Memories of Childhood Class 12 MCQ Quiz – Test Your Understanding!

What is the significance of Zitkala-Sa's long hair in the story?

Why was the elderly man carrying the packet of vadais in a funny manner?

The chapter ‘We Too are Human Beings’ is __________ the book named ‘Karukku’ by Bama.

How did the speaker feel by the time the third bell rang?

The man ceased his mutterings, and then a third bell was tapped. Everyone picked up his knife and fork and began eating. I began crying instead, for by this time I was afraid to venture anything more. But this eating by formula was not the hardest trial in that first day. Late in the morning, my friend Judewin gave me a terrible warning. Judewin knew a few words of English; and she had overheard the paleface woman talk about cutting our long, heavy hair. Our mothers had taught us that only unskilled warriors who were captured had their hair shingled by the enemy. Among our people, short hair was worn by mourners, and shingled hair by cowards!

Which of these can be inferred from the extract?

What is the theme of the story "We Too Are Human Beings"?

What is the significance of the title "We Too Are Human Beings"?

When I heard this, I didn’t want to laugh anymore, I felt terribly sad. How could they believe that it was disgusting if one of us held that package in his hands, even though the vadai had been wrapped first in a banana leaf, and then parcelled in paper? I felt so provoked and angry that I wanted to touch those wretched vadais myself straightaway. Why should we fetch and carry for these people, I wondered. Such an important elder of ours goes meekly to the shops to fetch snacks and hands them reverently, bowing and shrinking, to this fellow who just sits there and stuffs them into his mouth. The thought of it infuriated me.

Pick an idiom that DOES NOT describe how the author felt about this incident.

When I heard this, I didn’t want to laugh anymore, I felt terribly sad. How could they believe that it was disgusting if one of us held that package in his hands, even though the vadai had been wrapped first in a banana leaf, and then parcelled in paper? I felt so provoked and angry that I wanted to touch those wretched vadais myself straightaway. Why should we fetch and carry for these people, I wondered. Such an important elder of ours goes meekly to the shops to fetch snacks and hands them reverently, bowing and shrinking, to this fellow who just sits there and stuffs them into his mouth. The thought of it infuriated me.

The given extract DOES NOT talk about

What would it mean to the speaker if her long hair was cut?

How does Bama's experience reflect the social reality of her time?

What role does the elderly man play in the story "We Too Are Human Beings"?

“Among our people, short hair was worn by mourners, and shingled hair by cowards!” This statement is an example of

I cried aloud, shaking my head all the while until I felt the cold blades of the scissors against my neck, and heard them gnaw off one of my thick braids. Then I lost my spirit. Since the day I was taken from my mother I had suffered extreme indignities. People had stared at me. I had been tossed about in the air like a wooden puppet. And now my long hair was shingled like a coward’s! In my anguish I moaned for my mother, but no one came to comfort me. Not a soul reasoned quietly with me, as my own mother used to do; for now I was only one of many little animals driven by a herder.

Choose the correct option with reference to the two statements given below.

• Statement 1: The author had been subjected to humiliation when she was separated from her mother.
• Statement 2: Nobody was able to ease her distress and empathize with her.

What message do you think the author is trying to convey through Bama's story?