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SSC English First Paper
Unit-1, Lesson-1 Mr. Moti by Rahad Kabir
Read the passage. Then answer the questions below
Ameen is seventeen when the war breaks out. One Monday, after supper, he announces he will go to war. Sonabhan shrieks in surprise. You want to leave me alone?
It won't take long. Ma, he assures her. I'll be back soon after the training. That night Sonabhan cannot sleep.
After sun-up, she opens the duck coop. The flock streams out, stretches and quacks around her for their morning meal. She takes longer than usual. She mixes water with rice husks in an earthen bowl and puts it down. They gobble it up in five minutes and head for the pond. Ameen has let out the chickens by then. He lifts his 12-week-old cockerel, Moti, and sits on the veranda. During his breakfast he doesn't strike up any conversation. Having noticed Sonabhan's puffy eyes, he knows not to mention last night's subject. He casts his glance to the aide, down at the cockerel eating rice in atience.
Today is haat bar, market day. Sonabhan has arranged the things Ameen will take to the bazaar to sell. Two dozen eggs, a sheaf of areca nuts, a bottle gourd. The bazaar is about a mile away.
Ameen wears his short-sleeved floral shirt over his lungi. He whistles as he looks into the cloudy mirror to comb his hair. Placing the rattan basket on his head before setting off, he hollers: I'm off, Ma.
Sonabhan watches him go along the bank of the little river. For the first time it occurs to her that Ameen has grown up. He has reached the height of his dead father, has his long neck and straight shoulders.
In that moment, Sonabhan realizes It's not the war, it's the fighting that Ameen is fascinated with. Like his dead father, he is crazy about bullfighting, cockfighting and boat racing. The same stubbornness flows in his blood. Once he decides on something, nothing can stop him. Her little son! Now a man. Even up to his fifteenth birthday barely a day passed without netghbours appearing with a slew of complaints. Sometimes one or two turned up from other villages. They peeked into the house and asked, Does Ameen live here?
Sonabhan would sigh. What did he do?
Your son stole my date juice! Emptied the juice pots hanging on the date trees! Sonabhan would sigh again. Then ask the visitor to pardon him. She hated saying that she'd raised her son alone. If she could spare them, she would bring half a dozen eggs and hand them to the visitor Please take these for your children.
At night, Sonabhan climbs out of her bed, clutches the hurricane lamp and tiptoes into Ameen's room. She stands by his bed, looks at her sleeping son. He snores like his father. He has her light skin and button nose. She touches his cheek. His broad forehead. She suppresses a desire to lie beside him. Like the old days, when she slept cuddling her baby.
A warning comes from old Chowkidar's young wife. Watch your rooster, she threatens. I don't want him in my house again.
If someone touches my boy. Sonabhan responds, they'll see the consequences. She grounds Moti for an entire day. It makes him sad. His forlorn captivity crucifies her. She sets him loose the following morning.
Some boys come and ask Sonabhan to lend them Moti for cockfighting at a fair. They are happy to pay.
Never, she tells them. He is my son.
Monday dawns without Mott's crowing. His cold body is resting on its right side. Lying against the basket. Eyes closed. His kingly head down.
With Mott's basket in her lap, Sonabhan is motionless.
She puts Moti to rest beside her husband's grave. She sighs, plods across the empty yard, steps onto an empty veranda, crawls into an empty home and sits on the edge of an empty bed.
