Listening Skills
The Boy Who Broke The Bank by Ruskin
Bond
Understanding The Story
Answer the following questions. Later you may
discuss your answers in the class.
1.
Who is Nathu?
Nathu
is a Sweeper Boy in the Pipalnagar Bank owned by Seth Govind Ram.
2.
Who is Sitaram?
Sitaram
is a washerman’s son and friend of Nathu lived in Pipalnagar.
3.
What does Sitaram tell
Mrs Srivatsava?
Sitaram said to the Mrs Srivatsava
who is in need of a sweeper that “ I know of a sweeper boy who’s looking for
work. He can start from the next month. He is with the bank just now but they
aren’t giving him his pay, and he wants to leave.
4.
Mrs Srivasava says, 'I
heard a complaint from their sweeper.' Was it a correct understanding of what
the sweeper had said?
No,
it is not a correct understanding of what the sweeper had said.
5.
How does Mrs Bhushan
interpret Mrs Srivastava's statement?
Mrs. Bhushan misinterprets Mrs
Srivastava’s statement as “Shocking!”
She remarked ‘If they can’t pay the sweeper they must be in a bad way.
None of the others could be getting paid either.’
6.
Why does Mr Kishore speak
to Deep Chand?
Mr. Kamal Kishor is a neighbor of
Deep Chand the owner of Barber Shop and he got the news about the Pipalnagar
bank and his neighbor has an account in it. So he speaks to Deep Chand.
7.
Why does the elderly
gentleman rush to the general merchant's store? According to him what had Seth
Govind Ram done?
Because of the awful news the
elderly gentleman just have heard he quickly rush towards the merchant’s store
with one side of neck unshaven to make a phone call to the owner of the bank
Seth Govind Ram. But he didn’t found him on call and learn he is holidaying in
Kashmir.
8.
How does the rumor
spread from the photographer's shop?
The news spread through the bazaar
with the rapidity of forest fire. From the general merchant’s it travelled to
the shop, circulated amongst the customers, and then spread with them in
various directions, to the betel seller, the tailors, the free vendor, the
jeweler, the beggar sitting on the pavement.
9.
What is interesting
about the beggar?
Old Ganpath, the begger known for
his crooked leg who has never been known to walk learning the news about the
bank collapse, astonished everyone by leaping to his feet and actually running
the top speed in the direction of the bank. And it soon becomes known that he
had a thousand rupees in savings.
10. How
does the manager try to handle the angry customers?
The manager stood at the door and tried to replicate
the angry crowd and tried to convince them that the bank has plenty of money
but no immediate means of collecting it. He urged them to go home and come back
to the next day.
11. What
do people imagine about Seth Govind Ram?
The Seth had fled the State, said
one. He had fled the country, said another. He was hiding in Pipalnanagr, said
a third. He hanged himself from the tamarind tree, said a fourth, and had been
found that morning by the sweeper boy. One old customer of Deep Chand had also
said that “The Bird has flown”.
12. Who
or what really breaks the bank?
The Gossip and Misinterpretation cause
by Mrs. Srivastva and Mrs. Bhushan really breaks the bank and people’s reaction
and misinterpretation lead it to majorly.
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