A letter to God ( prose )--G.L Fuentes || Class-10 Prose || TBSE

A letter to God ( prose )     G.L Fuentes

Class - X

Best important questions with Answer : (mark-2)

1. Why did lencho say the raindrops were like "new coins"?

Ans: lencho's crops were ready for harvest.As raindrops would have helped in getting a better harvest,more prosperity. so lencho compared them with "new coins".

2. How did the rain change?what happened to lencho's field?

Ans: The rain was pouring 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 field destroyed by hailstones.

3. What were lencho's feeling when the rain/hail had stopped?

Ans: lencho was feeling with sadness after the rain had stopped. His corn was totally destroyed. He said to his sons that they would have no corn that year.But he was hopeful of getting help from God.

4. How did lencho send the letter?

Ans: lencho went to the post office at town one Sunday,placed a stamp on the letter and dropped it into the mailbox.

5. What did lencho write in the first letter addressed to God?

Ans: In the first letter,lencho wrote, "God, if you don't help me, my family and I will go hungry this year. I need a 100 pesos in order to show my field again and to live until the crop comes, because the hailstones destroyed my crop.

6. What did the postmaster do them?

Ans: the postmaster first laughed because the letter was addressed to none other than God.But then he became serious. he was deeply moved by the writers faith in God. He did not want to shake this faith. so he decided to collect the money and sent it to lencho. He collected money from his employees friends and contributed a part of his salary.

7. Was lencho surprised to find a letter for him with money in it?

Ans: lencho was not the least  surprised to  find a letter for him with money in it. He was totally sure that it came from God. Such was his faith in God.

8. Who or what did lencho  faith in? what did he do?

Ans: lencho had faith in God. He believed that God's eyes see everything. He wrote a letter to god saying that he needed a hundred pesos to show his field again.

9.Why was lencho angry after opening the letter?

Ans: lencho was angry after opening the letter because he found only 70 pesos inside the envelope.He had demanded a 100 pesos from God.Instead of getting angry on God, he got angry on the post office employees because he thought them to have misappropriated the money.

10. What did lencho write in his second letter to God?

Ans: ln the second letter to god,lencho informed that he had only received 70 pesos. He requested God to send him the rest of money through other means not by the post office.

11. Who was lencho? where was lencho's House situated ?what were his main problems?

Ans:   a)  Lencho was a poor farmer.

b)  His house was situated on the crest of a low Hill.

c) The crop of lencho was completely destroyed by hailstones. These were the main problems of lencho.

12. Why did lencho write a letter to God? Who received the letter and what did he do?

Ans: a) the crop of lencho was completely destroyed by hailstones. He believed that only God would help him. So he wrote him a letter for help.  

b) The postmaster received the letter. He read it then he collected some money and send it to lunch.

13.why did lencho describe the post office employees as a" bunch of crooks"? Were they really a "bunch of crooks"?

Ans: a) when lencho open the envelope, he found only 70% instead of 100 pesos. He doubt that the post office employees had taken out 30 pesos. so he called them a bunch of crooks.

b) But they really were not a bunch of crooks.

 & Big questions:-

1. Give a character- sketch of lencho.

2. Sketch the character of the postmaster in the story "a letter to God.