Another morning breaks.... Noon and afternoon come and go. The birds in the coops quack and crow.... No one lets them out. For the first time. Sonabhan's doors do not open
āĻāĻāύিāĻ - āĻāϝ়াāύ āϞেāϏāύ - āĻāϝ়াāύ
āĻāύাāĻŦ āĻŽāϤি। āϞিāĻেāĻেāύ: āϰাāĻšাāĻĻ āĻāĻŦিāϰ
āϝুāĻĻ্āϧ āĻļুāϰুāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝ় āĻāĻŽিāύেāϰ āĻŦāϝ়āϏ āĻিāϞ āϏāϤেāϰ। āĻোāύো āĻāĻ āϏোāĻŽāĻŦাāϰে, āϰাāϤেāϰ āĻাāĻŦাāϰেāϰ āĻĒāϰ, āϏে āĻোāώāĻŖা āĻĻিāϞ āϝে āϏে āϝুāĻĻ্āϧ āĻāϰāϤে āϝাāĻŦে। āϏোāύাāĻাāύ āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻিā§āĻাāϰ āĻāϰে āĻŦāϞে, āϤুāĻ āĻāĻŽাāĻে āĻāĻা āĻĢেāϞে āϝেāϤে āĻাāϏ?
āĻāϤে āĻুāĻŦ āĻāĻāĻা āĻŦেāĻļি āϏāĻŽāϝ় āϞাāĻāĻŦে āύা āĻŽা, āϏে āϤাāĻে āĻāĻļ্āĻŦāϏ্āϤ āĻāϰে। āĻāĻŽি āĻĒ্āϰāĻļিāĻ্āώāĻŖেāϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻļীāĻ্āϰāĻ āĻĢিāϰে āĻāϏāĻŦ। āϏে āϰাāϤে āϏোāύাāĻাāύ āĻুāĻŽোāϤে āĻĒাāϰে āύা।
āϏূāϰ্āϝ āĻāĻ াāϰ āĻĒāϰ, āϏে āĻšাঁāϏেāϰ āĻāϰ āĻুāϞে āĻĻেāϝ়। āĻšাঁāϏāĻুāϞো āĻŦেāϰ āĻšāϝ়ে āĻāϏে, āĻļāϰীāϰেāϰ āĻāĻĄ়āĻŽোāĻĄ়া āĻেāĻে āĻĒ্āϝাāĻāĻĒ্āϝাāĻ āĻāϰāϤে āĻāϰāϤে āϤাāϰ āĻাāϰāĻĒাāĻļে āĻুāϰāϤে āĻĨাāĻে āϏāĻাāϞেāϰ āĻাāĻŦাāϰেāϰ āĻāĻļাāϝ়। āϏে āĻāĻ āĻāĻāĻু āĻŦেāĻļি āϏāĻŽāϝ় āύেāϝ়। āĻŽাāĻিāϰ āĻāĻ āĻĒাāϤ্āϰে āĻাāϞেāϰ āϤুāϞি āĻāϰ āĻĒাāύি āĻŽিāĻļিāϝ়ে āĻšাঁāϏāĻĻেāϰ āϏাāĻŽāύে āϰাāĻে। āĻšাāϏāĻুāϞো āĻĒাঁāĻ āĻŽিāύিāĻেāϰ āĻŽāϧ্āϝে āϤা āϏাāĻŦাāĻĄ় āĻāϰে āĻĻিāϝ়ে āĻĒুāĻুāϰেāϰ āĻĻিāĻে āĻāϞে āϝাāϝ়।
