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    The narrator's mother asks them to tell stories to her children. The narrator tells the story of Goldilocks, but the children interrupt with questions. The narrator thinks Goldilocks may not be the best choice and decides to tell the story of Little Red Riding Hood instead. However, the children seem more interested in Cinderella. Ambu objects to some of the gender stereotypes in the classic stories. The narrator's mother thinks telling new or revised versions of stories could help address misconceptions.

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    The narrator's mother asks them to tell stories to her children. The narrator tells the story of Goldilocks, but the children interrupt with questions. The narrator thinks Goldilocks may not be the best choice and decides to tell the story of Little Red Riding Hood instead. However, the children seem more interested in Cinderella. Ambu objects to some of the gender stereotypes in the classic stories. The narrator's mother thinks telling new or revised versions of stories could help address misconceptions.

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    Class – 8
    Unit – 1
    Family and Friends
    Sec – A Educating Mother
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     Answer the following questions with the reference to the context.
    1.  It's all started when my mother asked me to tell the children a story.
    1.  Who is 'I' in the story?
    2.  For whom the words 'My mother' are used?
    3.  Who was Venku? How old was he?
    4.  Who interrupts narrator first?
    5.  What was narrator's daughter's name?  How old was she?
    6.  Name the first story narrator told.
    7.  What does Ambu's history teacher insist?

    2. Goldilocks decided to go for a walk.


    1.  Name the child who asked if Goldilocks had wait problem?  Why did he think so?
    2.  Who gets lost into the forest?  What according to Janki she could have done to reach
    back to her home?
    3.  To whom did Ambu call stupid? Why?
    3.  She was so hungry that she made straight for the dining room.  

    3.  She was so hungry that she made straight for the dining room.  
    1. Who was the owner of the cottage?
    2.  Whom does 'she' refer to? 
    3.  What was there on the table?
    4.  Whose cup was cold?
    5.  Which cup did she choose for eating?  Why?
    6.  What was the cup filled with?
    7.  What is porridge?
    8.  What kind of stories did Ambu usually read?
    9.  According to Ambu which story was a murder mystery? Why?

    4. How do I know you haven't edited out all the interesting bits?
    1.  For home is 'I' and 'You' refer to?
    2.  What was the reason Ambu believed that it was not edited?
    3.  According to Ambu would have put the bowl in the cottage? Why?
    4.  What was mother's invention in the story of Goldilocks?
    5. May be Goldilocks was not the right choice. I would tell them some other story.
    1.  Who thinks that Goldilocks was not the right choice? Why?
    2.  Which another story did the narrator tell?
    3.  Who went to the forest to meet her grandmother?
    4.  What did she take with her in basket?
    5.  Name the child who is highly environmentally conscious.
    6.  Who met Red Riding Hood on the way?
    7.  Who reaches first to grandmother? How?
    8.  Whom did Red Riding Hood find on reaching Grand mass cottage?
    9.  What change did she find in grandma's look?
    10.  When could narrator mother realize the hostility of children? How?

    6.  Forget Red Riding Hood, I'll tell you the story of Cinderella.
    1.  How did Ambu react on listening Cinderella's name?
    2.  What was Cinderella waiting for?
    3.  What suggestion did Ambu give for Cinderella to free herself?
    4.  What was Ambu's mother's reply for that?
    5.  Who said that the story writers were gender biased? Why?
    6.  What alternative did Mother think to remove this misconception from her mind?
    7.  Which story Ramu had already heard?
    8.  What is the name of the fourth story?   Who is the protagonist in it?

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