Chapter 8 Memories of Childhood Solutions
Question - 11 : - Why was the girl tied to a chair in Memories of Childhood ?
Answer - 11 : -
The girl Zitkala-Sa refused to accept their decision because they wanted to cut her hair and she felt insulted because of this i.e., cutting of her hair.
Question - 12 : - When and why did Bonnin miss her mother the most ?
Answer - 12 : -
Bonnin missed her mother the most when her long hair were shingled like a coward’s. She moaned for her mother, but nobody consoled her as her mother used to do.
Question - 13 : - Mantion any two reasons because of which it would take thirty minutes to an hour for Bama to reach home ?
Answer - 13 : -
It was actually possible to walk the distance from school to home in ten minutes. But Bama would usually take half an hour. On her way back home, she would watch all the fun and games that were going in the streets, in the shops and in the’ bazaar.
Question - 14 : - What did Bama watch the cyclist doing ?
Answer - 14 : -
Bama watched the cyclist who had not got off his bicycle for three days, and kept pedalling as hard as he could from break of the day. She saw that the rupees notes were pinned on to his shirt to encourage him.
Question - 15 : - In which manner did an elder of Bama’s street carry the packet in the bazaar ?
Answer - 15 : -
An elder of Bama’s street came along from the direction of the bazaar. He was carrying the small packet of something like ‘vadai’ or green banana bhajji in a peculiar manner. He was holding out the packet by its string, without touching it. ,
Question - 16 : - To whom and in which manner did the elder hand over the packet ?
Answer - 16 : -
The elder went straight to the landlord, bowed low and extended the packet towards him. He was cupping the hand that held the string with his other hand. The landlord opened the packet and began to eat the vadais.
Question - 17 : - “That is why he had to carry the package by its string.” What did Bama’s elder brother tell her about it ?
Answer - 17 : -
Bama’s elder brother explained to her that everybody believed that they were upper caste and, therefore, must not touch them. They would be polluted if they did. That is why the elder had to carry the package by its string.
Question - 18 : - How did Bama react when her brother told her that the elder being untouchable could not hold that package in his hand ?
Answer - 18 : -
Bama felt terribly sad. She felt so provoked and angry that she wanted to touch those wretched vadais herself straightway. How they could believe that it was disgusting if one of them held that package in his hands.
Question - 19 : - Why did one of the landlord’s men ask Bama’s brother on which street he lived ?
Answer - 19 : -
One day when Bama’s brother was on his way to home, one of the landlord’s men asked him his name and on which street he lived. If he knew on which street he lived, he would know his caste too.
Question - 20 : - Why did Bama’s elder brother advise her to ‘work hard and learn’ ?
Answer - 20 : -
Bama’s brother told her that being Dalits they were never given any honour or dignity or respect. To get these, he advised her to study and make progress to throw away these indignities.