Q1. What did Lencho hope for?
Answer: Lencho hoped for rains as the only thing that his field of ripe corn needed
Was a shower.
Q2. Why did Lencho say the raindrops were like 'new coins"?
Answer: Lencho's crops were ready for harvest. As raindrops would have helped in getting a better harvest, resulting in more prosperity, so Lencho compared them with 'new coins
Q3 How did the rain change? What happened to Lencho's fields? ।
Answer: The rain was pouring down. But suddenly, a strong wind began to blow and very large hailstones began to fall along with the rain.
All the crop in Lencho's fields destroyed.
Q4: What were Lencho's feelings when the hail stopped?
Answer: After hail stopped, Lencho's soul was filled with sadness. He could see a bleak future for him and his family. He was worried about lack of food for the coming
Year.
Oral comprehension check - 2
Q.1 Who or what did Lencho have faith in? What did he do?
Answer: Lencho had faith in God. He believed that God's eyes see everyut
Wnat is deep in one's conscience. He wrote a Letter to God saying that ne ncu
pesos to sow his field again.
Q.2: Who read the letter?
Answer: Postmaster read the letter.
Q.3: What did the postmaster do then?
Answer: The Postmaster first laughed. But then he became serious. He was deeply
moved by the writer's faith in God. He did not want to shake this faith. So he decided to collect the money and send it to Lencho.
Q.1: Was Lencho surprised to find a letter for him with money in it ?
Answer : No. Lencho was not at all surprised to see the letter from God with money lnside it. His confidence and faith in God was such that he had expected that reply from God .
Q.2: What made him angry?
Answer : When he finished counting money he found only seventy pesos. But he demanded one hundred pesos. He was confident that God could neither make a mistake nor deny him what he had requested. Therefore, he concluded that the post office employees must have taken the remaining thirty pesos.
Very short type questions
Q.1: Who was Lencho?
Answer: Lencho was a Latin American farmer.
Q.2: Where was the house of Lencho situated?
or
Where was the house in the valley situated?
Answer: The house of Lencho was situated on the crest of a low hill in a valley.
Q.3: Who wrote the prose-piece, "A Letter to God"?
Answer: GL. Fuentes wrote the prose-piece, "A Letter to God"
Q.4: How many houses were there in the entire valley ?
Answer: There was only one house in the entire valley.
Q.5: What was the peculiar thing about Lencho's house?
Answer: The peculiar thing about Lencho's house was that it was the only one in the
entire valley.
Q.6: To whom did Lencho write a letter?
Answer: Lencho wrote a letter to God.
Q.7: What did Lencho have faith in?
Answer: Lencho had faith in God.
Q.8: Was Lencho a hard working man?
Answer: Yes, Lencho was a hard working man.
Q.9: What did Lencho expect in reply to his letter?
Answer: Lencho expected one hundred pesos in reply to his letter
Q.10: How was the air that morning?
Answer: That morning the air was sweet and fresh.
Q.11: What is a hailstorm?
Answer: A hailstorm is heavy rainfall alongwith the hils.
Q.12: What was the strange thing about Lencho's letter?
Answer: The strange thing about Lencho's letter was that it was addressed to none other than God.
Q.13: Why do Lencho asked his sons not to be so upset?
Answer: Lencho asked his sons not to be upset because, he said that no one died of
hunger.
Q.14: What was prepared by the woman?
Answer: Dinner was prepared by the woman.
Q.15: What did the postmaster do immediately after receiving the letter addressed to God?
Answer: The postmaster broke out in laughter to see the letter addressed to God.
Q.16: How much money did Lencho ask from God?
Answer: Lencho asked one hundred pesos from God.
Q.17: Who was the "woman" mentioned in the story?
Answer: The "woman" mentioned in the story was Lencho's wife.
