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    Bholi was a slow learner who suffered disfigurement from smallpox. Her kind teacher helped build her confidence by giving her a book and instilling hope in her ability to learn. On her first day of school, Bholi felt a new life was beginning. Years later, at her wedding, Bholi refused to marry the greedy bridegroom when he demanded a large dowry, despite originally agreeing. The teacher felt proud to see the once shy Bholi stand up for herself.

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    Bholi was a slow learner who suffered disfigurement from smallpox. Her kind teacher helped build her confidence by giving her a book and instilling hope in her ability to learn. On her first day of school, Bholi felt a new life was beginning. Years later, at her wedding, Bholi refused to marry the greedy bridegroom when he demanded a large dowry, despite originally agreeing. The teacher felt proud to see the once shy Bholi stand up for herself.

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    Class X

    ENGLISH

    Bholi
    By K A Abbas
    Read the extracts carefully and answer the questions that follow:
    1. For the sake of this kind woman, however, she decided to make an effort.
    She had such a soothing voice; she would not laugh at her.
    (a) Who was the kind woman?
    (b) What idea do you form about this woman?
    (c) Was her approach effective?
    (d) How did Bholi’s teacher play an important role in changing Bholi’s life?
    Answers
    (a) The kind woman was Bholi’s teacher.
    (b) The teacher was a soft and kind person, who knew that Bholi was feeling
    awkward and afraid. She did her best to make Bholi feel comfortable
    and confident.
    (c) Yes, the teacher’s understanding and soothing words proved to be very
    effective for Bholi.
    (d) Bholi’s teacher made her confident and self reliant. As she grew up, she
    had the courage to refuse to marry a lame and greedy man.

    2. “What is the matter with you, you fool?” shouted Ramlal. “I am only
    taking you to school.” Then he told his wife, “Let her wear some decent
    clothes today, or else what will the teacher and the other school girls
    think of us when they see her?”
    (a) Who does ‘Ramlal’ call ‘you fool’?
    (b) What did Ramlal want his wife to do?
    (c) Why was Bholi scared to go to school?
    (d) What made her feel that she was going to a better place than her home?
    Answers
    (a) Ramlal calls Bholi a fool.
    (b) Ramlal wanted his wife to get Bholi ready for school, in decent clothes.
    (c) Bholi had no idea what a school was. She was afraid that she was being
    sent away just like their cow, Lakshmi. So she was scared.
    (d) Bholi felt that she was going to a better place than her home as she was
    given a bath, decent clothes to wear and her hair was also oiled and
    combed.

    Short answer questions:


    1. How was Bholi different from the other children at home?
    Ans. Bholi had fallen from a cot when she was ten months old. This damaged
    a part of her brain and affected her intelligence. She became a slow
    learner, and showed retarded growth. When she was two years old, she
    had an attack of smallpox. Her entire body was permanently disfigured
    with deep pock-marks. She learnt to speak at the age of five and
    stammered while speaking.
    2. What filled Bholi, a dumb cow, with new hope in her?
    Ans. Bholi’s first day of school brought hope of a new life. She had found a
    loving and kind teacher. The teacher inspired her and gave her a book.
    She had made Bholi feel confident about herself. She explained the
    importance of learning and instilled in her new hope. Slowly Bholi began
    to learn and realised that a new life was about to begin for her.
    3. Why did Bholi’s teacher feel like ‘an artist admiring her masterpiece’?
    Ans. Bholi’s teacher felt like an artist admiring her masterpiece, when she
    witnessed Bholi speak up at her own marriage, against her greedy
    bridegroom. The teacher realized that her words, education and
    motivation had transformed the shy, self- conscious Bholi into the bold
    and confident Sulekha, who could take a stand and decide not to marry a
    mean, greedy man. The teacher felt satisfied that her education had
    helped a girl to stand on her own feet and voice her opinion against age-
    old social evils such as dowry.
    Long answer questions
    Why did Bholi refuse to accept Bishamber as her husband when she had
    agreed to his proposal earlier?
    Ans. Earlier, Bholi did not oppose the proposal of Bhishamber, as she wanted to
    save the honour of her family. Bhishamber was rich, had a big shop, a house
    of his own and money in the bank. But when he saw the pock-marks on Bholi’s
    face, he demanded a dowry of five thousand rupees to marry her. Even the
    turban of Ramlal at his feet couldn’t melt his heart.
    Bholi realized that Bhishamber had no regard or respect for her parents. Also,
    he treated marriage like a bargain and forced her father to cough up five
    thousand rupees. So, when he moved forward to garland her, Bholi threw the
    garland into the fire. She declared that she would not have such a mean,
    greedy and a worthless person as her husband.

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