ICSE Class 8 English Literature: Book 'Gulmohar' — Flashcards for Quick Revision

A: A strange sound of footsteps begins in the house at about a quarter past one in the morning. The narrator hears the steps while drying himself after a bath, and the noise leads to a series of misunder

A: It begins with the final effect first, which creates curiosity and humour. The reader immediately learns that the event leads to trouble with the mother, the neighbours, and the police.

A: The narrator first hears the footsteps. He is standing after a bath and hears a man-like walking sound around the dining-room table downstairs.

A: The Quit India Movement begins on 8 August 1942. It was a major freedom movement in India and forms the background of the story.

A: Their schools close, their father is jailed, and the family moves to Narayanpur. Mohan is already involved in the movement, so the children become part of the changing situation around them.

A: Mohan is Babu and Manju's elder brother. He takes part in the Quit India Movement, marches in the procession carrying a picture of the Mahatma, and later helps with the cyclostyling work.

A: The chapter shows how climate change is forcing the Yup'ik community of Newtok to move to a new village called Mertarvik because thawing permafrost, erosion, and flooding are making their old homes un

A: The Yup'ik are an Indigenous community of about 380 people living in Newtok near the Bering Sea. They were once seasonally nomadic hunters, but they settled in Newtok in 1949 and still depend on natur

A: Newtok is the old Yup'ik village near the Bering Sea. It has been threatened by erosion and thawing permafrost, so residents are leaving it and moving to Mertarvik.