Aunt Polly looked behind her. This was Tom’s chance. He rushed out of the house.

Question

Read the following passages and answer the questions given below :

Aunt Polly looked behind her. This was Tom’s chance. He rushed out of the house. He climbed over the fence. Soon he was far away. 

Aunt Potly as angry but she had to laugh. “He’s a bad boy”slue said to herself “But I love hint. He’s my poor dead sister’s boy and I must look after him. I don’t like to hit him but I have to. If I don’t punish him, he’ll grow up lazy and wicked. Yes, I must be strict.” Aunt Polly sighed. “I’ll have to punish him for stealing the jam. But how? I know, tomorrow is Saturday and there’s no school on Saturday’s. The boys have a holiday. But I’ll make Tom work. That will punish him.”

1. Write name of the lesson from which the above passage has been taken. Who is the author?

2. Why did Tom’s aunt love him?

3. Why did she have to punish Tom?

4. How did she decide to punish him?

5. Which words in the passage mean the same as took a deep breath, force?

Answer 1

1. The name of the lesson is ‘Tom Sawyer’ and the author is Mark Twain.

2. Tom was her dead sister’s son. So, she loved him.

3. She had to punish Tom so that he should not grow up lazy and wicked.

4. She decided to punish him by making him work on a holiday.

5. took a deep breath = sighed (गहरी सांस ली) force = make (बाध्य करना).