Little girls

A story by Leo Tolstoy, Questions & Answers

1. ARTS & COMMERCE COLLEGE
KHEDA
Prof.RSNagar
TYBA Sem-5
Department of English
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2. Little Girls Wiser Than Men
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3. 1. Who is younger, Malashaor Akulya?
Describe how two girls become friends?
Ans.:It was Easter. After Mass, two
girls from different houses came to
the puddle. Smaller one in blue,
another a little older in yellow
frocks. Both had redscarveson
their heads, they showed each
other their dresses and began to
play. And they wanted to splash in
the water.
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4. 2. Where were girls playing?
Ans.: Both the girls were playing near
a puddle.
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5. 3. How did the older girl guide the younger one on
the best way to play? Where was Akulyasplashed?
Ans.: The older girl guided the
younger one to take off the shoes
and lift the skirt and move
carefully.
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6. 4. Why did Akulyarun after Malasha?
Ans.: Akulkaran after Malasha
because Malashkaplopped her foot
over the water –and it splashed
right onAkulka’sdress. Dress got
spattered, and some went on her
nose and eyes.Akulkasaw stains on
her dress, got angry atMalashka,
scolded, ran after her, wanted to
slap her
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7. 5. Whose mother slapped whom? What happened
after this incident?
Ans.: Akulka’s mother
grabbedMalashka,andslappedheron
thebackofherhead.Malashkawailed
soshewasheardacrossthe
street.Malashka’smothercameout.
‘Whatdoyouhitmydaughterfor?’–
Shestartedscoldingherneighbor.
Wordafterword,womenquarreled.
Menjumpedout,gatheredonthe
streetinalargebunch.All
shout,nobodyislisteningtoeach
other.Almostafightstarted.
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8. 6. Why should the grown-up people have been
ashamed of themselves?
Ans.: While the old men were still
quarrelling, Akulkaand Malasha
started playing near the puddle
again.Guys just began to fight,
when the girls’ made a stream and
ran by it, in the street. Girls put the
wooden chip into the water. Hence,
the grown-up people should ashamed
of themselves.
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9. SN:1. Friendship between Atulyaand Malasha
Ans.: Soon after the mass of Easter Akulka
and Malashacame near the puddle and
started to play. Malasha, the little one
went into the ankle deep puddle splashed
and the mud spattered on Akulka’sfrock.
She wanted to slap her but Malasharan
away. Akulka’smother slapped her. Now,
the quarrel began, after women men
joined. The fight began. But after a while
Akulkawiped the mud off her frock and
both girls started to play near the puddle
made a stream, ran along with it, laughing
joyfully.
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10. SN:2. The chain of events that resulted in the elders
fighting each other intensely
Ans.: Malashasplashed the water on
Akulka’sfrock while playing near the
puddle. She wanted to slap Malasha,
but she ran. Akulka’smother
slapped her. Malasha’smother asked
why did she do so. Quarrel began.
And women gathered. Men joined,
too. Words, words and words.
Nobody listened. A fight started.
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11. SN:3. The title of the story
Ans.:‘LittleGirlsWiserthanMen’isthetitleofthe
storybyLeoTolstoy.Thestorydescribeshowthe
twolittlegirlsplaynearthepuddleMalasha
splashedinthewaterandAkulka’sfrockstained.
Thisincidenceledtofightbetweenthemothers,
thenwomen,thenmenofthestreet.Theold
grandmothertriedtopersuadethembutinvain.
Afteralittlewhile.Akulkawipedthemudoffher
frockandbegantoplaywithMalasha.Theymadea
streamformthepuddleandranandplayjoyfully.
Havingseenthemplayinggrandmotherremarked‘
FearGod,youguys,draggedyourselfintoafight
becauseofthesegirls,andtheyhavelongtimeago
forgotteneverything–againareinlovetogether,
blessed,playing.Theyarewiserthanyou!’
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12. SN:4. Moral of the story
Ans.:‘Fear God, you guys, dragged yourself into
a fight because of these girls, and they have
long time ago forgotten everything –again are
in love together, blessed, playing. They are
wiser than you!’
“Unless ye become as little children, ye shall not
enter into the Kingdom of God”.
These two sentences spoken by the
grandmother are the core ideas of the writer
Leo Tolstoy himself.
The moral is fighting on trivial matters is sin, we
should live little children who easily forget
their quarrels and love again with each other.
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13. SN:5. The Grandmother
Ans.: The grand mother is spokesperson of the
writer. She is a wise lady. She tries to pacify
and persuade the fighting women and men. But
nobody listen to her. When among quarrelling
people, she saw Akulkaand Malashajoyfully
playing together. She remarked,
‘Fear God, you guys, dragged yourself into a
fight because of these girls, and they have
long time ago forgotten everything –again are
in love together, blessed, playing. They are
wiser than you!’
“Unless ye become as little children, ye shall not
enter into the Kingdom of God”.
She conveys the message of the author.
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14. 1. According to the author, ……………….are wiser
than men.
i.Old people
ii.Women
iii.Little girls
iv.Big girls
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15. 2. The girls found the puddle to be ………………… .
i.shallow
ii.dry
iii.deep
iv.clean
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16. 3. Where was Malashastruck?
i.cheeks
ii.head
iii.forehead
iv.back of the neck
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17. 4. Which festival season is the story based on?
i.Easter
ii.Christmas
iii.New Year
iv.Lent
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18. 5. Who said the line, ‘little girls are wiser than men?
i.Akulya
ii.Malasha
iii.The Grandmother
iv.No one
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19. 5. Who started scrapping at the earth with a stone?
i.Akulka
ii.Malasha
iii.The Grandmother
iv.Akulya’smother
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20. 6. Who dug the channel from the puddle?
i.Akulya’sparent
ii.Malasha’sparent
iii.Akulyaand Malasha
iv.No one
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21. 7. Who scolded the parents?
i.The townspeople
ii.The girls
iii.The women
iv.The grandmother
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