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1. 1.

   Do you think the narrator gave up making caricatures after being punished by his teacher?

2. 2.

   What was the sketch the narrator had drawn that people were curious to see?

3. 3.

   Tick (√) the correct answer for the given statements.

   1. The narrator as a child found his arithmetic teacher nasty because
      1. according to him all teachers were nasty.
      2. he found it difficult to understand the subject.
      3. to him the teacher seemed to have no feelings for others and was only interested in his subject.
      4. he hated the homework given by the teacher.
   2. When the narrator was caught by the arithmetic teacher sketching him, he was seated
      1. in the first row.
      2. in the third row.
      3. in the last row.
      4. safely in the middle row.
   3. It became the narrator's hobby to liken human figures to inanimate objects or animals after
      1. he deliberately drew the face of a tiger while drawing his teacher.
      2. he, unintentionally, drew the face of a tiger while drawing his hated teacher.
      3. he was appreciated.
      4. he was scolded.
   4. The narrator realised that his chosen field of art
      1. could irritate and annoy people.
      2. needed a lot of practice.
      3. was a fun activity.
      4. involved sketching all kinds of creatures.
   5. The much-respected cook refused to oblige the family as
      1. he was already committed elsewhere.
      2. he was too arrogant to cook for them.
      3. he hated cooking for weddings.
      4. he felt insulted being laughed at as a reaction to the narrator's caricature of him.
4. 4.

   State whether the following sentences are true or false.

   1. Most teachers in the Kannada Municipal School were not good.
   2. In the narrator's cartoons, no one was spared.
   3. The entire reputation of a wedding in South India depended on the cook employed for the wedding.
   4. The angry cook relented or gave in quickly to the requests made to him.
   5. The narrator's talent was much appreciated by his parents.
5. 5.

   What prevented the narrator and his classmates from getting the hang of simple calculations?

6. 6.

   Why did the teacher twist the narrator's ear?