Grade- 5 Podar International School, Gandhinagar

Anne of Green Gables                 L.M Montgomerry a. Why was Matthew shocked at what the station master told him? A.The stationmaster told Matthew that one passenger was dropped off at the station for him. It was a little girl sitting by the shingles on the railway station. He was shocked as he was expecting for a boy to help him with farm work. b. Describe the girl at the station. A. The girl at the station was of about eleven year old, garbed in a very short, very tight, very ugly dress of yellowish-gray wincey. She wore a faded brown sailor hat and beneath the hat, extending down her back, were two braids of very thick, red hair. Her face was small, white, thin and much freckled; her mouth was large and so were her eyes, which looked green in some lights and moods and gray in others. The chin was very pointed and pronounced; her big eyes were full of spirit and vivacity; her mouth was sweet-...

Of Dreams and Reality a. What would Robin do every morning on his way to college? A. Every morning on his way to college, Robin would stop and stare at the red car in the showroom.  b. Did Robin’s father agree to buy him the car? A. Robin’s father agreed to buy him the car if he got good grades in college.  c. Why did Robin get angry with his father? A. When Robin topped his graduation class he expected his father to gift him the red car instead he got a hymn book. This annoyed Robin.  d. What happened when Robin went back to his old house after many years? A. When Robin went back to his old house after many years, he entered his father’s study room and picked up the hymn book that was still on the table. A car key dropped out of it which had the tag with the dealer’s name, his graduation date and the words – ‘Paid in Full’.  e. Do you think Robin regretted his behaviour with his father? Why do you think so? A. When Robin came to his ol...

 The Moon R.L Stevenson a) For how long the flowers and children sleep? A. The flowers and the children sleep till the sun rises. b) How has the poet described the moon in the poem? A. The poet has given the moon a feminine quality of having a face like a face of the clock that shines upon streets, fields and quays and brings to light all those that are active during the night and also those that are asleep.