S.A.Q. from Leela's Friend by R. K. Narayan

Leela's Friend by R. K. Narayan

Short Answer-Type Questions and Answers (S.A.Q)

1. Who was Leela?

Answer: Leela was the five-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sivasanker.

2. Who was Mr Sivasanker?

Answer: Mr. Sivasanker was the father of the five-year-old little girl Leela.

3. What kind of job did Sidda do in the Sivasanker's household?

Answer: Siddha washed clothes, tended the garden, ran errands, chopped wood and looked after Leela at Mr. Sivasanker's house.

4. Where did Leela's mother find the gold chain?

Answer: Leela's mother finally found the gold chain from the tamarind pot in the kitchen.

5. Why did Leela ask for Sidda's company?

Answer: Leela asked for Sidda's company because it made her very happy.

6. Why did Sidda leave the old master's house?

Answer: Sidda left the old master's house because he had left the town.

7. What is Mr Sivasanker's first impression of Sidda?

Answer: Mr. Sivasanker's first impression of Sidda is that he was not a fellow of bad sort, and he looked tidy.

8. How, according to Sidda, could Leela touch the sky?

Answer: According to Sidda, Leela could touch the sky standing on a coconut tree.

9. What was Leela's box filled with?

Answer: Leela's box was crammed with catalogues, illustrated books and stumps of pencil.

10. Why was Sidda arrested by the police?

Answer: The police arrested Sidda on suspicion of stealing Leela's gold chain.

11. Why did Leela appeal to the policemen to leave Sidda?

Answer: Leela appealed to the policemen to leave Sidda so that she could play with him.

12. What kind of story did Leela want to hear from her mother?

Answer: Leela wanted to hear from her mother the story of the elephant.

13. Why did Mr. Sivasanker go to the police station?

Answer: Mr Sivasanker went to the police station to lodge a complaint against Sidda.

14. Why did Sidda vanish from Leela's house?

Answer: Sidda had vanished because he was suspected of stealing Leela's gold chain.

15. What were the stories that Sidda told Leela at her bed time?

Answer: Sidda told Leela the stories of animals in the jungle, gods in heaven and of great magicians.

16. What was given to Sidda for his work at Mr. Sivasanker's house?

Answer: At Mr. Sivasanker's house Sidda was given two meals a day and four rupees a month for his work. 

17. How was Leela's knowledge of education?

Answer: Leela knew two or three letters of the alphabet and could draw a kind of a cat and crow in a way.

18. Why did Leela's mother give Leela a slap?

Answer: Leela's mother gave Leela a slap because Leela lost her gold chain.

19. Why did the police inspector stop Leela from going to Sidda?

Answer: The police inspector stopped Leela from going to Sidda because he was a thief.

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