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visit website sugarybloom.blogspot.com  On Habits Alfred George Gardiner Short answer questions 1.What is writer's habit? The writer was having the habit of writing with his pencil. 2.What is considered a magic wand? The pencil is considered a magic wand. What i require from life-J.B.S.Haldane A work of Art-Anton Chekhov On travel by train-J.B. Priestley If-Rudyard Kipling   3.What intrudes between the writer and his thoughts? The pen kept intruding between writer and his thoughts. 4.What did Sir Walter Scott  tell to Rogers of his school days? There was a boy in  Scott's class who  always stood at the top position in class but had the habit of fumbling with his fingers at a particular button in the lower part of his waistcoat whenever any question was asked to him.Scott being jealous of the boy, removed that button to know how the boy will answer, if he finds out that the button is missing.When the boy was questioned, his fingers automatically sought for the bu...

  visit website sugarybloom.blogspot.com Sweets for Angels R.K. Narayan Short answer questions 1..Who is Kali?What was his profession? Kali was a daily wager with no family.His profession was carrying bags of rice from lorry to grain store at the market.He used to earn one rupee for doing that work. Great Expectations-Charles Dickens 2.The aroma of food reminded Kali of The Great Mahratta Hotel 3.Name the other occupants of the pyol. The other occupants  of the pyol who lived with Kali were his two friends, Kuppan, a rickshaw puller and Pachai ,a beggar , who begs at the bus stand  pretending  to be blind. Why did Kali feel proud? Kali felt proud that he could afford to sit in a chair and order coffee.This was possible because he had hauled several  sacks of grains on the previous day and hence his little money purse was bulged with coins. On habits-A.G. Gardiner On travel by train-J.B. Priestley How did Kali react when the three children did not notice him? Whe...

  visit website sugarybloom.blogspot.com The Imp and The Crust  Leo Tolstoy Answer the following in one or two sentences 1.What did the peasant take with him for breakfast ? The peasant took with him a crust of bread for his breakfast. He wrapped  the bread in his coat and put it under a bush and set to work. 2.What did the peasant do after his bread was stolen Though the peasant was sorry to lose his breakfast, he was not angry  at all. He told to himself that he is not going to die of hunger and whoever took the bread might have needed it and let it do good to him.Then he went to the well , drank some water and rested a bit.  Sweets for Angels-R.K. Narayan  On Habits -A.G. Gardiner 3.Why was the imp sitting behind the bush The imp had stolen the peasant's bread while he was ploughing  . The imp  was sitting behind the bush, waiting to hear the peasant swear and call on the Devil, the moment peasant sees that his only crust of bread was stolen. 4...

American Literature visit website  https://sugarybloom.blogspot.com/ The Tell Tale Heart Edgar Allan Poe About the author " The Tell-Tale Heart " is a short story  by American writer  Edgar Allan Poe , first published in 1843. " The Tell-Tale Heart " is a short story  related by an unnamed narrator who endeavours to convince the reader of the narrator's sanity while simultaneously describing a murder the narrator committed. The victim was an old man with a filmy pale blue "vulture-eye", as the narrator calls it. The narrator emphasizes the careful calculation of the murder, attempting the perfect crime, complete with dismembering the body in the bathtub and hiding it under the floorboards. Ultimately, the narrator's actions result in hearing a thumping sound, which the narrator interprets as the dead man's beating heart. Edgar Allan Poe   was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic   Poe is best known for his poetry and short st...