āϤāϤāĻ্āώāĻŖে āĻāĻŽিāύ āĻŽুāϰāĻিāĻুāϞোāĻে āĻেāĻĄ়ে āĻĻেāϝ়। āϏে āϤাāϰ ⧧⧍ āϏāĻĒ্āϤাāĻš āĻŦāϝ়āϏী āĻŽোāϰāĻ, āĻŽোāϤিāĻে āϤুāϞে āύিāϝ়ে āĻŦাāϰাāύ্āĻĻাāϝ় āĻŦāϏে। āύাāϏ্āϤাāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝ় āϏে āĻোāύো āĻāĻĨা āĻŦāϞে āύা। āϏোāύাāĻাāύেāϰ āĻĢুāϞে āĻāĻ া āĻোāĻ āĻĻেāĻেāĻ āϏে āĻāϤ āϰাāϤে āϝা āĻšāϝ়েāĻে, āϏে āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻিāĻু āĻŦāϞে āύা। āĻুāĻĒāĻাāĻĒ āĻĒাāĻļেāϰ āĻĻিāĻে āϤাāĻিāϝ়ে āĻŽোāϰāĻāĻিāĻে āĻĻেāĻāϤে āĻĨাāĻে, āϏেāĻি āύীāϰāĻŦে āĻাāϞ āĻেāϝ়ে āĻāϞেāĻে।
āĻāĻ āĻšাāĻāĻŦাāϰ, āĻŦাāĻাāϰেāϰ āĻĻিāύ। āϏোāύাāĻাāύ āĻāĻŽিāύেāϰ āĻāύ্āϝ āĻŦাāĻাāϰে āĻŦিāĻ্āϰি āĻāϰāϤে āϝাāĻāϝ়াāϰ āĻিāύিāϏāĻĒāϤ্āϰ āĻĒ্āϰāϏ্āϤুāϤ āĻāϰে āϰেāĻেāĻে। āĻĻুāĻ āĻĄāĻāύ āĻĄিāĻŽ, āĻāĻ āĻোāĻা āϏুāĻĒাāϰি, āĻāĻāĻি āϞাāĻ āĻŦাāĻাāϰāĻা āĻāĻ āĻŽাāĻāϞ āĻĻূāϰে।
āĻāĻŽিāύ āϤাāϰ āĻোāĻāĻšাāϤা āĻĢুāϞāϤোāϞা āĻļাāϰ্āĻāĻা āĻĒāϰেāĻে, āϞুāĻ্āĻিāϰ āĻāĻĒāϰ। āĻুāϞ āĻঁāĻāĻĄ়াāύোāϰ āĻāύ্āϝ āĻāϝ়āύাāϰ āĻĻিāĻে āϤাāĻিāϝ়ে āϏে āĻļিāϏ āĻĻেāϝ় āĻŽাāϞāĻĒāϤ্āϰেāϰ āĻুāĻĄ়ি āĻŽাāĻĨাāϝ় āϤুāϞে āϰāĻāύা āĻĻেāĻāϝ়াāϰ āĻāĻে āϏে āĻšাঁāĻ āĻেāĻĄ়ে āĻŦāϞে: āĻŽা, āĻāĻŽি āϝাāĻ্āĻি।
āϏোāύাāĻাāύ āϤাāĻে āĻোāĻ āύāĻĻীāϰ āϤীāϰ āϧāϰে āĻāϞে āϝেāϤে āĻĻেāĻে। āĻĒ্āϰāĻĨāĻŽāĻŦাāϰেāϰ āĻŽāϤো āϤাāϰ āĻŽāύে āĻšāϝ় āϝে āĻāĻŽিāύ āĻŦāĻĄ় āĻšāϝ়ে āĻেāĻে। āϏে āϤাāϰ āĻŽৃāϤ āĻŦাāĻŦাāϰ āϏāĻŽাāύ āĻāĻ্āĻāϤাāϝ় āĻĒৌঁāĻেāĻে, āϤাāϰ āĻাāĻĄ় āĻ āύেāĻāĻা āϞāĻŽ্āĻŦা āĻāϰ āĻাঁāϧ āĻāĻু āĻšāϝ়ে āĻāĻ েāĻে।
