The story is about a farmer named Lencho who has strong faith in God. He writes a letter to God asking 100 pesos when his crops get destroyed in a hailstorm.
A Letter to God Question Answer
In this post you will find answers of all questions given in the book in easy to learn language.
Oral Comprehension Check Page 5
Q1. What did Lencho hope for?
Answer
Lencho had a good harvest in his fields and needed irrigation so he hoped for good rain or shower.
Q2. Why did Lencho say the raindrops were like ‘new coins?
Answer
Lencho said the raindrops were like ‘new coins’ because he would get good harvest and could get more cents after selling the good harvest.
Q3. How did the rain change? What happened to Lencho’s fields?
Answer
Suddenly a strong wind started to blow and hailstorm began to fall. Lencho’s fields were covered with white snow and crop was destroyed.
Q4. What were Lencho’s feelings when the hail stopped?
Answer
Lencho became very sad. He said that a plague of locust would have left more than this. There would no corn this year so they would have to go hungry.
Oral Comprehension Check Page 6
Q1. Who or what did Lencho have faith in? What did he do?
Answer
Lencho had a strong faith in God. He believed that God would help him so he wrote a letter to God to send 100 pesos. He waited for response from God.
Q2. Who read the letter?
Answer
The postmaster read the letter when postman brought it to him.
Q3. What did the postmaster do then?
Answer
The postmaster thought that he would do something in this matter. He collected money from his employees, friends and he himself also gave a part. He sent a money with a letter to Lencho.
Oral Comprehension Check Page 7
Q1. Was Lencho surprised to find a letter for him with money in it?
Answer
No, Lencho was not surprised to find a letter from him with money in it because he was sure that God would help him.
Q2. What made him angry?
Answer
He requested 100 pesos but he received only 70 pesos in the letter. He knew that God could not make mistakes. He thought the post office employees must have stolen the money. So, he became angry.
Thinking About the Text
Q1. Who does Lencho have complete faith in? Which sentences in the story tell you this?
Answer
Lencho has complete faith in God. The following sentences in the story tell us this:
i) ‘Lencho showed not the slightest surprise on seeing the money,’ such was his confidence.
ii) “God: of the money that I asked for, only seventy pesos reached me. Send me the rest, since I need it very much.”
Q2. Why does the postmaster send money to Lencho? Why does he sign the letter ‘God’?
Answer
The postmaster sends money to Lencho because he does not want to shake his faith in God.He sings the letter ‘God’ because he wants that Lencho will think that only God has sent him money.
Q3. Did Lencho try to find out who had sent the money to him? Why / why not?
Answer
No, Lencho did not try to find out who had sent him
money because he was sure that God would sure help him what he requested. He was
so confident about it.
Q4. Who does Lencho think has taken the rest of the money? What is the irony in the situation? (Remember that the irony of a situation is an unexpected aspect of it. An ironic situation is strange or amusing because it is the opposite of what is expected.)
Answer
Lencho thinks that the post office employees have taken the rest of the money that God has sent him. The irony of this situation is that instead of being thankful
the post office employees for helping him, he calls them ‘a bunch of crooks.
Q5. Are there people like Lencho in the real world? What kind of a person would you say he is? You may select appropriate words form the box to answer the question.
Answer
Yes, there are people like Lencho in the real world. He is naïve to the world, stupid to
worldly things, ungrateful not to thank to God and unquestioning in his
actions. He is not greedy and selfish because he requests some
money and thinks about his family. He is not comical.
Q6. There are two kinds of conflict in the story: between humans ands nature and between humans themselves. How are these conflicts illustrated?
Answer
There is conflict between humans and nature. Lencho and his sons works hard for a good harvest but hailstorm destroys his crops. There is conflict between humans themselves. The postmaster and his employees help Lencho but he calls them ‘ a bunch of crooks’.
Thinking About Language
1. Look at the following sentence from the story.
Suddenly a strong wind began to blow and along with the rain very large hailstones began to fall. ‘Hailstones’ are small balls of ice that fall like
rain. A storm in which hailstones fall is a ‘hailstorm’. You know that a storm
is bad weather with strong winds, rain, thunder and lighting.
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A violent tropical storm in which strong winds move in a circle……………..
ii.An extremely strong wind:
iii. A violent tropical storm with very strong winds:
iv.A violent storm whose centre is a cloud in the shape of a funnel.
v. A violent storm with very strong winds, especially in the western Atlantic Ocean:
vi. A very strong wind that moves very fast in a spinning movement and causes a lot of damage:
Answer
i. Cyclone
ii. Gale
iii. Typhoon
iv. Tornado
v. Hurricane
vi. Whirlwind
2. Notice how the word ‘hope’ is used in these sentences from the story:
(a) I hope it(the hailstorm) passes quickly.
(b) There was a single hope: help form God.
In the first example, ‘hope’ is a verb which means you wish for something to happen. In the second example it is a noun meaning a chance for something to happen.
Match the sentences in Column A with the meaning ‘hope’ in column B
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1.Will you get the subjects you want to study in college. I hope so. 2.I hope you don’t mind my saying this, but I don’t 3.This discovery will give new hope to HIV/AIDS 4.We were hoping against hope that the judges would 5.I called early in the hope of speaking to her before 6.Just when everybody had given up hope, the fishermen |
(i) A feeling that something good will probably happen. (ii) Thinking that this would happen (It may or may not have happened) (iii) Stopped believing that this good thing would happen. (iv) Wanting something to happen (an thinking it quite possible) (v) Showing concern that what you say should not offend or disturb the other person: a way of being polite. (vi) Wishing for something to happen. Although this is very unlikely |
Answer
1-(iv) , 2- (v) , 3- (i) ,4-(vi) ,5-(ii) , 6-(iii)
III. Relative clauses
Join thesentences given below using who, whom, whose, which, as suggested.
1. I often go to Mumbai. Mumbai is the commercial capital of India(which)
2. Mymother is going to host a TV show on cooking. She cooks very well(who)
3.These sportspersons are going to meet the President. Their performance has been excellent(whose)
4. Lencho prayed to God. His eyes see into our minds(whose)
5. This man cheated me. I trusted him(whom)
Answer
1. I often go to Mumbai which is the commercial capital of India.
2. My mother who cooks very well, is going to host a TV show on cooking.
3. These sportspersons whose performance has been excellent are going to meet the
President.
4. Lencho whose eyes see into our minds prayed to God.
5. This man whom I trusted cheated me.