Why do you think the servants thought Gandhi to be another peasant?
Servants knew shukla as a poor yeoman who pertused their master to help the Indigo sharecroppers. Shukla was a peasant and Ghandi was being accompanied by shukla so servant through Gandhi as a peasant as he was with another peasant.
How do we know that ordinary people too contributed to the freedom movement?
How was Gandhi able to influence lawyers? Give instances.
Why is Rajkumar Shukla described as being ‘resolute’?
How did the episode change the plight of the peasants?
Why do you think Gandhi considered the Champaran episode to be a turning-point in his life?
The events in this part of the text illustrate Gandhi’s method of working. Can you identify some instances of this method and link them to his ideas of satyagraha and non-violence?
Strike out what is not true in the following.
a. Rajkumar Shukla was
(i) a sharecropper.
(ii) a politician.
(iii) delegate.
(iv) a landlord.
b. Rajkumar Shukla was
(i) poor.
(ii) physically strong.
(iii) illiterate.
What was the attitude of the average Indian in smaller localities towards advocates of ‘home rule’?
List the places that Gandhi visited between his first meeting with Shukla and his arrival at Champaran.
Why did Gandhi agree to a settlement of 25 per cent refund to the farmers?
What was Franz expected to be prepared with for school that day?
What is Saheb looking for in the garbage dumps? Where is he and where has he come from?
What is the “misadventure” that William Douglas speaks about?
From where did the peddler get the idea of the world being a rattrap?
What does the writer mean by ‘the fiery misery’ of those subjected to make-up’?
What are some of the positive views on interviews?
Where was it most likely that the two girls would find work after school?
What did Franz notice that was unusual about the school that day?
What explanations does the author offer for the children not wearing footwear?
What were the series of emotions and fears that Douglas experienced when he was thrown into the pool? What plans did he make to come to the surface?
Who was The Boss of Gemini Studios?
What caused the lack of communication between the Englishman and the people at Gemini Studios?
Why did he show the thirty kroner to the peddler?
How does Douglas make clear to the reader the sense of panic that gripped him as he almost drowned? Describe the details that have made the description vivid.
Sophie and Jansie were class-mates and friends. What were the differences between them that show up in the story?
What was distinctive about Eco’s academic writing style?
What changes did the order from Berlin cause in school that day?
Why should child labour be eliminated and how?
Name one example to show that Gemini studios was influenced by the plays staged by MRA.
Sophie’s dreams and disappointments are all in her mind.