āϏেāĻ āĻŽুāĻšূāϰ্āϤে āϏোāύাāĻাāύ āĻŦুāĻāϤে āĻĒাāϰে, āĻāĻি āϝুāĻĻ্āϧ āύāϝ় āĻŦāϰং āϝুāĻĻ্āϧেāϰ āϏাāĻĨে āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒৃāĻ্āϤ āϝে āϞāĻĄ়াāĻ āϏেāĻ āĻŦিāώāϝ়āĻিāĻ āĻāĻŽিāύāĻে āĻāĻৃāώ্āĻ āĻāϰেāĻে। āϤাāϰ āĻŽৃāϤ āĻŦাāĻŦাāϰ āĻŽāϤো, āĻāĻŽিāύ āώাঁāĻĄ়েāϰ āϞāĻĄ়াāĻ, āĻŽোāϰāĻ āϞāĻĄ়াāĻ āĻāϰ āύৌāĻা āĻŦাāĻāĻেāϰ āĻĒাāĻāϞ। āϏেāĻ āĻāĻāĻ āĻāύ্āύāĻাāĻĄ়া āϏ্āĻŦāĻাāĻŦ āϤাāϰ āϰāĻ্āϤে āĻŦāĻāĻে। āĻāĻāĻŦাāϰ āĻোāύো āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āϏিāĻĻ্āϧাāύ্āϤ āύিāϞে, āĻোāύোāĻিāĻুāĻ āϤাāĻে āĻĨাāĻŽাāϤে āĻĒাāϰে āύা।
āϤাāϰ āĻোāĻ āĻেāϞে। āĻāĻāύ āĻোāϝ়াāύ āĻĒুāϰুāώ āĻšāϝ়ে āĻāĻ েāĻে। āϤাāϰ āĻĒāύেāϰো āĻŦāĻāϰ āĻŦāϝ়āϏ āĻĒāϰ্āϝāύ্āϤ āĻāĻŽāύ āĻāĻāĻা āĻĻিāύāĻ āϝাāϝ়āύি, āϝে āĻĻিāύে āĻোāύো āύা āĻোāύো āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāĻŦেāĻļী āϤাāϰ āĻŦিāϰুāĻĻ্āϧে āĻ āĻিāϝোāĻ āύিāϝ়ে āĻšাāĻিāϰ āĻšāϝ়āύি। āĻŽাāĻে āĻŽাāĻে āĻ āύ্āϝ āĻ্āϰাāĻŽ āĻĨেāĻেāĻ āĻĻুāĻ-āĻāĻāĻāύ āĻāϏāϤ। āϤাāϰা āĻāϰে āĻāĻি āĻĻিāϝ়ে āĻĒ্āϰāĻļ্āύ āĻāϰāϤ, āĻāĻŽিāύ āĻি āĻāĻাāύে āĻĨাāĻে?
āϏোāύাāĻাāύ āĻĻীāϰ্āĻāĻļ্āĻŦাāϏ āĻĢেāϞāϤ। āĻী āĻāϰেāĻে āϏে?
āϤোāĻŽাāϰ āĻেāϞে āĻāĻŽাāϰ āĻেāĻুāϰেāϰ āϰāϏ āĻুāϰি āĻāϰেāĻে। āĻেāĻুāϰ āĻাāĻে āĻুāϞে āĻĨাāĻা āϰāϏেāϰ āĻĒাāϤ্āϰāĻুāϞো āĻাāϞি āĻāϰে āĻĢেāϞেāĻে। āϏোāύাāĻাāύ āĻāĻŦাāϰ āĻĻীāϰ্āĻāĻļ্āĻŦাāϏ āĻĢেāϞāϤ। āϤাāϰāĻĒāϰ āĻāĻĻ্āϰāϤাāϰ āϏāĻ্āĻে āϤাāĻĻেāϰ āĻ্āώāĻŽা āĻাāĻāϤ। āϤাāĻে āĻāĻা āĻāĻাāĻ āϤাāϰ āĻেāϞেāĻে āϞাāϞāύ-āĻĒাāϞāύ āĻāϰāϤে āĻšāϝ় āĻāĻ āĻŦিāώāϝ়āĻা āϤাāĻে āĻুāĻŦāĻ āĻĒীāĻĄ়া āĻĻেāϝ়। āĻĒাāϰāϞে āϏে āĻāĻ āĻĄāĻāύ āĻĄিāĻŽ āύিāϝ়ে āĻ āϤিāĻĨিāϰ āĻšাāϤে āϤুāϞে āĻĻিāϤ: āĻĻāϝ়া āĻāϰে āĻāĻুāϞো āĻāĻĒāύাāϰ āĻŦাāĻ্āĻাāĻĻেāϰ āĻāύ্āϝ āύিāϝ়ে āϝাāύ।
