The Blue Bead inside quesions...

 

THE BLUE BEAD

1.    “From deep water came the crocodile.”

i.                   Name the text and the author.

ii.                 Describe the crocodile after the text.

2.    “The crocodile had no need to hide himself.”

i.                   Where does the crocodile rest and how?

3.    “This antediluvian saurian-this prehistoric juggernaut, ferocious and formidable, a vast force in the water, propelled by the unimaginable and irresistible power of the huge tail, lay lapped by ripples, a throb in his throat.”

i.                   Describe this line after the text.

ii.                 What is antediluvian saurian? Describe it.

Answer:- Antediluvian Saurian means a border surrounding the reptiles of any shape or size.

1.    “And sometimes he went down to the burning ghats and found the half-burned bodies of Indians cast into the stream.”

i.                   Where do you find this line?

ii.                 About which creature has it been said?

iii.              What does that creature eat?

2.    “She had torn the rag in two to make skirt and sari.”

i.                   Name the text and the author.

ii.                 Who is she here?

iii.              Describe her after the text.

iv.              What was she eating actually and how?

3.    Describe the poverty of Sibia as you find in the text or sighting examples from the text establish how poor Sibia was?

4.    “There was no end to the wonders of the world.”

i.                   How did the things attract Sibia?

5.    How are the smells of different articles affect Sibia?

 

1.    “But Sibia, in all her life from birth to death, was marked for work.”

i.                   Name the text and the author.

Answer:- The text is ‘The Blue bead’ and the author is Norah Burke.

ii.                 Who is Sibia?

Answer:- Sibia is a twelve years old girl. She is an immature child-woman who passes a struggle some life of hardships.

iii.              What kind of work would she do?

Answer:- Since she could toddle, she had husked corn and gathered sticks and put dung to dry and cooked and weeded and carried and fetched water and cut grass for fodder.

2.    “Chattering as they went, the women followed the dusty track toward the river.”

i.                   Where do you find this line?

Answer:- This line is found in the story ‘The Blue Bead’.

ii.                 What are the women referred to here?

Answer:-

iii.              Describe them after the text.

Answer:-

iv.              Where did the women go?

Answer:- The women were going towards the river in order to collect the paper grass from the cliffs on the other bank of the river, which they would sell to the agent who arranges and dispatch it for paper mills.

3.    “Sibia glanced at the Gujar women as she went past.”

i.                   Where were the Gujar women found?

Answer:-

ii.                 Describe them after the text.

Answer:-

iii.              Where did they put their encampment of grass huts?

Answer:-

iv.              What did they do there?

Answer:-

 

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1.    “Sibia sprang.”

i.                   Who is Sibia?

ii.                 When and why did she do it?

iii.              Write in brief what happen then.

2.    “She aimed at the reptile’s eyes.”

i.                   Who is she here?

ii.                 What is the reptile meant here?

iii.              Why did she aimed at reptile’s eyes?

3.    “He would die. Not yet, but presently, though his death would not be known for days; not till his stomach, blown with gas, floated him. Then perhaps he would be found upside down among the logs at the timber boom, with pus in his eye.”

i.                   Name the text and the author.

ii.                 Who is he here?

iii.              How could he die?

4.    “She reached her arm down into a yard of the cold silk water to get it. Missing it first of all, because of refraction.”

i.                   Who is she here?

ii.                 What did she get into the water and when?

iii.              What do you mean by refraction?

iv.              What is the relation of refraction in the current situation?

5.    “I did not see till I was home, that you were not there.”

i.                   Who to whom?

ii.                 Where was Sibia all that time?

 

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1.    “Then there was a cloth stall, stacked with great rolls of new cotton, cloth, stamped at the edge with the maker’s sign of a tiger’s head; and smelling so wonderful of its dressing, straight front the mills, that Sibia could have stood by it all Day.

     But there were other wonders to see: satin sewn with real silver thread, tin tray from Birmingham, and a sari which had got chips of looking-glass embroidered into the border. She joined the crowd round a Kashmiri travelling merchant on his way to the bungalows.”

i.                   What did Sibia sometimes taste?

Answer: - At home Sibia sometime tasted wild honey or crunched the syrup out of sugar cane.

ii.                 What was the main source of income of Sibia’s family?

Answer: - The main source of Sibia’s family was the paper grass which they use to cut from the cliffs of the river. If they could get enough grass, they would take it in a bullock cart to the agent who would for his dispatch.

iii.              Which thought had always being lingering in Sibia’s mind?

Answer: - To make a necklace for herself was her dormant desire that had been lingering in the little Sibia’s mind.

