6. The gatekeeper asked the fisherman to give him half the reward because..[ ]
(a) he was greedy
(b) he was poor
(c) he loved money
(d) he wanted to become rich
7. “Stay for the dinner and enjoy it with us.” Why did the speaker say so? [ ]
(a) to honour the guest
(b) to show his hospitality
(c) to show his royalty
(d) to show humanity
8. “Everybody in the palace must enjoy my gift.” What does this
show us of the speaker? [ ]
(a) generosity
(b) ambition
(c) wisdom
(d) selfishness
II. Answer the following questions:
1. What are the characters in the story?
2. The fisherman’s gift to the Raja was a big fish. Why was it not something else?
3. What is your opinion about the gatekeeper?
4. If you were the gatekeeper, would you let the fisherman into the palace?
5. Why did the fisherman ask for 200 lashes on his back?
6. What gift would you ask the King, if you were the fisherman?
7. Why did the King want to dismiss the gatekeeper?
8. The King was happy with the fisherman and angry with the gatekeeper at the same
time. Why was this so?
9. If the Raja did not help the fisherman, what would be the end of the story?
III. Rearrange the words in each sentence to make sensible sentences. Then arrange
them in the order of occurrence in the story. Make a good paragraph with
these sentences using appropriate joining words like, ‘but’, ‘however’, ‘then’,
‘after that’, ‘finally’, etc.
1.went to the king’s/ palace with a gift / the fisherman
2. did not have enough money / for his daughter’s marriage/ the fisherman
3. stopped /the gatekeeper / him
4. two hundred lashes/the fisherman asked / the Raja to give him