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-Katherine Mansfield
★ Menti 1
★ Themes & Message
★ Character Sketches
★ Chai-fi Quiz
★ Important Q & A
★ Homework Question
★ Menti 2
1. Trisha Dancer
2. LAKSHYA RAHEJA
3. Priyal Shrivastava
4. Girisha Verma
5. Harleen Kaur
6. Thanmay Kandakuri
7. Meghana Dey
8. Rashi Tripathi
9. SJ Pro's Activities
10.Music with ayush
In my class you will learn to Be a Reader, a Writer and an Achiever.
Amit
Rohra English
● 10+ Years of teaching experience.
● Taught & mentored more than 40,000 students.
Q1. What was Mcdonald playing with his
children?
a. Rugby
b. Cricket
c. Chess
d. Tag
Q2. How did the little girl feel when her
father looked at her through the
spectacles?
a. Happy
b. Dancing
c. Joyful
d. Terrified
Q3. What did Kezia think of her father
when he used to yawn?
(a) she compared him to Mr.Macdonald
(b) she compared him to god
(c) She compared him to a giant
(d) none of the above
Q4. Why did Kezia tear the papers?
(a) to play
(b) to clean her room
(c) to fill the cushion
(d) all
Q5. What nightmare did Kezia have?
(a) A giant with a knife
(b) A butcher with a knife and rope
(c) An accident across the countryside
(d) A dreadful smile of the Macdonalds
Q6. Kezia’s father could not play
because
(a) He was a giant
(b) He was old
(c) He was too tired after work
(d) He had no holidays
Q7. In the end, Kezia felt that
(a) Her grandmother had a big heart
(b) Her father had a big heart
(c) Her mother had a beautiful smile
(d) Her mother had a big heart
Q8. What did the grandmother give to
Kezia when she was sobbing?
(a) A clean hanky
(b) A chocolate
(c) An ice cream
(d) A toy
Q9. When Kezia’s father arrived in the
room with a ruler, she went hiding
(a) Under the bed
(b) Inside the storeroom
(c) In the garage
(d) Under the bedclothes
Q10. Why did the little girl put behind
both hands when she saw her father?
a) Scared
b) To avoid being hit at hands
c) To escape doing work
d) For fun
Themes of the Story
01 Child Psychology
02The unbreakable bond
of parents and children
03
Themes of fear, control,
acceptance,compassion and
change.
Q1: Why did the little girl’s cheek
become red?
(i) Due to fear
(ii) Due to nervousness
(iii) Due to the guilt she felt
(iv) Due to anger
Q1: Why did the little girl’s cheek
become red?
(i) Due to fear
(ii) Due to nervousness
(iii) Due to the guilt she felt
(iv) Due to anger
Message of the Story
Q2: What was the need of the ‘nice
talk’ with father and mother?
(i) To bring her closer to father
(ii) To tell them stories
(iii) To get some money
(iv) To relax
Q2: What was the need of the ‘nice
talk’ with father and mother?
(i) To bring her closer to father
(ii) To tell them stories
(iii) To get some money
(iv) To relax
Character Sketches
Kezia
Protagonist
of the story
An obedient
& Sensitive
girlTerrified of
her father
Stutter in
front of
father.
Innocent but
impulsive
Considered
father as a
giant.
At the end understands her father’s love
and affection.
Kezia’s father
The positive aspects of his character
surfaces in the end of the story when he
takes care of Kezia in the absence of her
mother.
At first appears as a domineering, strict,
demanding man.
Penalizes
Kezia
Doesn’t
play with
Kazia
Head of
the family
Couldn’t
exhibit his
love for
Kezia
Mature and
understandin
g
Kezia’s grandmother
Doesn’t
question her
son’s
autocratic
nature.
Motivate
Kezia to
talk to her
father.
Accompani
es Kezia’s
mother to
hospital
Takes care of Kazia when she was hit
by her father.
Q3: Explain the word ‘laboriously’
(i) with full attention
(ii) back-breaking or very hard work
(iii) playfully
(iv) joyfully
Q3: Explain the word ‘laboriously’
(i) with full attention
(ii) back-breaking or very hard work
(iii) playfully
(iv) joyfully
Important Questions & Answer
Read the passage given below and answer
the questions that follow:
“But it was for your b-b- birthday.” Down
came the ruler on her little, pink palms.
Hours later, when grandmother had
wrapped her in a shawl and rocked her in
the rocking-chair, the child clung to her soft
body. “What did God make fathers for ?”
she sobbed.
Q. Who is responding in the first line and
before whom?
(a) Kezia is responding before her
mother.
