Amended_Ahimsa_Ch.-21 to 28

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A beautiful journey to the chained India

Expected Learning Outcomes

I will be able to:

1. Relate to the main events of the plot and share my views on the same.

2. Answer the questions pertaining to the text. 

Exploring Chapters 

20 to 25

"We'll barricade the door with his dresser,..."
Which of the following words is NOT a synonym
of 'barricade'? (Ch.-21)

1. obstruct
2. aid
3. blockade
4. fence

The word 'glimpse' means ________________.
(Ch.-21)

1. glance
2. stare
3. examine
4. oversee

It was Anjali who said, "Do not ever let someone scare you out of doing what is right." (Ch.- 21)

1. True
2. False

Identify the literary device used in these lines. " The room wasn't as full as usual,..."
(Ch.- 22)

1. Simile
2. Personification
3. Irony
4. Metaphor

"The ___________ is making things difficult," said Anjali's mother. (Ch.-22)

1. host over the radio
2. newspaper
3. curfew
4. None of these

The word 'wrath' means _________.
(Ch.- 22)

1. calmness
2. patience
3. anger
4. forbearance

Who informed the people in the meeting that the police had done lathi charges all over
the north? (Ch.-22)

1. Balkishan
2. Keshavji
3. Anjali's father
4. Anjali's mother

__________ and __________ were handcuffed
by the police.(Ch.-22)

1. Anjali's mother and Chachaji
2. Anjali and her mother
3. Anjali's mother and Keshavji
4. Keshavji and Chachaji

Although the throbbing pain in her heart from her mother's absence was still strong, Anjali couldn't help but smile. Which of the following is NOT a synonym of 'throbbing'? (Ch.-23)

1. pulsating
2. pricking
3. aching
4. none of these

Mohan was telling the story so nonchalantly. The word 'nonchalantly' means _________. (Ch.-23)

1. candidly
2. artificially
3. deceitfully
4. craftily

Anjali said, "Change is possible. Progress is possible." Do you agree with Anjali's thought? Why, why not? (Ch.-23)

It took another day for __________ to give Anjali's father permission for them to visit her mother in jail.
(Ch.- 24)

1. Chachaji
2. the British Raj
3. Captain Brent
4. none of these

What did Anjali take with her when she visited her mother in jail with a hope that would make her feel happy? (Ch.-24)

1. a bouquet of her favourite flowers
2. a saree made of khadi
3. a crayon drawing of the Rani of Jhansi
4. none of these

Ma forced a smile. "You're my sun...." Identify the literary device used in the given line.
(Ch.-24)

Why had Anjali stopped listening to the radio in the mornings?
It was because...
(Ch.-25)

1. she was missing her mother badly.
2. she was asked by her father not to do so.
3. the news was always too upsetting.
4. None of these

'A new announcer was telling the story of how Gandhiji decided to start a twenty-one-day fast in February
to protest against the British. (True / False)
(Ch.-25)

Mohan said to Anjali, "You can't help me. Accept it. And accept that nothing will ever change." Had you been in Anjali's place how would have you felt listening to this remark of Mohan's? According to you, who must be blamed for this?

Exploring Chapters 

26 to 28

Anjali ran past the male prisoners, stopping only briefly to say hello to ___________. (Ch.-26)

1. Gandhiji
2. Chachaji
3. Keshavji
4. none of these

Anjali's Ma's cheeks were deflated, deprived of their rosy hue. The word 'deprived' means ________________. (Ch.-26)

1. privileged
2. affluent
3. robbed
4. opulent

Anjali's mother told her father that she was fasting, and only taking lime juice with some water. (Ch.- 26)

1. True
2. False

Identify the literary device used in these lines. "The graffiti on their compound wall grew
with each night too."
(Ch.- 27)

1. Simile
2. Personification
3. Irony
4. Metaphor

Anjali didn't even know who would be in charge (at school), with Masterji in
hiding in __________.(Ch.-27)

1. Delhi
2. Kolkata
3. Indore
4. Ahmedabad

Anjali squinted in the sun as she got closer. The word 'squinted' means _________.
(Ch.- 27)

1. wide-eyed
2. blinked
3. open-eyed
4. none of these

Who told Anjali that Mohan wasn't giving up on her? (Ch.-27)

1. Balkishan
2. Keshavji
3. Anjali's father
4. Anjali's mother

Anjali's father told Anjali that the lawyer said that the British would not budge on Anjali's mother's imprisonment. Which of the following is NOT a synonym of 'budge'? (Ch.-27)

1. bend
2. change
3. prevent
4. convince

Anjali was too scared to see _______ and _______ after what happened to Mohan.
(Ch.-28)

1. Paro and her grandmother
2. Paro and her mother
3. Paro and Mohan
4. Keshavji and Chachaji

'He had proven he had a heart.' Who is being referred to here as 'he'?
(Ch.-28)

1. Anjali's father
2. Gandhiji
3. Captain Brent
4. Keshavji

What reason did Captain Brent give for saving Anjali
from the thugs the other day?
(Ch.-28)

Now, I CAN:
1. Relate to the main events of the plot and share my views on the same.
2. Answer the questions pertaining to the text.

1. Agree
2. Strongly agree
3. Not sure
4. I need some help.