CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

CLASS 9

A LEGEND OF THE NORTHLAND

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What did the Saint say about the woman?
A
The Saint about her that she was kind.
B
The Saint said about her that she was selfish.
C
The Saint said about her that she was generous.
D
The Saint said that she was lucky.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Saint Peter was very angry with her behaviour and said she was too selfish to live as a human and have food, shelter and a fire to keep her warm. He punished her by changing her into a woodpecker that would have to build a nest to live in, bore for food in the trunks of trees.

Detailed explanation-2: -Saint Peter asked the old lady for a piece of cake. The lady behaved miserly and kept decreasing the size of the cake. At last, she did not give him anything to eat. Was this answer helpful?

Detailed explanation-3: -The saint cursed her to be a woodpecker. A woodpecker has to bore for a long time to get even a scanty food. She was cursed to labour hard by boring into the tree to get even her scanty food as she had made the saint wait so long for such a small piece of cake. Was this answer helpful?

Detailed explanation-4: -The woman provoked Saint Peter by not giving him the cakes that were baked for him.

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