The Lost Child

 

The Lost Child

 

Questions From the book

 

 

1.    What are the things the child sees on his way to the fair? Why does he lag behind?

2.    In the fair he wants many things. What are they? Why does he move on without waiting for an         answer?

3.    When does he realize that he has lost his way? How have his anxiety and insecurity been                    described?

4.    Why does the lost child lose interest in the things that he had wanted earlier?

 

5.    What do you think happens in the end? Does the child find his parents?

 

   Additional Questions:

 

 1.    What was the first reaction of the child when he realized that he had lost his parents?

2.    How was the child saved by a kind man? What did he do after picking up the child?

3.    What do you think the parents did not buy anything for the child in spite of his many demands?

4.    Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.

The man, still trying to make the child happy, bore him to the gate where the flower-seller sat. “Look! Can you smell those nice flowers, child! Would you like a garland to put round your neck?”

a.    Where did the man get child?

b.    Why is he offering garland to the child?

c.    Did the child accept the garland? If not, why?

d.    Did the child express his desire to have the garland any time earlier? If yes, when?

 Long Answer Question

 

 

1.  A child cannot live without his parents. How has this truth been illustrated in the story “The Lost Child”?

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