2.    “Oh, for strings and strings of glass and beads—anklets, earrings, noserings, bangles —all the gorgeous dazzle of the bazaar—all her little golden body decorated!

Chattering as they went, the women followed the dusty track toward the river. On their way, they passed a Gujar encampment of grass huts where these nomadic graziers would live for a time until their animals had perhaps finished all the easy grazing within reach, or they were not able to sell enough of their white butter and white milk in the district, or there was no one to buy the young male buffaloes for tiger-bait.”

i.                   For what purpose did the women go after crossing the river?

Answer: - After crossing the river the women intended to get some paper grass from the cliffs above the river for their livelihood.

ii.                 Why did they make a loud chattering?

Answer: - They chattered loudly so that the wild animals could be frighted.

iii.              Who are these nomadic graziers? How long did the nomadic graziers lived at one place?

Answer: - Nomadic Graziers are the people of the tribe who wondered from one place to another. They are also called Gujar’s.

The nomadic graziers stayed at one place until their animal had finished. All the grass with reach or they were not be able to get buyers for their white butter and milk or there was not to buy the young buffaloes for the tiger-bait.

iv.              What did the Gujar women want to know by clinking a stick against the big brass gurrahs?

Answer: - By clinking a stick against the big brass gurrahs, the Gujar women wanted to know which ones were empty and which ones were filled with water.

3.    “From boulder to boulder she came leaping like a rock goat. Sometimes it had seemed difficult to cross these stones, especially the big gap in the middle where the river coursed through like a bulge of glass. But now she came on wings, choosing her footing in midair without even thinking about it, and in one moment she was beside the shrieking woman.
In the boiling bloody water, the face of the crocodile, fastened round her leg, was tugging to and fro, and smiling.
His eyes rolled on to Sibia. One slap of the tail could kill her.
He struck. Up shot the water, twenty feet, and fell like a silver chain. Again!
The rock jumped under the blow.
But in the daily heroism of the jungle, as common as a thorn tree, Sibia did not hesitate.
She aimed at the reptile’s eyes.”

i.                   How did Sibia attack the eyes of the crocodile?

Answer: - Sibia came flying with her hey fork and with out having any fear. Sibia pierced the eyes of the crocodile.

ii.                 How did the crocodile react to see Sibia?

Answer: - When Sibia approached the women the crocodile’s eyes rolled on Sibia. It suddenly attacks Sibia with its mighty tail.

iii.              How did Sibia helped the Gujar women after being saved from the grip of crocodile?

Answer: - The crocodile had seriously injured the Gujar women. It has been dangerously bleeding. Sibia put some sand on her wonds and bounded them rag and help her to reach Gujar encampment.

iv.              What did Sibia find when she was picking up her things from the river?

Answer: - When Sibia was collecting her things she found the blue bead.

v.                 Why was the Blue Bead ready for use?

Answer: - The blue bead was ready for use because it was naturally bearsed or perforated.

4.    “Where Sibia was working, wind coming across hundreds of miles of trees cooled her sweating body, and she could look down over the river as if she were a bird. Although she did not dare stop for a moment under her mother’s eyes, her imagination took her in swooping flight over the bright water and golden air to the banks where she had played as a child.

In those cavelets above the high-water mark of the highest flood, she had stored some little bowls moulded of clay while they hardened. If there were anything that could be used for colouring, they would look fine, painted with marigolds and elephants.

“Child!”

The sharp word- the glare of her mother’s angry sweating face, pulled Sibia back to work, and they toiled on.

But at last it was time to go back to see to their animals and the evening meal. The loaded women set out to cross the river again.

Sibia hung back. She would just dawdle a bit and run and see if the little clay cups were still there in the cave, waiting to be painted and used.”

i.                   Describe the atmosphere and ambience of the place where Sibia was working?

Answer: - The atmosphere was very pleasant there where Sibia was working. The wind was blowing across hundreds of miles of tress and cooled her sweating body.

ii.                 How did Sibia’s imagination affect her?

Answer: - Sibia’s imagination took her in swooping flight over the bright water and golden air to the bank where she had played as a child. In those cavelets above the high-water mark of the highest flood, Sibia had stored some little clay bowls while they hardened.

iii.              What pervaded the atmosphere with the disappearance of the women?

Answer: - With the disappearance of the women, silence pervaded the atmosphere.

iv.              Why were Sibia’s muscles stretched and itching?

Answer: - Sibia’s muscles were stretched and aching because she was carrying a heavy load which was beyond her capacity, though she was accustomed to it.