The Priceless Gift Question Answers | Odisha Board | Class 9 English
| Feature | Details |
| Board | BSE Odisha (Board of Secondary Education) |
| Class | Class 9 (IX) |
| Subject | English |
| Chapter Number | Chapter 1 |
| Chapter Name | The priceless gift |
| Medium | Odia Medium |
| Content Type | Exercise Solutions and Question & Answers |
1. What did the writer experience in the restaurant?
Ans: The writer went to a vegetarian restaurant. He felt that the resturant was very crowded and a lots of people were eating and drinking there. He found some of the chairs and tables had been pushed into a corner.
2. What did he notice there?
Ans: He noticed a very young girl. She was looking the writer in a very sad manner.
3. What was the writer’s first impression of the girl?
Ans: The writer had the first impression of the girl that she was rather unhappy.
4. What made the writer surprised ?
Ans: The girl wanted to know from the cashier if the writer was an Indian. The chashier nodded. Before going out of the restaurant she looked at the writer once more which made him surprised.
5. What did he enquire from the cashier ?
Ans: The writer enquired from the cashier if he knew the girl who was sitting out there.
6. What information did he get from the cashier ?
Ans: The information he got from the cashier that the girl had her lunch in that restaurant on saturdays only, that is on pay day. He was also told that she did not earn much.
7. Where did the writer go on the next saturday ?
Ans: On the next saturday the writer went to the same restaurant where he had met the poor girl.
8. Why did he arrange the chair opposite hers ?
Ans: As the writer wanted to introduce himself to the young girl and start conversation, he took the chair opposite hers.
9. What query did the girl make about the writer ?
Ans: The query that the girl made about the writer was whether he was an Indian.
10. What impression did the writer have about the family of the girl ?
Ans: The writer learnt from the girl that her brother was in India and was a soldier. But they did not hear from him for a long time. Her mother was very afraid that something might have happended to the girl’s brother.
11. How was the writer treated at Maggie’s house ? Who was there to welcome him ?
Ans: The writer was treated cordially and eagerly. There was Maggie’s mother to welcome him.
12. What was Mrs Bethy doing when the writer met her? Why was she unwilling to go for a handshake ?
And: When the writer met Mrs Bethy, she was making cakes in the kitchen. She was unwilling to go for a handshake as her hands were covered with flour.
13. Why did the girl usually visit the restaurant on saturdays?
Ans: As saturday was the pay day and on this day she could offord to spend some money on a meal at a restaurant, she usually visited the restaurant on saturdays.
14. What did Mrs. Bethy believe about the ring ?
Ans: Mrs Bethy believed that the ring was a miraculous thing in which one could see the part and the future. She also believed that if some one concentrated on a distant person while gazing into it, one would be able to see him and what he was doing.
15. What made the author to tell a lie about the ring ?
Ans: Maggie’s request to the author to took into the crystal and tell Mrs. Bethy that Franky was all right and alive, made him tell a lie about the ring.
16. Did the telling of a lie benefit Mrs. Bethy?
Ans: Yes, the writer’s telling a lie benefitted Mrs. Bethy. Hearing that her son was still fit and fine, she raised her head a little off the pillow. Tears of happiness stood in her eyes and she was soon recovered.
17. Why did the writer feel guilty about himself ?
Ans: The writer felt guilty about himself beacuse he had told a lie to Mrs. Bethy about her son being well and alive even though Franky had been killed in the war.
18. What was Maggie’s gift to the writer ?
And: Maggie’s gift to the writer was a shilling which she had earned with so much toil to buy flowers for her brother.
19. Why was it a price less gift ?
Ans: Maggie’s gift of a shilling to the writer was a price less gift because it was a symbol of love and affection towards a brother. The joy of complying with Maggie’s request was pricelss.
20. Did Maggie love her brother dearly? Give reasons.
Ans: Maggie’s love towards her brother was ever ending. It was built on a strong stone. Her giving a shilling to the writer to buy flowers with it and placing them on her brother’s grave proves that Maggie loved her brother very dearly.
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