The Thief Story by Ruskin Bond

Test Your SelfAbout the Author :Ruskin Bond (born 19 May1934) is an indian author of British descent. He lives with his adopted family in Landour, Mussoorie, India. The indian Council for child Education has recognized his role in the growth of children's literature in india. He was awarded the Sahitya    Academy award in 1992 for our Trees still Grow in Dehra, his novel in English. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1999 and the Padma Bhushan in 2014.His first novel, The room on the Roof, received the john Liewellyn Rhys Prize in 1957.              ...............  Extract based Question :.....       ..(A)"He also taught me to write my name and said he would soon teach me to write whole sentences and to add numbers. I was greatful. I was greatful. I knew that once I could write like an educated man there would be no limit to what I could achieve.'".(1)Who is" He" in the above extract refers to?(a)Hari Singh (b)Anil (c)Police (d)Teacher             Correct Answer (b)               ......... Q(2)Who is the author of the story"The Thief's story"? (a)james harriot (b)Ruskin Bond (c)Robert author (d)Victor Canning              ..Correct Answer (b)        ............. Q(3)What did Hari do to earn his living? (a)He was a begger (b)He was an orphan (c)ragepicker (d)He was a thief         ............    . Correct Answer :(d).....                Q(4)Why was the narrator greatful?(a)As Anil gave him a job(b)As Anil gave him money (c)As Anil educated him (d)all of these            ..........                  .......  Correct Answer:(c)     ........       ... Q(5)What could he do as an educated man? (a)He could write (b)He could add numbers (c)He could teach (d)He could achieve anything        ...         .................     Correct Answer (d)     .............    Extract B "When the train had gone, I found myself standing alone on the deserted platform. I had no idea where to spend the night. I had no friends, believing that were more trouble than help."                                         .....   Q(1)Why was the speaker standing alone on the platform,? (a)Because the train had left (b)Because the train was full of passangers (c) Because he wanted to spend time on the platform. (d)Because he had no idea where to spend his night   Correct Answer :-(a).................. Q(2)The speaker did not catch the train deliberately while he could catch it easily, Why?     ....  (a)Because his inner conscience held him back. (b)Because he didn't want to lose the chance of learning (c)Because he wanted to save money (d)Both (a)and (b)     Correct Answer (d)                          Q(3) Why did the speaker not have any friend? (a)Because he didn't trust anyone (b)Because he believed that friends were trouble makers (c)Because he was anti Social (d)Because he never  had chance to make friends                   Correct Answer:-(b)         .......... Q(4)The word in the above extract which means "empty" is  (a)alone (b)deserted (c)believe (d)trouble  Correct Answer :-(b)           ........ Q(5)Why did he had no idea where to go? (a)As he was thief (b)As he didn't know anyone therr (c)As the police was after him (d) As he was at a strange place        Correct Answer :-(b)

Difficult Word Meaning :...........  (1) Fairly successful hand:reasonably successful in work(अति कुशल )                    ...      (2)lean:thin in a healthy and attractive way(दुबला लेकिन स्वस्थ्य )(3)easy- going :relaxed and open minded (सरल व्यवहार )       ........... (4)of late:recently (अभी  अभी )   . (5)get into confidence :win the young man's trust(विश्वास मे लेना )  (6)Flattery:insencere praise(चापलूसी )               ...........   (7)put me off:distracted me(ध्यान भटकना)                                 .........  (8)modesty :Without boasting, humbly (सरल  व घमंड रहित  व्यवहार)(9)grunting :making a short, low sound usually because of anger or pain ) (बड़बड़ाना )                         (10)appealing :attractive (आकर्षक )                             .......    (11) be off :go away (ओझल  हो जाना )             .........     .........          (12)hung around:did not leave (आसपास  घूमना )                    .......  (13)by fits and start :irregularly (अनियमित )                 .................  (14)cheque:payment for work done (धनादेश, कार्य के बदले भुगतान )(15)queer:Strange, unusual or unexpected (विचित्र, विभिन्न, अकल्पनीय )                                         (16)crept:Moved in a quite, careful way to avoid being noticed (धीरे धीरे  चलना )...........    (17)unlined:showing no sign of worry or anxiety (बिना चिंता के )    (18)fiftees :50 rupee notes (पचास रुपये )               ...............            .   (19)deserted:empty of people (एकांत)                                             ..(20)heart sank :Felt disappointed and discouraged (दिल बैठा  जाना ) (21)Spirit rose : mood became happy (खुश हो जाना )

Introduction and Summary:-  ......The story is about a 15 year  old thief who changes his name every month to stay ahead of the police and old employer. This time he kept his name Hari Singh. The other person in the story is 25 year old writer named Anil. The story unfolds on how the thief betrays Anil by commiting a theft but retracts later on.             Summary:The story is about two different people. One is a thief of 15 years of age and other is a man of approximately 25 years, watching a wrestling match somewhere. The name of the person watching the match is Anil. The thief approaches Anil  and starts talking to him because he feels that he had not robbed anyone in the past few days and thought that it would be easy to rob a simple person like Anil. They both start talking and Anil asks the thief his name. The thief introduced himself as Hari Singh. This is not his real name as he changes his name every month to escape his ex employer or police. Then they started talking about the wrestlers and Anil was leaving when Hari called him again and asked him if he could work for Anil. Anil said that he won't be able to pay him but could feed him if he knew how to cook. Hari lied that he knew how to cook. Anil took Hari to his room which was above a sweet shop. Hari cooked a meal which was really bad because Anil did not eat it. Anil asked Hari to leave  but he tried to please Anil. Hari smiled in his most attractive way and Anil could not stop laughing looking at him. Anil agreed to teach Hari how to cook, write full sentences and add numbers. Hari was greatful as he knew that there would be no limit to robbing people once he learnt how to read and write. The narrator used to like working for Anil as  he used to make tea for him in the morning and then go out to buy the groceries for the day. He also used to steal 1 rupee from the money that was given to him to buy the groceries every day.Anil knew that he used to steal but did not mind. Anil used to make money by irregular works. Sometimes he used to borrow money and the other day, when he had money, he would be lending it to other people. Whenever he used to get money, he would go out with his friends to celebrate.. One day, Anil came in with a bundle of notes and told Hari that he had sold a book to a publisher. At night he kept the money safely under the mattress of his bed. Hari realised that he had been working for Anil for more than a month and he had not stolen anything apart from the one rupee that he kept every day from  the grocery money. Hari had many chances to steal as he had the key to the room as well. But he was surprised with the amount of trust Anil had on him as he had never seen such a trusting person in his life. This trust thing was preventing him from robbing Anil as Hari thought that robbing a careless person like Anil  did not make much difference because he might  not even notice that he had been robbed and that took out all of the fun from the work....... (Continue)