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ENGLISH (A Letter to God - G. L. Feuntes)

CLASS X
Name____Anant Issar_________________ Class& Sec ____10 C________ Date
___25/4/21________

This story ‘A Letter to God‘ is a story of extreme faith in God. G L Fuentes has tried to depict faith in God of
a simple poor farmer. Lencho was an honest, hard working, but poor farmer. His ripe crop gets destroyed
due to a hailstorm in the valley. Lencho had great faith in God and decided to write a letter to God to seek
financial help. The postmaster sees the letter and decides to help Lencho. He collects some money from all
the people working in the post office and puts it inside the envelope. Lencho opens the envelope and
counts the money and finds that it was less than what he asked for. He then writes another letter to God
and asks him for the rest of the money, but tells Him not to send the money through post. According to him,
they are a bunch of crooks who had stolen his thirty pesos from the hundred sent by Him.

I.Extract based questions: (1 mark each)

A. It was during the meal that, just as Lencho had predicted, big drops of rain began to fall. In the
North-East huge mountains of clouds could be seen approaching. The air was fresh and sweet. The
man went out for no other reason than to have the pleasure of feeling the rain on his body.

(a) What could be seen approaching in the North-East?

Ans.Huge Mountains of clouds could be seen approaching.
(b) Why did Lencho go out?
Ans.He went out to have the pleasure of feeling the rain on his body.
(c) Give an antonym of the word Big.
Ans.An antonym of big is small.
(d) Which word in the passage is a synonym of ‗”forecast‘.
Ans.A synonym for the word forecast is predicted.
B. Not a leaf remained on the trees. The corn was totally destroyed. The flowers were gone from the
plants. Lencho‟s soul was filled with sadness. When the storm had passed, he stood in the middle
of the field and said to his sons. “A plague of locusts would have left more than this. The hail has
left nothing.

(a) Describe Lencho‘s feeling as shown in the passage.

Ans.Lencho's soul was aflush with sadness.
(b) What happened to the crop when the storm had passed?
Ans.When the storm had passed the corn was totally destroyed and the flowers were gone from the
plants.
(c) Find the word that means the opposite of ‘restored‘ as used in the passage.
Ans.An antonym of restored is destroyed.
(d) What do you mean by ‘hail‘ in the last line?
Ans.Hail means a storm in which large balls of ice rain from the sky along with raindrops.
II. Answer the following questions in 20-30 words each: (2 marks each)

1. Who was Lencho? What were his main problems?

Ans.Lencho was a farmer in South America, his main problems were that a hailstorm had totally
destroyed his crops and without financial support his family would starve to death.
2. Do you agree with Lencho calling the people at the post office ‘a bunch of crooks‘?
Ans.I do not agree with Lencho calling the people at the post office a bunch of crooks because it was
the postmaster who along with his friends and employees arranged the sum of 70 pesos(which
was quite a large amount) solely from his own salary and donations to ensure thaf Lencho‘s faith in
god would not shatter.He answered the letter out of his own kindness and provided him financial
support in a time when he was most vulnerable but Lencho reciprocated the favour by calling them
crooks for 'stealing' 30 pesos(though in Lencho‘s defense he believed that God had given him the
money and not the postmen).
3. What did Lencho compare the raindrops to and why?
4. How did rain affect Lencho‘s fields?
5. “God,” he wrote, “if you don‘t help me, my family and I will go hungry this year.”
a) Why was Lencho upset?
Ans.Lencho was upset because he felt robbed of the 'money which god had granted' him and thought that
the postmen had stolen it.
b) What was he asking from God?
Ans.He was asking God to send him the money directly instead of through postmen because they
would steal his money.
c) How did he contact God?
 Ans.He contacted god through a letter which he wrote on a Sunday dawn,he wrote how his and family
and him would starve if god did not give them monetary assitance and asked for help from him (he
asked for 100 pesos)and carried it himself to the town and dropped it in the mailbox.
6. What was the effect of Lencho‘s letter on God and what does he decide to do?
Ans.According to me,God though could not come directly to give Lencho the requested sum of money
he sent for the postman to arrange money for him,but also to ensure that Lencho does not solely
depend on God from then on God also ensured that out of the hundred Lencho would receive
seventy to cover the cost of food for his family. Thus Lencho received the money and when
'discovering' that the postmen had stolen the money from God he asked him to send the money
directly possibly implying that Lencho would be wary of asking for money God then on so he could
learn to stand up on his own during difficult times.
7. Why does the postmaster sign the letter “God‘?
Ans.Postmaster signed the Letter as God because it was originally addressed to God and he felt that
signing it as the postmaster himself would shatter Lencho‘s faith in God which the postmaster did
not want to do.
8. Why did Lencho not suspect the money given to him?
Ans.Lencho did not suspect the money given to him because his faith in god was immense.Instead he
believed that the postmen had stolen the money god had intended to reach Lencho.

III. Answer the following questions in 40-50 words each: (3 marks each)
1. . Who was Lencho and what circumstances forced him to write a letter to God?
Ans.Lencho was a farmer from South America who's field of corn had been destroyed by large
hailstones raining from the sky.The field was totally destroyed,flowers from crops were gone and
Sadness entered his soul.His family would starve if help was not provided.It was these circumstances
which forced Lencho to write a letter to god because he had been instructed that God's eyes see
everything, even what is deep below one's conscience.
2. How did the postmaster and post office employees help Lencho? How did he react to their help?
Ans.The postmaster had intended to sign the letter but upon opening it it became clear he needed
something more than goodwill and ink to answer it.He asked for money from his employees and
friends and gave a part of his own salary but still could arrange only a bit more than half of the money
requested.He signed as God to ensure that his faith would no shatter.When Lencho arrived and
received the money he didn't seem surprised, such was his faith in god but upon counting the money
and finding some money missing he accused the employees of stealing and told god to send him the
money directly nex time onwards.
IV. Answer the following questions in 100-120 words each: (5 marks each)
1. ‘Humanity still exists‖, this is what we get to know after reading A letter to God‘ in which firm faith of a
poor farmer in God and helpfulness of the post office employees are aptly depicted. Discuss this in
great detail.

Ans.
 Ans.The story ‘A Letter to God’ written by GL Fuentes enforces our faith in humanity. After reading the
story, we know that there still are people who help others without any self-interest.

Here, the postmaster and other employees lay an example of humanity and kindness for others.

First they all laughed at Lencho’s letter to God because they knew that there was no such person but
they were really moved by Lencho’s faith in God. They decided to help him to keep his faith alive and
firm. Even though it was not possible for them to collect hundred pesos but any how they managed to
collect seventy pesos and kept them in an envelope for Lencho. They signed on it ‘God’ except their
own name. This act shows us the true picture of humanity and motivates us to be a noble and kind
person

2. Give a character-sketch of Lencho.

Ans.Lencho is the main character of the story ‘A letter to God’. 1. A poor man : Lencho is a poor farmer. But
one year his crop was completely destroyed by hailstones. Nobody helped him. He was helpless and sad.
2. Firm faith in God : Lencho had firm faith in God. He believed that God would help him in misery. He
would not let him die in hunger. 3. Simple and innocent : Lencho was very simple and innocent. He wrote a
letter to God and requested to send him 100 pesos. He did not know that it was impossible. He was not
surprised to have an envelope with money. He believed that it was from God.