āϰাāϤে, āϏোāύাāĻাāύ āϤাāϰ āĻŦিāĻাāύা āĻĨেāĻে āĻāĻ ে āϝাāϝ়, āĻšাāϰিāĻেāύ āĻŦাāϤি āĻšাāϤে āϧāϰে āĻĒা āĻিāĻĒে āĻিāĻĒে āĻāĻŽিāύেāϰ āĻāϰে āĻĸোāĻেāύ। āϤাāϰ āĻেāϞেāϰ āĻļোāϝ়াāϰ āĻŦিāĻাāύাāϰ āĻĒাāĻļে āĻĻাঁāĻĄ়িāϝ়ে āĻĨাāĻেāύ। āϤাāϰ āĻুāĻŽāύ্āϤ āĻেāϞেāĻে āĻĻেāĻেāύ। āϏে āϤাāϰ āĻŦাāĻŦাāϰ āĻŽāϤো āύাāĻ āĻĄাāĻে। āϤাāϰ āĻŽাāϝ়েāϰ āĻŽāϤোāĻ āĻĢāϰ্āϏা āĻাāϝ়েāϰ āϰāĻ āĻāĻŦং āĻোāĻ āĻাāĻĄ়া āĻāĻৃāϤিāϰ āύাāĻ āĻĒেāϝ়েāĻে। āϏে āϤাāϰ āĻাāϞেāϰ āĻāĻĒāϰ āĻšাāϤ āϰাāĻে। āϤাāϰ āĻāĻāĻĄ়া āĻāĻĒাāϞ। āϏে āϤাāϰ āĻĒাāĻļে āĻļোāĻāϝ়াāϰ āĻāĻ্āĻেāĻা āĻĻāĻŽāύ āĻāϰে āϰাāĻে। āĻĒুāϰোāύো āĻĻিāύেāϰ āĻŽāϤো, āϝāĻāύ āϏে āϤাāϰ āĻāĻ āĻļিāĻļু āϏāύ্āϤাāύāĻে āĻোāϞে āύিāϝ়ে āĻļুāϝ়ে āĻĨাāĻāϤ।
āĻŦৃāĻĻ্āϧ āĻৌāĻিāĻĻাāϰেāϰ āϤāϰুāĻŖী āĻŦāĻ āϏāϤāϰ্āĻ āĻāϰে āĻļাāϏিāϝ়ে āϝাāϝ়। āϤাāϰ āĻŽোāϰāĻāĻে āϏাāĻŽāϞে āϰাāĻāϤে āĻŦāϞে, āϏে āϏেāĻিāĻে āĻāϰ āϤাāϰ āĻŦাāĻĄ়িāϤে āĻĻেāĻāϤে āĻাāϝ় āύা।
āϝāĻĻি āĻেāĻ āĻāĻŽাāϰ āĻেāϞেāĻে āϏ্āĻĒāϰ্āĻļ āĻāϰে, āϏোāύাāĻাāύ āĻāϤ্āϤāϰ āĻĻেāϝ়, āϤাāϰা āĻāϰ āĻĢāϞ āĻোāĻ āĻāϰāĻŦে। āϏে āĻŽোāϤিāĻে āĻāĻāĻĻিāύ āĻĒুāϰোāĻĒুāϰি āĻŦāύ্āĻĻী āĻāϰে āϰাāĻে। āĻāϤে āϏে āĻĻুঃāĻিāϤ āĻšāϝ়ে āĻĒāĻĄ়ে। āϤাāϰ āĻāĻ āĻŦāύ্āĻĻী āĻীāĻŦāύ āϏোāύাāĻাāύāĻে āĻĒীāĻĄ়িāϤ āĻāϰে। āĻĒāϰāĻĻিāύ āϏāĻাāϞে āϏে āϤাāĻে āĻŽুāĻ্āϤ āĻāϰে āĻĻেāϝ়। āĻিāĻু āĻেāϞে āĻāϏে āϏোāύাāĻাāύāĻে āĻŦāϞে āĻŽেāϞাāϝ় āĻŽোāϤিāĻে āĻŽোāϰāĻ āϞāĻĄ়াāĻāϝ়েāϰ āĻāύ্āϝ āϧাāϰ āĻĻিāϤে। āϤাāϰা āĻুāĻļি āĻšāϝ়ে āϤাāĻে āĻাāĻা āĻĻিāϤে āĻাāϝ়। āĻāĻāύো āύāϝ়, āϏে āϤাāĻĻেāϰāĻে āĻŦāϞে। āϏে āĻāĻŽাāϰ āĻেāϞে।
