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Thank You Ma’am SAQ (Short) Question Answer
Langston Hughes
Thank You Ma’am SAQ (Short) Question Answer | Class 12 English | WBCHSE
Who is the author of ‘Thank You Ma’am’? (“থ্যাংক ইউ ম্যাম’ গল্পের লেখক কে?)*
Ans : Langston Hughes is the author of ‘Thank You Ma’am’. (ল্যাংস্টন হিউস হলেন ‘থ্যাংক ইউ’ ম্যাম’ গল্পের লেখক।)
Describe Mrs Jones. (মিসেস জোনস-কে বর্ণনা করাে।)
Ans : Mrs Jones was a large and strong woman who reformed Roger. (মিসেস জোনস একজন শক্তপােক্ত, বিশালাকৃতি মহিলা যিনি রজারকে শুধরে দিয়েছিলেন।)
“She was a large woman ….” -What did this large Woman have? (“তিনি ছিলেন এক লম্বাচওড়া ভদ্রমহিলা…” এই লম্বাচওড়া মহিলার কাছে কী ছিল ?)*
Ans : This large woman had a large purse that contained everything except hammer and nails. (এই লম্বাচওড়া মহিলার এক ঢাউস ব্যাগ ছিল যাতে হাতুরি আর পেরেক ছাড়া সবই ছিল।)
Describe the purse that Mrs Luella Bates carried. (বর্ণনা করাে ব্যাগটা যেটা মিসেস লুয়েনা বেটস নিয়েছিলেন।)
Ans : Mrs Luella Bates carried a large purse which was stuffed with everything except hammer and nails. It had a long strap and she carried it slung across her shoulder. (মিসেস লুয়েলা বেতস একটা বড়ােসড়াে ব্যাগ নিয়েছিলেন যেটা হাতুরি আর পেরেক ছাড়া সবকিছু দিয়ে ঠাসা ছিল। এটার একটা লম্বা পট্টি ছিল এবং তিনি ওটাকে কাধে আড়াআড়িভাবে ঝুলিয়ে বয়ে বেড়াতেন।)
At what time and how was Mrs Luella Bates returning home? (কটার সময় এবং কীভাবে মিসেস লুয়েলা বেটস বাড়ি ফিরছিলেন ?)*
Ans : At about eleven o’clock at night, Mrs Luella Bates was returning home alone from work. (রাত্রি প্রায় এগারােটা নাগাদ মিসেস লুয়েলা বেটস একা বাড়ি ফিরছিলেন কাজের জায়গা থেকে।)
What happened to Mrs Jones when she was returning home at night? (মিসেস জোন্স এর সঙ্গে কী ঘটেছিল যখন তিনি রাত্রিবেলায় বাড়ি ফিরছিলেন?)
Ans : When Mrs Jones was returning home alone at night, a boy came running and tried to snatch her purse. (মিসেস জোনস যখন রাত্রিবেলায় একা বাড়ি ফিরছিলেন, একটা ছেলে দৌড়ে এসে তার ব্যাগটা ছিনিয়ে নেওয়ার চেষ্টা করে।)
When and where did Roger and Mrs Luella Bates Washington Jones meet? (কখন ও কোথায় রজার এবং মিসেস লুয়েলা বেটস ওয়াশিংটন জোন্স-এর দেখা হয়েছিল?)*
Ans : About eleven o’clock at night, by the sidewalk, Roger and Mrs Luella Bates Washington Jones met each other. (রাত প্রায় এগারােটা নাগাদ যখন মিসেস লুয়েলা বেটস ওয়াশিংটন জোনস তার কাজের জায়গা থেকে বাড়ি ফিরছিলেন, তখন তার রজারের সঙ্গে রাস্তায় দেখা হয়েছিল।)।
Where did Mrs Jones’ purse drop? (f6240 জোনস-এর ব্যাগ কোথায় পড়ে গিয়েছিল?)*
Ans : Mrs Jones’ purse was dropped by Roger on the sidewalk. (রজার কর্তৃক মিসেস জোক্স-এর ব্যাগটা ফুটপাথে পড়ে গিয়েছিল।)
Did the boy succeed in snatching the woman’s purse? (ছেলেটা কি ভদ্রমহিলার ব্যাগটা ছিনিয়ে নিতে সফল হয়েছিল ?)
