* Ahimsa Chapters 6 to 10

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Exploring Chapters 6 to 10

Why did Anjali race all the way
back to her neighborhood?
(Ch.-6)

'Would they be painting the letter ___ on the fences surrounding more British officers' homes?'
(Ch.-6)

1. Q
2. Y
3. V
4. B

'And besides, the clothes on the porch did not look old.' The word 'porch' means ____________.
(Ch.-6)

1. staircase
2. roof
3. lobby
4. attic

According to Anjali's mother, the first
step to a free India is ______________.
(Ch.-6)

1. to do vandalism.
2. to only buy homespun clothes.
3. to join the disobedience movement.
4. to stop working for the British.

Anjali's parents burnt all their finely tailored clothes, but let Anjali keep hers.
(Ch.-6)

1. True
2. False

But Anjali certainly didn't approve of ____________ and the British ordering everyone
around, either. (Ch.-7)

1. Captain Brent
2. Anjali's mother
3. Chachaji
4. Gandhiji

Chachaji always said Anjali's parents were too lenient with her. Which of the following is
NOT a synonym of 'lenient'?

1. liberal
2. benevolent
3. restrictive
4. kind-hearted

While Anjali was in her class, Masterji was reading an epic poem written by a freedom fighter.
Who was he/ she? (Ch.-7)

1. Mahatma Gandhi
2. Subhadra Kumari Chauhan
3. Bhagat Singh
4. Masterji himself

What did Gandhiji use
the charkha for? (Ch.-7)

Anjali thought her mother's new job as a freedom fighter wouldn't be so awful.
True / False (Ch.-7)

Anjali's mother had gotten quite good at spinning and said it was as calming as meditation. Identify the
literary device used in the given line. (Ch.-8)

There was their family's idol, the goddess _____________, provider of food and nourishment, and a crawling baby Krishna.
(Ch.-8)

1. Durga
2. Annapurna
3. Parvati
4. Kali

Why were 'untouchables' not allowed to enter temples in Anjali's town?
(Ch.-8)

Who did Gandhiji refer to as 'Harijans'?
(Ch.-8)

1. the poor
2. the sick
3. the untouchables
4. the British

While Anjali was reading poems and learning arithmetic, Mohan was cleaning other people's sewage, not because he wanted to but because he was forced to caste and circumstance. Which of the following is an antonym to 'forced'?(Ch.-9)

1. mandatory
2. compelled
3. spontaneous
4. binding

Anjali and her mother announced in the gathering that they were going to the basti of
Harijans after school to educate children.
(Ch.-9)

1. True
2. False

Keshavji Parmar helped the _______________ come up with legislation. (Ch.-9)

1. Indian National Congress
2. British government
3. Harijans
4. British Indian Army

___________ was one of Anjali's
favorite holidays.
(Ch.-10)

1. Holi
2. Dussehra
3. Diwali
4. Christmas

Anjali felt ashamed to wear something made in her own land,
by Indian hands. (Ch.-10)

1. False
2. True

Irfaan always gave Anjali ________, and Anjali
always gave Irfaan a bundle of the
badam barfi. (Ch.-10)

1. water colors
2. crayons
3. books
4. colorful glass bangles

Anjali said some people will never change no matter how much time you give them. Keeping in view the social evils that exist in Indian society even today, share your views about Anjali's comment. (Ch.-10)