āϏোāĻŽāĻŦাāϰ āϏāĻাāϞ āĻāϏে, āĻিāύ্āϤু āĻŽোāϤিāϰ āĻĄাāĻ āĻļোāύা āϝাāϝ় āύা। āϤাāϰ āĻ াāĻŖ্āĻĄা āĻļāϰীāϰ āĻĄাāύ āĻাāϤ āĻšāϝ়ে āĻĒāĻĄ়ে āĻāĻে। āĻুāĻĄ়িāϰ āĻĒাāĻļে। āĻোāĻ āĻŦāύ্āϧ। āϤাāϰ āϰাāĻāĻীāϝ় āĻŽাāĻĨাāĻা āύোāϝ়াāύো।
āĻুāĻĄ়িāϤে āϰাāĻা āĻŽোāϤিāĻে āĻোāϞে āύিāϝ়ে āϏোāύাāĻাāύ āύিāĻļ্āĻুāĻĒ āĻšāϝ়ে āĻŦāϏে āĻĨাāĻে ।
āϏে āĻŽোāϤিāĻে āϤাāϰ āϏ্āĻŦাāĻŽীāϰ āĻāĻŦāϰেāϰ āĻĒাāĻļে āĻļোāϝ়াāϝ়। āĻĻীāϰ্āĻāĻļ্āĻŦাāϏ āĻĢেāϞে, āĻāĻা āĻāĻা āĻাāϞি āĻāĻ াāύে āĻšাঁāĻে, āĻাāϞি āĻŦাāϰাāύ্āĻĻাāϝ় āĻĒা āϰাāĻে, āĻাāϞি āĻŦাāĻĄ়িāϤে āĻĸুāĻে āĻļূāύ্āϝ āĻŦিāĻাāύাāϰ āϧাāϰে āĻŦāϏে āĻĨাāĻে।
āĻāĻŦাāϰ āϏāĻাāϞ āĻāϏে... āĻĻুāĻĒুāϰ āĻāϰ āĻŦিāĻেāϞ āĻāϏে āĻāϰ āĻāϞে āϝাāϝ়। āĻোāĻĒেāϰ āĻŽāϧ্āϝে āĻĨাāĻা āĻšাঁāϏ-āĻŽুāϰāĻি āĻĒ্āϝাāĻāĻĒ্āϝাāĻ āĻāĻāĻāĻ āĻāϰে āĻĄেāĻে āĻāĻ āĻে... āĻিāύ্āϤু āĻেāĻāĻ āϤাāĻĻেāĻে āĻŦাāĻāϰে āĻŦেāϰ āĻāϰে āύা। āĻĒ্āϰāĻĨāĻŽāĻŦাāϰেāϰ āĻŽāϤো, āϏোāύাāĻাāύেāϰ āĻāϰেāϰ āĻĻāϰāĻা āĻāϰ āĻুāϞāϞ āύা।
Answer the following questions:
(1) How old is Ameen when the war begins in "Mr. Mott"?
Answer. Ameen is seventeen years old when the war begins.
(2) What does Ameen announce one Monday after supper in "Mr. Moti"?
Answer. One Monday after supper, Ameen announces that he will go to war.
(3) How does Sonabhan react when Ameen says he will go to war in "Mr. Moti"?
