The Chair - 3 Marks

 Answer the following questions.

a.What was put on the family agenda?

The idea of buying a chair for the house was put on the family agenda.

 

 b.Who visited the family?
Their family friend who was a sub-judge visited the family.

 

 c.Describe the stool that the narrator’s family had.

The three legged stool measured a mere three – fourth foot.

 

d.What was Pedanna suggested to their father?

Pedanna suggested that they could buy a chair from the town.

 

e.What was offered to Maamanaar by their mother?

Buttermilk was offered to Maamanaar by their mother.

 

f.Why were the two chairs compared to Rama-Lakshmana?
The two chairs were compared to Rama-Lakshmana because they looked exactly the same.

 

 g.When did the children shy away from the chair?

The children shied away from the chair because they were afraid of sitting on the chair which was used for the corpses. 

 

h. How did Maamanaar handle the chair at home? 

Maamanaar used to wipe it every morning. While shifting the chair he himself carried it and put it down carefully as if placing down gently a mud pot brimming with waiter.

2. Answer the following questions in three or four sentences each: (Text Book Page No. 149)

 a.What happened to the visitor when he sat on the stool?
The visitor sat on it fell down with a thud and rolled over.

 

 b.Why did the family find it difficult to make a chair?
The family found it difficult to make a chair because there was no model of a chair in their village. Moreover there was not a single carpenter who knew how to make one.

 

 c.What was grandmother’s suggestion of wood ? Why ?
Grandmother’s suggestion of wood was teak wood because it would be easy to lift and strong.

 

d.How was the chair made and how did the villagers react to it?

The chair was heavy. It was made perfectly. The villagers reacted happily and surprisingly to the chair. 

 

 e.When did the children get over the fear of sitting on the chair?

One of their neighbour Suganthi came to their home with her baby brother. She put her baby brother on the chair. It was only after that incident the children got over the fear of sitting on the chair.

 

f.Why did Maamanaar hand over the chair to the villagers to retain it?
Maamanaar handed over the chair to the villagers to retain it as he thought that it could be used to prop up dead bodies in the village whenever needed.