Uruka Adventure
1. Lets see how much you have understood the story. Answer the questions:
a)
Who was the leader of the boys in their adventure on Uruka night?
Answer: Mahen was the leader of the boys in their adventure on Uruka
night.
(b)
What were the names of Mahen's friends?
Answer: Mahen’s friends were Sanju, Nantu, Rinku, and Rumon.
(c) What did Mahen and his friends propose to do on uruka night?
Ans:- Mahen's friends proposed him to lead them in an uruka adventure.
(d) What was the age old custom that Mahen was referring to?
Ans: The age old
custom that Mahen was referring to was
they pickup vegetables when people went to home.
(e) What was Mahen's reaction to their proposal?
Ans: Mahen was
jumpe up excitedly at their proposal.
(f) What did the boys do after the feast?
Ans: After the feast, the boys went to Shantiram's house for the pickup vegetables.
(g) Who was Shantiram?
Ans: Shantiram was
a retired Army man.
(h) Why was Shantiram sitting wrapped in a black blanket? where was Shantiram
sitting?
Ans: Shantiram was
sitting wrapped in a black blanket because he knew someone might pick up his
vegetables. He was sitting in the middle of the vegetable garden.
(i) What was the black heap of garbage that Mahen noticed?
Ans: The black heap of garbage that Mahen noticed was actually Shantiram wrapped in his black blanket.
(j) What made the night appear more haunting?
Ans: The repeated
screeching of an owl made the night seem more haunting.
(k) Why did the boys run away from the garden?
Ans: The boy run away from the garden because they saw a ghosts.
(l) What happened when the boys were about to pick the vegetables?
Ans: Just as the boys were about to pick the vegetables, a pile of garbage suddenly jerked and moved towards them, scaring them.
(m) Who did the boys think chased them?
Ans: The boys thought that a ghost chased them.
2. Here are some of the events that happened on the uruka night, but they are not arranged in the proper order.
* Arrange the sentences in the proper sequence and them read the lesson to check your answer.
(a) Mahen saw something like a black heap of garbage in the middle of the garden.
(b) Shantiram ran towards the boys when the boys were about to pick the vegetables.
(c) Sanju, Nantu, Rinku, Rumon, and Mahen planned adventure on uruka night.
(d) The boys ran frantically out of the garden, scared that the ghost was after them.
(e) Just past midnight, the five boys headed towards Shantiram's vegetable garden.
Ans:- 1st (c) Sanju, Nantu, Rinku, Rumon, and Mahen
planned adventure on uruka night.
2nd (e) Just past midnight, the five boys headed towards Shantiram's vegetable garden.
3rd (a) Mahen saw something like a black heap of garbage in the middle of the garden.
4th (b) Shantiram ran towards the boys when the boys were about to pick the vegetables.
5th (d) The boys ran frantically out of the garden, scared that the ghost was after them.
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3. Look at the words in the two boxes below. One contains the names and the other contains their descriptions. Match the words to their descriptions and write them in notebooks. |
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| (a) Uruka | (i) the four friends of Mahendra |
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| (b) Shantiram | (ii) a small species of owl |
| (c) Sanju, Nantu, Rinku and Rumon | (iii) the leader of the adventure on uruka night |
| (d) Mahendra | (iv) a retired army man who was interested in farming |
| (e) The nightjar | (v) a bamboo gate |
| (f) Nongola | (vi) the annual feast ahead of Magh Bihu |
Ans:-
| (a) Uruka | (vi) the annual feast ahead of Magh Bihu |
| (b) Shantiram | (iv) a retired army man who was interested in farming |
| (c) Sanju, Nantu, Rinku, and Rumon | (i) the four friends of Mahendra |
| (d) Mahendra | (iii) the leader of the adventure on uruka night |
| (e) The nightjar | (ii) a small species of owl |
| (f) Nongola | (v) a bamboo gate |
4. Here are some words from the lesson. Match the words with their meaning to check your understanding.
Ans:-
| propose | to suggest a plan, an idea etc. |
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| restless | unable to stay still |
| custom | an accepted way of behaving or of doing things in society |
| feast | a large or special meal, especially for a lot of people |
| frantically | done quickly and with a lot of activity, but in a way that is not very well organized |
(5) Read the lesson once again and write in the box the name(s) of the person \people who said the lines given below. In which paragraph does each sentence occur
(i) ''oh yes It is our age old custom.''.........................
(ii) ''We will spend the night in our bhelaghar.''....................
(iii) ''What will we carry the vegetables in?''........................
(iv)
''Never mind. We'll carry as much as possible in each
hand.''.....................
Ans:- (i) Shantiram
(ii) Mahendra / The group of friends
(iii) Sanju / One of the friends
(iv) Mahendra
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