3. A Horse and Two Goats - Evergreen Workbook Answers

A Horse and Two Goats by R. K. Narayan - Evergreen Workbook Answer

Context Questions

Questions and Answers..

Passage 1

1. Which village is being referred to here and what is its location?

Ans. The village referred to here is Kritam. It is a small village, situated away from highway. It is located in Tamil Nadu, and appears only as a microscopic dot on the district survey map.

2. What do you understand by Tamil word "coronet" and what is referred to here as "coronet"?

Ans.Coronet in Tamil means "crown". The village Kritam is referred to here as "coronet". Kritam is a small village, situated away from highway. It is located in Tamil Nadu, and appears only as a microscopic dot on the district survey map.

3. Describe the Big House.

Ans. The Big House was one of the thirty houses in Kritam. It was the only house built with brick and cement. It was painted in bright yellow and blue colour. There were carvings of Gods and gargoyles on its railings.

4. Describe the houses in Kritam.

Ans. The other houses were distributed in four streets. It was generally made up of bamboo thatch, straw, mud and other and specified material.

5. How many houses were there approximately in the village?

Ans. The village consisted of less than thirty houses. The Big House was one of the thirty houses in Kritam. It was the only house built with brick and cement. It was painted in a bright yellow and blue colour. There were carvings of Gods and gargoyles on its railing. The other houses were distributed in four streets. It was generally made up of bamboo thatch, straw, mud and other and unspecified material.

Passage 2

Question and Answers..

1. How can we say that Muni had seen good days?

Ans. Muni had owned a flock of forty sheep and goats' this sentence tells us that Muni had seen good days since forty sheep and goats were enough to call a man rich in those days.

2. What was Muni's daily morning routine?

Ans. Every morning morning took forth his flock of sheep and goats to the highway for grazing. He sat on the pedestal of a clay statue of a horse while his cattle grazed around.

3. What did Muni do on his way?

Ans. He carried a crook tied at the end of a bamboo pole and snapped foliage from the avenue trees, to feed his flock. He also gathered faggots and dry stick, bundled them, and carry them home for fuel.

4. When did Muni return home? What did he carry home with him?

Ans. Muni returned home with his flock of ship at sunset carrying gathered faggots dry stick for firewood.

5. What was Muni's breakfast and how did his wife cook for it?

Ans. Muni's breakfast each day was millet flour balls. Muni's wife boiled water in a mud pot, threw into a handful of millet flour, added salt and gave him his first nourishment for the day.

Passage 3

Question and Answers...

1. Whom does Muni refer to when he says 'that scoundrel'?

Ans. Muni refer to the shopkeeper as 'that scoundrel'. Muni has visited the shopkeeper to buy some ingredients. The shopkeeper refused to give him the required material on credit. The argument with the shopkeeper leaves him fatigued.

2. What fatigue does Muni refer to?

Ans. Muni has visited the shopkeeper to buy some ingredients. The shopkeeper refused to give him the required material on credit. Muni tried coaxing the shopkeeper in various ways to give him the items on credit, but it broke out into an argument. The argument with the shopkeeper left him fatigued.

3. Why does Muni tell his wife to sell the drumstiks?

Ans. The shopkeeper refuses to give him the required groceries on credits. The argument with the shopkeeper left him fatigued. Muni and his wife have nothing left in the kitchen to make the sauce. So he tells his wife to sell the drumsticks.

4. Why is Muni's wife upset with Muni?

Ans. Muni's wife was annoyed with him because Muni wanted to have the drumsticks cooked in a sauce. Muni's wife could not cook them for her husband as she did not have the required ingredients for the sauce and the money in the house did not suffice for his wife to make the sauce.

5. Why did Muni feel that he should not irritate his wife further?

Ans. Muni's wife was annoyed with him because Muni wanted to have the drumsticks cooked in a sauce. Muni's wife could not cook them for her husband as she did not have the required ingredients for the sauce. The money in the house too did not suffice for his wife to make the sauce. He however knew that if he obeyed her order, she would some how conjure up some food for him in the evening.