Ans : No, the boy did not succeed in snatching the woman’s purse. (না, ছেলেটা ভদ্রমহিলার ব্যাগটা ছিনিয়ে নিতে সফল হয়নি।)
Why couldn’t Roger flee with the purse? (কেন ব্যাগটা নিয়ে পালাতে পারেনি?) *
Ans : Although the strap of the purse broke with the single tug given by Roger, he could not flee with the purse because the combined weight of his body and the purse caused him to lose o his balance. So he fell on his back on the sidewalk and his legs flew up. (যদিও ব্যাগটার পট্টিটা ছিড়ে গিয়েছিল রজারের একটা হ্যাচকা টানে, সে ব্যাগটা নিয়ে পালাতে পারেনি কারণ তার নিজের ও ব্যাগটার মিলিত ভারে সে ভারসাম্য হারিয়ে ফেলেছিল। আর সে ফুটপাতের উপর চিত হয়ে পড়ে গিয়েছিল ও তার পাগুলি উপরদিকে উঠে গিয়েছিল।)
Where did Roger fall on losing his balance?
Ans : Roger fell on the sidewalk on losing his balance.
What did Mrs Luella Bates do as Roger fell down?
Ans : When Roger fell down Mrs Luella Bates turned around and kicked him. Then she reached down, picked Roger up by his shirt front and shook him until his teeth rattled.
What did Mrs Luella Jones ask the boy to pick up?
Ans : Mrs Luella Jones asked the boy to pick up her pocketbook.
Why did the lady permit the boy to stoop?
Ans : The lady permitted the boy to stoop so that he could pick up her purse and give it to her.
What was the first question by Mrs Jones to Roger?
Ans : The first question by Mrs Jones to Roger was, whether he was not ashamed of himself for snatching her purse.
Why did Mrs Jones call the boy a liar ?
Ans : Mrs Jones called the boy a liar because he said that he had not aimed to snatch her purse.
What did Bates say when the boy asked her to set him loose?
Ans : When the boy asked Mrs Bates to set him loose, she questioned him whether he would bluod run away if she turned him loose.
“And your face is dirty.”—When did the speaker say so?
Ans : The speaker, Mrs Jones said the above quoted words to Roger, when Roger requested her to forgive him. Mrs Jones also said that she wanted to clean Roger’s dirty face.
What did Mrs Jones have a great mind to do?
Ans : Mrs Jones had a great mind to wash Roger’s face.
According to Mrs Jones, how old was the boy?
Ans : According to Mrs Jones, the boy was around fourteen or fifteen years old.
Describe the appearance of Roger when Mrs Bates caught him.
Ans : When Mrs Bates caught Roger, he was dressed in blue jeans and tennis shoes and he appeared to be a boy of fourteen or fifteen, frail and willow-wild.
What shoes and jeans was Roger wearing?
Ans : Roger was wearing blue jeans and tennis shoes.
What would the woman teach Roger if he had been her son?
Ans : If Roger had been her son, the woman would teach him right from wrong.
What according to the woman was the least she could do for the boy?
Ans : According to the woman, the least she could do for the boy was to wash his face.
What was the full name of Mrs Jones?
Ans : The full name of Mrs Jones was Mrs Luella Bates Washington Jones.
What did the woman do when the boy began to struggle?
Ans : When the boy began to struggle, Mrs Jones stopped, jerked him around in front of her, put a half-nelson about his neck and continued to drag him up the street.
What is half-nelson related to?
Ans : Half-nelson is related to wrestling. It is a kind of wrestling hold in which a wrestler places an arm under the opponent’s arm from behind and exerts pressure with the palm on the back of the opponent’s neck.
What did the woman do when she got to her door?
Ans : When the woman got to her door, she dragged the boy inside, down a hall and into a large kitchenette-furnished room at the rear of the house. Then she switched on the light and left the door open.
Where did Luella take the boy in “Thank You Ma’am”?
Ans : In “Thank You Ma’am” Luella took the boy to her house and dragged him down a hall until they reached a large kitchenette-furnished room at the rear of the house.
