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First year Lesson: Clearing in the Sky by Shahzada Nazar Abbas



Lesson No 2       Clearing In The Sky

SHORT QUESTION

QNO1: why didn’t the old man follow the advice of the doctors?

Answer: The old man did not follow the doctors’ advice because he could not sit idle. He wanted to taste new vegetables. He also wanted to show his physical strength to prove the doctors wrong.

QNO2: What had the doctors told the old man?

Answer:  Forty years ago, the doctors advised the old man to take rest. They advised him not to walk the length of a city block. They told him that he had a few days remaining in his life. He should spend his time in taking a rest.

QNO3: Where did the old man take his son?

Answer:  The old man took his son to the top of a hill to show his vegetables grown there. He wanted to show his hard work to his son.

QNO4:  Had the son ever been there before?

Answer:  Yes, with the exception of the last three years the son had come to this point many times. He had seen the beauty of many wildflowers, rock cliffs, and many species of hard and softwood trees.

QNO5: What were the names of the vegetables the old man grew on his farm?

Answer: He grew potatoes, yams, and tomatoes there.

QNO6: Why did the old man take the steep path?

Answer:  Forty years ago, the doctors advised the old man to take rest and not to walk the length of a city block. He wanted to prove the doctors wrong. He wanted to check his physical strength. So, he took the steep path.

QNO7: Why did the son at the age of six cry?

Answer:  The father had made a small wooden plough for his son. The son lost that plough in a furrow. So, he cried and cried. Then the father made him another plough.

QNO8: What were the feelings of the old man at the age of seventy?

Answer:  He was very happy with his labor and hard work. He had proved the doctors wrong. He was very excited about his success.

QNO9: Why had the old man planted his secret garden?

Answer:  Forty years ago, the doctors advised the old man to take rest and not to walk the length of a city block. He wanted to prove the doctors wrong. He wanted to check his physical strength. So, he planted his secret garden.

Long question

QNO1: Describe the physical appearance of the old man?

Answer:  The old man had a red wrinkled face. He had pale, blue eyes. He is seventy years old. He wears a big blue bandanna. He walks with the help of a cane.

QNO2: How did the old man feel about the land?

Answer:  He felt that it was fertile land. Anything grown in this land had a better flavor.

QNO3: What did the son remember from his childhood? Were these good memories?

Answer:  In his childhood. The father had made a small wooden plough for his son. The son lost that plough in a furrow. So, he cried and cried. Then the father made him another plough. These were good memories for the son.

QNO4: What moral lesson does the story teach?

Answer:  Moral lesson of the story is “Try Try again till you succeed."

Important Additional Questions

QNO1: Why didn’t the son want to go with his father?

Answer: The son did not want to go with his father because he had just finished walking up half a mile up the hills. It had just rained. There were two slips on the road. This walk had tired him a bit.

QNO2: Why were there so many paths on the hill?

Answer: The doctors had told the old man that he would die very soon. So, the old man made easier and longer paths to check his physical vigour. As he started to get better, he made steeper paths. It was one way of knowing his physical health.

QNO3: Describe the clearing the old man prepared?

Answer: It was the clearest patch of the land. It was not more than three fourth of an acre. The old man had cleared and fenced it. It was fertile land. He had grown tomatoes, potatoes, and yams there.

QNO4: What were the achievements of Jess’ father? What type of person was Jess’ father?

Answer: Jess’ father was a man of extraordinary strength and vigour. His doctors warned him about early death but he ignored their instructions and worked hard. He planted a secret garden and grew tasty vegetables there. He had cheated death many times.

QNO5: Why did Jess’ father fence the land?

Answer: Jess’ father fenced his patch to stop stray cattle from entering the land. He wanted it to be a land giving good yield.

Important synonyms of the Lesson

 

words

Synonyms

1

crawl

Creep, wriggle, walk with difficulty

2

wisp

 Tuft, strand,

3

bragged

Boasted, said with pride, vaunted,

4

Worn out

Wrecked, barren, shattered

5

bluff

Cliff, precipice, steep rock

6

abruptly

Immediately, suddenly, at once

7

bough

Branch, twig,

8

sapling

A plantlet, a small tree

9

braced

Supported, held tightly

10

curtly

Dryly, rudely, bluntly

11

flavour

Taste, savour

12

Stalwart

Heavy, enormous, huge, strong, muscular

13

sawed

Cut, severed

14

matted

 Tangled, entwined, disheveled

 

 

 

 

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