THE HOUSE
WITH GOLDENE WINDOW
A. Choose the correct option.
1. What did Stevie usually
do in the hour before sunset?
a. he
went home for supper with his family.
b. He sat
down on a rock and dozed off.
c. He
worked on the farm with his father.
d. He looked at a house on a distant hill.
2. When did the
golden windows usually appear?
a. at
noon
b. in the
morning
c. at sunset (✓)
d. night
3. What did Mrs.
Campbell tell Stevie about her family?
a. They were ordinary farming people.
b. They were
new to the village.
c. The windows
of their house were made of gold.
d. They owned
the farm on which Stevie and his family lived.
4. Which of these statements
about Paula is not true?
a. She
had a black calf.
b. She became
Stevie’s friend.
c. She
was the same age as Stevie.
d. She went to the same school as Stevie.
5. Which of these
statements about Stevie is true?
a. He ate
nothing at Paula’s house.
b. He realised that his house also had golden windows.
c. He had
a black calf with a white star on its forehead.
d. He
told Paula what he had learned about the golden windows.
B. Think and Answer
1. What do you learn about Stevie from the story?
Stevie is a wonderful boy, who after the school helps his father
in the farm. He wonders looking at the far-off window, shining like a gold and
is curious to visit the place one day.
2. Why were the golden windows only visible at sunset?
It was in reality not a golden window. At sunset the golden rays
of the setting sun fell on the hills and made the glass windows glitter like
gold.
3. What did Stevie learn on his day off from work?
Stevie learned that their house, too, had windows of gold.
4. Why did Stevie go to Mrs. Campbell’s house?
Stevie went in the direction of the house whose window shone
very brightly. As he reached there, he found that it was the house of Mrs.
Campbell.
5. What did Stevie find of the window glitter like gold?
Stevie found that the window was made of glass and it the
evening the sunlight reflected from it.
C. We often have things in our life whose
value we do not understand. Mention one such thing in your life.
STUDENTS MUST THEIR OWN ANSWER
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