Name: 3

rd
year Literature
Date: Miss Ann
Test
A Shadow
Paper 1

1. Answer the questions. 0,5 each
a. Why didnt Sambus school friend want to see the film?
b. Why did Sambus father receive 10000 rupees?
c. Why didnt Sambus mother let him go to the cinema more than once a day?
d. Why didnt Sambu sit next to his mother on the last day?
e. What did Sambu think when he saw people carrying his mother out of the
cinema?
2. Choose the correct option. 0,3 each
a. In the Tamil area of South India, films for the cinema were originally known as:
1. Moving pictures
2. Pictures going on
3. Movies and pictures
b. Sambus mother had had a vague hope that the producers might not release the
picture:
1. Because of her feelings.
2. Because it wouldnt be a success.
3. Because of Sambus feelings.
c. Sambus mother said that the picture and the photos werent the same:
1. Because the photos were old.
2. Because the picture was boring.
3. Because the photos didnt talk, move or sing.
d. When Sambu invited his friend to see the picture, he:
1. Agreed to go with him.
2. Refused to go with him.
3. Said he was going to think about it.
e. Sambu hadns seen his father for:
1. One week.
2. One month.
3. Six months.
f. When the father came on the screen, he:
1. Didnt do the same things he used to do at home but he dictated to her an
arithmetic problem.
2. Did the same things he used to do at home and dictated to her an arithmetic
problem.
3. Did the same things he used to do at home but didnt have a daughter.
g. For a week, Sambu felt. at the end of every show.
1. Happy.
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2. Depressed.
3. Anxious.
h. Sambus mother fainted during the picture because:
1. She was depressed.
2. Of an unbearable scene.
3. She was ill.
i. When Sambu and her mother left the cinema, he burst into tears because:
1. He didnt like the new picture.
2. That was the final parting from his father.
3. He was ashamed.
3. Analysis of the story. 0,61 each
a. Write the definition. (IN GENERAL)
Setting:
Climax:
Narrator:
b. Analysis of A Shadow.
Characters:
Plot:
Conflict:
Theme: