The Letter


Question (1):   Ali came to the wooden arch of a building, and was filled with joy. This building was a
1. temple
2. post office
3. house
4. police station
Ans:  2
Question (2):   In his younger days Ali was a
1. teacher
2. coach man
3. hunter
4. tailor
Ans:  3
Question (3):   Ali opened his old tin box and gave the surprised clerk
1. five golden guineas
2. a letter
3. an address
4. a gold chain
Ans:  1
Question (4):   When the post master saw Mariam's letter he mistook it to be
1. an old letter
2. his daughter's letter
3. the clerk's letter
4. a currency note
Ans:  2
Question (5):   The postmaster is waiting for his daughter's letter because
1. she was ill
2. she was to have a baby
3. she had forgotten him
4. she had faught with him
Ans:  1
Question (6):   Miriam was now married to a
1. policeman in the same town
2. soldier in punjab
3. postman in punjab
4. coachman in the town
Ans:  2
Question (7):   The peons had come to the post office to
1. discuss their master's scandals
2. show off their smart turbans
3. collect the mails for their firms
4. represent their profession
Ans:  3
Question (8):   The postmaster lost his temper with Ali because
1. he did not understand the old man's sorrow
2. he was worried about his own daughter
3. he was tired
4. he did not like him
Ans:  1
Question (9):   The postmaster is astonished to know that Ali had died three months ago because
1. Ali was a strong man
2. Lakshmi Das had seen Ali
3. the postmaster opened door to him at five
4. the letter had finally arrived
Ans:  3
Question (10):   The postmaster and Lakshmi Das placed Miriam's letter on Ali's grave because
1. Ali had asked them to
2. The postmaster wanted to
3. That was the address on the letter
4. Miriam had said so
Ans:  1
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