(b) Kezia is responding before her
father.
(c) Kezia is responding before her
grandmother.
(d) Kezia is responding before her
neighbour.
Q. Who is responding in the first line and
before whom?
(a) Kezia is responding before her
mother.
(b) Kezia is responding before her
father.
(c) Kezia is responding before her
grandmother.
(d) Kezia is responding before her
neighbour.
Q. How did the father react?
(a) The father became angry and
scolded her.
(b) the father talked to her in a calm
voice.
(c) The father became angry and
beat her pink palms with a ruler.
(d) The father became angry and
beat her on the head with a ruler.
Q. How did the father react?
(a) The father became angry and
scolded her.
(b) the father talked to her in a calm
voice.
(c) The father became angry and
beat her pink palms with a ruler.
(d) The father became angry and
beat her on the head with a ruler.
Q. Find a word from the passage that
means “wept”.
(a) wrapped
(b) rocked
(c) clung
(d) sobbed
Q. Find a word from the passage that
means “wept”.
(a) wrapped
(b) rocked
(c) clung
(d) sobbed
Mark Question
Q.Why did Kezia stutter only with her
father ?
[2]
● Kezia’s father always scolded her and
never spoke to her in a loving manner.
● Kezia’s father always scolded her and
never spoke to her in a loving manner.
● So, Kezia stammered in front of her
father because she was afraid of him
and found it difficult to speak in front of
him.
Mark Question
Q. In what ways did Kezia’s grandmother
encourage her to get to know her parents
better?
[3]
● Kezia’s grandmother wanted Kezia to
bond with her parents.
● Kezia’s grandmother wanted Kezia to
bond with her parents.
● Therefore, every Sunday afternoon
she would encourage Kezia to go
downstairs to the drawing-room, have
a nice conversation with them, and get
to know them better.
● Kezia’s grandmother wanted Kezia to
bond with her parents.
● Therefore, every Sunday afternoon
she would encourage Kezia to go
downstairs to the drawing-room, have
a nice conversation with them, and get
to know them better.
● She also suggested Kezia make a
pincushion out of a beautiful piece of
yellow silk as a gift for her father’s
birthday.
Mark Question
Q.What impression do you form of Kezia’s
mother?
[5]
● Kezia’s mother is a very
unapproachable, aloof figure, quite
unlike a loving mother a young girl
desires and needs.
● Kezia’s mother is a very
unapproachable, aloof figure, quite
unlike a loving mother a young girl
desires and needs.
● Perhaps her ill-health and her strict
and domineering husband's demands
leave her with very little room to pay
the desired attention to her daughter.
● Kezia’s mother is a very
unapproachable, aloof figure, quite
unlike a loving mother a young girl
desires and needs.
● Perhaps her ill-health and her strict
and domineering husband's demands
leave her with very little room to pay
the desired attention to her daughter.
● Her relationship with her daughter is
distant.
● Kezia’s mother is a very
unapproachable, aloof figure, quite
unlike a loving mother a young girl
desires and needs.
● Perhaps her ill-health and her strict
and domineering husband's demands
leave her with very little room to pay
the desired attention to her daughter.
● Her relationship with her daughter is
distant.
● She treats the little girl in accordance
with her husband’s expectations.
● She orders her to take off her father’s
shoes and put them outside as this
would indicate obedience.
● She orders her to take off her father’s
shoes and put them outside as this
would indicate obedience.
● On Sunday afternoons, she spends
her time engrossed in her reading,
rather than talking to her daughter.
● She orders her to take off her father’s
shoes and put them outside as this
would indicate obedience.
● On Sunday afternoons, she spends
her time engrossed in her reading,
rather than talking to her daughter.
● When Kezia innocently tears her
father’s papers, she drags her
downstairs to face Father’s wrath.
● She orders her to take off her father’s
shoes and put them outside as this
would indicate obedience.
● On Sunday afternoons, she spends
her time engrossed in her reading,
rather than talking to her daughter.
● When Kezia innocently tears her
father’s papers, she drags her
downstairs to face Father’s wrath.
● She does not try to reason with Father
when he reprimands and beats the
little girl.
● She neither defends nor protects her
in any way.
● She neither defends nor protects her
in any way.
● She doesn't even go to assuage her
traumatized daughter’s physical and
emotional hurt.
● She neither defends nor protects her
in any way.
● She doesn't even go to assuage her
traumatized daughter’s physical and
emotional hurt.
● Little wonder then that Kezia turns to
her grandmother to fulfill her need for
motherly care and affection.
HOMEWORK
QUESTION
Q. Briefly comment on Kezia’s
relationship with her grandmother?
