

• Home on the bridge

• refuge and disaster

• Graveyard

• confinement and escape

• Viji and Rukku's apartment

• care and concern

• Orphanage

What did Rukku die of?

• Dengue and pnuemonia

• Malaria and diarrhoea

• Dengue and dysentery

• Malaria and Dengue

Celina Aunty asked Viji to believe in the "goodness within herself" because she did not believe in God. What do you call a person who does not believe in God?