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Short Answer Type (Mark 1)
1. Who is the writer of the
story ‘Thank You Ma’am’?
Ans: Langston Hughes is the
writer of the story ‘Thank You Ma’am’.
2. What was the name of the
large lady in the story ‘Thank You Ma’am’?
Ans: The name of the lady was
Luella Bates Washington Jones.
3. When the lady was walking
down the street it was –
Ans: about 11 o’clock at night.
4. What was the age of the boy
in the story ‘Thank You Ma’am’?
Ans: The age of the boy was about
fourteen or fifteen years.
5. What was the name of the
boy in the story ‘Thank You Ma’am’?
Ans: The name of the boy was
Roger.
6. The boy proposed to go to the shop to buy –
Ans: milk.
7. The price of the cake that
the lady had bought was-
Ans: ten cents.
8. Where did the lady work?
Ans: The lady worked at a hotel
beauty shop.
9. How much money did the lady
offer the boy?
Ans: The lady offered the boy ten
dollars.
10. The boy in the story ‘Thank
You Ma’am’ wanted to buy a pair of –
Ans: Blue suede shoes.
11. The boy could hardly say
more than ‘Thank You Ma’am’ because –
Ans: The door was shut.
12. What kind of purse did Mrs. Luella Bates have?
Ans: Mrs. Luella Bates had
a large purse with a long strap and it had almost everything in it.
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Descriptive Type (Marks 6)
1. Sketch the character of Mrs. Jones in the
story ‘Thank You Ma’am’.
Or, What type of woman was
Mrs. Jones? How did Mrs. Jones behave with Roger when they arrived home?
Or, What are the ways by which
Mrs. Jones reformed Roger?
Ans: Mrs. Luella Bates Washington
Jones is the main character of the short story ‘Thank You Ma’am’. She was a large
woman who worked at a hotel beauty shop. She has been presented by Langston
Hughes as an affectionate woman. She caught the boy Roger when he was trying to
snatch her purse. She felt sympathy for the urchin. Instead of taking him to
the police station, she took him to her home. She made him washed his dirty
face and gave him a towel. She fed him cake and cocoa also. She understood that
it was not a crime what he did. She believed in reformation. So she gave him
ten dollars to buy the shoes that he wanted. She also taught him not to snatch
purse of anybody else and advised him to behave well in future. She showed
motherly love for the boy and her unconditional love moved him.
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