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The Price of Bananas
by Mulk Raj Anand
Write the answer to the following questions within 25 word
- How did the whole amusing episode end?
The whole... ended in a bitter sense of grievance against the rich businessman who was very cruel towards the poor vendor.
- What did the monkey do after accepting the fruit vendor's bargain?
After ... the monkey took over the bananas with his right hand and released the embroidered cap with its left hand.
- Why was there a great deal of amusement?
There was ... as the monkey snatched away the loincloth of a pious person who was talking a bath under the pump.
- How did the businessman react when the monkey took away his embroidered cap?
The businessman shouted in utter confusion. His round and smug face were covered with perspiration. He ran towards the tree over the pump and stood threatening the monkey.
- How did the narrator make fun out of the businessman?
The narrator drew a cartoon of the businessman and showed his drawing to all the other passengers except him. Thus they laughed and the businessman became uncomfortable.
- How did the Sethji justify himself?
The Sethji … by saying that if he did not want to help him to get his cap back, he should not have offered the monkey the bananas.
- How did Sethji behave with the fruit vendor?
The fruit vendor demanded two annas from Sethji but he offered him only an anna. The vendor had refused to take an anna, the Sethi threw it on the platform rudely.
- When did the narrator arrive at Faizabad Railway station?
Why did the monkeys descend now and then on the platform of the railway station?
- By which incident was the narrator struck?
What happened when the businessman stood threatening and shouting at the monkey?
- When did the businessman feel slightly relieved?
- How was the cap of Sethi rescued?
- Why did the whole platform wait for the bated breath?
- Why did the porter give a cry or wail?
Write the answer to the following questions in a sentence:
- Where did the young monkeys sit?
- What did the monkey do the loincloth of the pious person?
- What did Sethji’s luggage include?
- Why according to the fruit vendor, were the monkeys disturbing the passengers?
- What did the narrator watch sitting on a bench?
- Why did the monkeys descend from the trees?
- On which did the narrator concentrate?
- Who joins the narrator in the compartment?
- What did a monkey snatch?
- What sort of man was the fruit vendor?
- What did the bather request the monkey?
- How did the gentleman look like?
- What did the monkey snatch away?
- Who had come forward to help the businessman?
- What did the vendor dangle with his right hand?
- How many annas did the vendor demand from the businessman?
- How many did the porter carry?
- What did the businessman throw on the vendor?
- What did all the passengers feel for the poor vendor?
- What was the narrator watching sitting on the bench?
- What announced the approaching train?
- Where did the narrator secure a sit for himself on the train?
- Why were all the passengers sweating on the train?
- Why were several passengers busy for?
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