2. Answer the
following questions. (Page 29)
a. ‘She was thinking,
rather wishing, for an even that might hurl her out of the world …….” What is
Miss Lucy is wishing for and why?
Miss Lucy was so lonely that she wanted to end her life. She
was hoping for an event that would take her to another world because everybody
close to her had moved on and she felt very lonely.
b. Unlike Miss Lucy,
Chester is not shy at all. Give evidence from the story to support this
statement.
Chester easily makes conversation with Miss Lucy when she
rescues him. He goes to her house and accepts her invitation to tea. He offers
to bring his sister also. He goes to Miss Lucy’s house the next day with his
sister. On the other hand, Miss Lucy likes to be alone. She couldn’t visit her
friends easily. This proves that unlike Miss Lucy, Chester is not shy at all.
c. In what way is the
friendship between Miss Lucy and Chester unusual and remarkable?
Miss Lucy is an elderly person. She is rich. Chester is a
boy and he is poor. Despite the differences in age and social backgrounds they
become friends. In this way their friendship is remarkable.
d. How could Miss
Lucy have avoided paying the fine for parking?
Miss Lucy could have used her influence or she could speak
to the judge who was a family friend to avoid paying the fine for parking. She
could have make a call to her family lawyer to help her out.
e. In the end, why
does Miss Lucy believe that Christmas is the most important time?
In the end, Miss Lucy believes that Christmas is the most
important time because it brings old and new friends together.
f. We use ‘the’
before an adjective in the superlative degree, but this chapter is called ‘A
Most Important Person’. Why do you think so? How is Chester ‘a most important
person’ for Miss Lucy.
Miss Lucy becomes a special friend of Chester because he
makes her realize that she is not alone or lonely. He is not ‘the’ most important
person in her life but he is ‘one of the’ most important person. So ‘a’ is used
instead of ‘the’ before the superlative ‘most’.
Reading 2
1. What was wrong
with the way Miss Lucy had been brought up?
Miss Lucy was brought up in such way that she thought that
only a small group of people belonging high society could be her friends. She
felt that she was not supposed to mix with all kinds of people.
2. How would you
describe Chester as a person?
Chester is a friendly person. He is an out-going boy and it
is easy to talk to him. He is an energetic and caring boy.
3. Do you think that
this story teaches us something important about friendship? Write and share
your thoughts with class.
Yes. This story teaches several important things about friendship.
Friendship has no barriers like age, money or social status. Making friends
with new people helps us to live happily. We have to reach out to all kinds of
people and be caring and friendly with them.
