A Letter to God Short Answer Type Questions

A Letter to God Short Answer Type Questions

Answer the following words in about 25 words. 

1. Who was Lencho? What were his main problems?
Ans. Lencho was a hardworking farmer who lived on the crest of a low hill with his family. He eagerly waited for a good rain to have a good harvest but hailstorm destroyed his crops, so he needed money to sow his field again and support his family. So, these were his main problems.

 

2. What did the earth need? Why did Lencho keep looking towards the north-east? (Imp)

Ans. The earth needed a downpour or at least a shower. Lencho kept looking towards the north-east because the rain clouds were to come from that direction.

 

3. How did Lencho and his family welcome the rain? When it began to rain?

Ans. When it began to rain, Lencho became very happy. He called the rain drops ‘new coins’ and went out to have the pleasure of feeling the rain on his body. His sons exposed themselves and ran out to collect the frozen pearls.

 

4. How did the rain become troublesome?

Ans. After some time, suddenly a strong wind began to blow and along with the rain, very large hailstones began to fall. The hail destroyed his entire crop. Thus the rain became troublesome.

 

5. What are raindrops compared to and why? (Imp)

Ans. Raindrops are compared to new coins. The small raindrops are compared to five cent and big drops are compared to ten-cent pieces.

 

6. What promised a good harvest? (Imp)

Ans. According to Lencho, the field of ripe corn dotted with flowers always promised a good harvest. That is why he was expecting a good harvest.

 

7. How did Lencho’s prediction about rain come true?

Ans. Lencho looked towards the north-east and remarked that they would get some water. His prediction came true when it started raining in the evening.

 

8. Why was Lencho’s soul filled with sorrow?

Ans. The hail and hailstones rained on the valley for an hour and had left field totally covered with snow. The crop was completely destroyed which made Lencho’s soul filled with sorrow.

 

9. How did Lencho feel when he saw his fields covered with the curtain of rain?

Ans. Lencho felt so satisfied when he saw his fields covered with the curtain of rain. He thought that he would get good harvest and earn a good amount of money.

 

10. Why was Lencho happy to see the rain falling?

Ans- Lencho was happy to see the rain falling because the earth needed a downpour or at least a shower. It was very useful for his crop. Each of the rain drops was valuable coin for him.

 

11. Why did Lencho say , “It’s really getting bad now”?

Ans. Lencho said “It’s really getting bad now” because the rain suddenly changed into hailstorm. He hoped that it would pass quickly, but it continued for an hour. He knew that it would destroy everything.

 

12. What kind of faith did Lencho have in God? (Imp)

Ans. Lencho had complete faith in God. He knew that God helps everybody. His eyes can see everything, even what is deep in one’s conscience. Nobody dies of hunger because of is kindness.

 

13. What did Lencho write to God? (Imp)

Ans. Lencho wrote to God that if He did not help him, his family and he would go hungry that year. He needed a hundred pesos in order to sow his field again and to survive until the new crop came because the hailstorm had destroyed his entire crop.

 

14. How much money did Lencho need? How much money did he get?

Ans. Lencho needed hundred pesos to sow a new crop and feed his family till the next harvest. Lencho got only seventy pesos, which was less than he requested to God.