A. Answer the following questions in one in two words :
1.What was the name of Mriganko Babu's driver ?
Ans - The name of Mriganko Babu's driver was Sudheer .
2. Where did he go to fetch petrol ?
Ans - Sudheer went to Panagarh to fetch petrol .
3. Name the magazine that asked Mriganko Babu for a story ?
Ans- The " Bharat " Magazine asked Mriganko Babu for a story .
4. Whose voice did Mriganko Babu recognise in the voice of the scarecrow ?
Ans - In the voice of the scarecrow Mriganko Babu recognised the voice of Abhiram who was once servant in Mriganko Babu's family .
5. Where did the scarecrow ask Mriganko Babu to look for his watch ?
Ans- The scarecrow asked Mriganko Babu to look for his watch under his wardrobe at his house .
B. Answer the following questions in a few words :
1. What did Sudheer not pay attention to ?
Ans - Mriganko Babu had pointed out to Sudheer that the petrol gauge of his car had not been functioning properly for quite a while . But he did not pay attention to that .
2. Why did Mriganko Babu go to Durgapur ?
Ans - Mriganko Babu went to Durgapur as a club in Durgapur had invited him to a cultural function , in order to felicitate him .
3. What kind of shirt was the scarecrow wearing ?
Ans- The scarecrow was wearing a torn , red and black printed shirt .
4. Who was Abhiram ?
Ans- Abhiram was a servant in Mriganko Babu's house . He had worked for his family for twenty years .
5. What did Mriganko Babu decide never to do again ?
Ans- Mriganko Babu decided that if something ever got stolen from his house, from now on , he would never seek a witch doctor's help .
C. Answer the following questions briefly in your own words:
1. Describe the western side of the road as seen by Mriganko Babu?
Ans- Mriganko Babu did not find the western side of the road much different from the western side . About forty feet away from the road was a pond , but it did not have a great deal of water on it . The few trees that were visible were all quite far , except thorny bushes . There were two huts , but there was no sign of people . There were two huts , but there was no sign of people . There were clouds to the north in the sky ; but it was quite sunny where Mriganko Babu was standing .
2. Why did Mriganko Babu feel a tremor ?
Ans- It was getting dark . For some unknown reason Mriganko Babu continued to feel strangely drawn towards the scarecrow . He looked steadily at it . In a few minutes , he noticed a few things that made his heart beat faster . He felt the appearance of the scarecrow had changed some what. Its two arms had been lowered a little less stiffly , more like a real man . When the scarecrow called Mriganko Babu as " Babu " a tremor shot through his body .
3. What happened to Abhiram after he left Mriganko Babu ?
Ans - After Abhiram left Mriganko Babu , he never worked anywhere else . Infact , he could not as he fell ill . He got dropsy , and it became serious . But he had no money to go to a doctor , Or buy medicines , or even eat properly . He never recovered and died of his illness.
D. Give a suitable answers to the following :
1. Describe the scarecrow as seen by Mriganko Babu from the beginning to the moment when it addresses him as 'Babu ' ?
Ans - On the western side of the road , Mriganko Babu saw a scarecrow in the middle of the field. It was a small patch of land where someone had grown some plants . The scarecrow was standing right in the middle of it . A bamboo pole had been fixed vertically on the ground , and another was placed horizontally across it . The two ends of the second pole was stretched out like two arms . A shirt had been slipped onto this structure . Its sleeves covered the ' arms' . Over the free end of the vertical pole , an earthen pot had been placed , upside down . The pot had been painted black , and huge eyes had been drawn on it with white paint . The birds mistook it for real person. Mriganko Babu saw that the scarecrow was wearing a torn , red and black printed shirt that he had seen before . But he could not remember who wore it . But he was sure that he had seen someone wear such a shirt a long time ago .
It was getting dark . For some unknown reason Mriganko Babu continued to feel strangely drawn towards the scarecrow. He looked steadily at it . In a few minutes , he noticed a few things that made his heart beat faster . He felt the appearance of the scarecrow had changed somewhat . Its two arms had been lowered a little stiffly , more like real man . It was advancing towards Mriganko Babu . When the scarecrow called Mriganko Babu as " Babu " a tremor shot through his body .
2. Narrate the circumstances that led Abhiram to leave Mriganko Babu . What did the letter do on reaching home ?
Ans - Abhiram had worked for Mriganko Babus's family twenty years. Everyone in the fmaily trusted him . However , one day he stole gold watch which Mriganko Babu had received as a wedding gift . Abhiram denied the charge . But no body believed him . All were further convinced of Abhiram's guilt when Mriganko Babu's father called a local witch doctor who cast spell and made an ordinary wicker tray spin and rotate until it stopped , pointing at Abhiram.
It was this circumstances that led Abhiram to leave Mriganko Babu .
When Abhiram reached his home , he fell ill . He got dropsy and it became serious . But he had no money to go to a doctor or buy medicines , or even eat properly . He never record , and died of his illness.