Answer.. Sonabhan shrieks in surprise and asks if he wants to leave her alone.
(4) What does Ameen promise his mother about his return in "Mr. Mott"?
Answer. Ameen promises that he will return soon after the training.
(5) What chore does Sonabhan do the morning after Ameen's announcement in "Mr. Mott"?
Answer. Sonabhan opens the duck coop and feeds the flock.
(6) What does Ameen do with Moti while having breakfast in "Mr. Moti"?
Answer. Ameen lifts Moti and sits with him on the veranda.
(7) On which day Ameen goes to the bazaar in "Mr. Mott"?
Answer. On haat bar or market day, Ameen goes to the bazaar.
(8) What Items does Sonabhan arrange for Ameen to sell at the bazaar in "Mr. Mott"?
Answer. Sonabhan arranges two dozen eggs, a sheaf of areca nuts, and a bottle gourd.
(9) How does Ameen dress when going to the bazaar in "Mr. Moti"?
Answer. Ameen wears a short-sleeved floral shirt over his lungi.
(10) What realization strikes Sonabhan as she watches Ameen walk away in "Mr. Mott"?
Answer. Sonabhan realizes Ameen has grown up and resembles his father.
(11) What does Sonabhan think Ameen is fascinated by In "Mr. Motr?
Answer. Sonabhan thinks he is fascinated by fighting, like his father.
(12) What kind of complaints did neighbors bring about Ameen in the past in "Mr. Mott"?
Answer. Neighbors complained about Ameen stealing date juice from their trees.
(13) What would Sonabhan often give to the complaining neighbors in "Mr. Moti ?
Answer. Sonabhan would give them half a dozen eggs for their children.
(14) What is Sonabhan's emotional reaction when she enters Ameen's room at night ?
Answer. Sonabhan feels a deep emotional connection and longing for the times when Ameen was child.
(15) What does Sonabhan do at night after Ameen goes to bed?
Answer. Sonabhan tiptoes into Ameen's room, touches his check and forehead and remembers the old days when she cuddled him as a baby.
(16) What do the complaints from neighbours reveal about Ameen?
Answer. They show he was a mischievous child. He had a playful and advanturous personlity.
(17) Why does Sonabhan ground Moti for a day in "Mr. Mott"?
Answer. Sonabhan grounds him because a neighbor complained about him.
(18) What happens to Moti one Monday morning in "Mr. Mott"?
Answer. One Monday morning. Sonabhan finds Moti dead in his basket.
(19) Where does Sonabhan bury Moti In "Mr. Mott"?
Answer. Sonabhan buries him beside her husband's grave.
(20) How does Sonabhan react after burying Moti in "Mr. Mott"?
Answer. Sonabhan becomes motionless and retreats to an empty home.
(21) What happens to the birds in the coops after Moti's death in "Mr. Mott"?
Answer. After Moti's death, the birds quack and crow, but no one lets them out.
(22) What does Sonabhan do with Moti's basket after his death in "Mr. Mott?
Answer. After Moti's death, Sonabhan holds the basket in her lap, motionless.
(23) How is the emptiness of Sonabhan's life emphasized after Motf's death in "Mr. Mott"?
Answer. After Moti's death, the yard, veranda, and home all feel empty to her.
(24) What does the recurring mention of empty spaces signify in "Mr. Moti"?
Answer. The recurring mention of empty spaces signifles Sonabhan's deep loss and loneliness.
(25) What does Moti symbolize in "Mr. Moti"?
Answer. Moti symbolizes companionship and the bond between Sonabhan and her loved ones.
(26) How does Sonabhan's life change after Moti's death in "Mr. Mott"?
Answer. She isolates herself, leaving the birds and home unattended.
(27) What does the title "Mr. Mott" signify in the story?
Answer. The title. "Mr. Moti" highlights the importance of Moti as a cherished member of the family.
(28) What is the main theme of "Mr. Moti?
Answer. The theme explores love, loss, and the deep connections between humÃĄns and animals .