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ASSESS YOURSELF
ASSESS YOURSELF

Let's Read and Reflect Comprehension

A. Tick (3) the correct option.

1. What did Grandfather tell Raki to do with the cherry stone?

a. to throw it b. to plant it c. to clean it

2. During the monsoon, Raki plodded from school in :
a. boots b. raincoat c. both a. and b.

3. The tree was three when Raki was :

a. four b. nine c. ten
4. Raki sometimes :

a. watered the tree b. trimmed the tree c. looked at the tree

B. Fill in the blanks with the help of the given words.

thumb, goat, Kashmir, seed, three, cherries

1. There were small bright red , all the way from the valley of
.

2. Raki pressed the into the soil with his .
3. A entered the garden and ate the of cherry tree.

4. When Raki was , the tree was .

C. Answer the following questions.
1. Describe the cherries that Raki was eating.

2. What did Grandfather show to Raki one sunny morning?
3. Why did Raki remove the caterpillar from the tree?

4. Why did Raki like the cherry tree so much?
5. What was special about the tree?

D. Answer the following questions with reference to the context.

‘‘We grew it ourselves.’’
a. Who said this and to whom?

b. What did they grow and how?

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