How did the boy know that he and Mrs Bates were not alone in the large house?
Ans : The boy knew that he and Mrs Bates were not alone in the large house, where Mrs Bates took him forcefully, as he could hear other roomers laughing and talking and some of their doors were open too.
What was the name of the boy who tried to snatch the bag?
Ans : The name of the boy who tried to snatch the bag was Roger
Where did Roger wash his face?
Ans : Roger washed his face at Mrs Jones’ house.
Where did Mrs Luella Bates turn the boy loose?\
Ans : Mrs Luella Bates turned the boy loose in the kitchenette, in front of the sink.
What did Mrs Bates ask the boy to do after she turned him loose?
Ans : Mrs Bates asked the boy to go to the sink ense and wash his face after she turned him loose.
What did Roger do when Mrs Bates set him loose and asked him to wash his face?
Ans : When Mrs Bates set Roger loose and asked Tods him to wash his face, he looked towards the olins door and then looked at the woman, then again looked towards the door and finally went to the sink.
“Roger looked at the door-looked at the woman-looked at the door-and went to the sink.”-Why did Roger go to the sink ultimately?
Ans : Roger went to the sink ultimately because he wanted to escape from the terrible situation. He was afraid of Mrs Jones and thought that she would chase and grapple him once again.
What did Roger fear the most?
Ans : The thing Roger feared the most was being sent to jail for his crime.
“You gonna take me to jail?”—Who said this and why?
Ans : Roger said this.
Roger said this because he feared that Mrs Jones would send him to jail for his crime.
What did Roger tell Mrs Jones about his home?
Ans : Roger told Mrs Jones that there was nobody in his home.
‘Then we’ll eat-Who are ‘we’?
Ans :In the above mentioned line ‘we’ refers to Mrs Jones and Roger.
What did Mrs Bates say when the boy said that there was nobody at his house?
Ans : When the boy said that there was nobody at nid his house, Mrs Bates replied by saying that she thought that the boy tried to snatch her To purse because he was hungry and needed money to buy food.
Why did Roger want to snatch the large purse of Mrs Jones?
Ans : Roger wanted to snatch the large purse of Mrs od Jones because he desired to buy a pair of blue suede shoes.
What, according to Mrs Jones, should Roger have done if he needed money?
Ans : According to Mrs Jones, Roger should have asked her, if he needed money.
“He could run, run, run, run, run!” —Why did not Roger run?
Ans : Roger did not run because he did not want Mrs Jones to mistrust him.
“If he didn’t already know.”—Who is referred to here as he’?
Ans : God, the almighty, is referred to here as ‘he’.
What did Mrs Bates ask Roger to do to look presentable?
Ans : Mrs Bates asked Roger to comb his hair to look presentable.
What were there behind the screen in Mrs Jones’ room?
Ans : In Mrs Jones’ room, behind the screen, there was a gas plate and an icebox.
Why did the boy take care to sit on the far side of the room?
Ans : The boy took care to sit on the far side of the is room so that Mrs Jones could easily see him,if she wanted to,
Where did Roger want to go ? Why?
Ans : Roger wanted to go to the grocery shop. Roger wanted to help Mrs Jones in her household chores.
What did Roger volunteer to buy for Supper?
Ans : Roger volunteered to buy milk for supper.
What did Mrs Bates reply when Roger wanted to go to the grocery?
Ans : When Roger wanted to go to the grocery, Mrs Bates said that, he could go to the store if he wanted some sweet milk for himself.
What was Mrs Bates going to do with the canned milk she had got?
Ans : Mrs Bates was going to make cocoa with the canned milk she had got.
What did the icebox in ‘Thank You Ma’am’ contain?
Ans : The icebox in ‘Thank You Ma’am’ contained lima beans and ham.
What did Mrs Bates offer Roger to eat?
Ans : Mrs Bates offered Roger some lima beans, ham and cocoa. She also shared some cake with him.
Why did not the woman ask Roger anything?
Ans : The woman did not ask Roger anything about his background because she did not want to embarrass him.
Where did Mrs Jones work?
Ans : Mrs Jones worked in a hotel beauty-shop.
What did Mrs Bates talk about when she and Roger ate?
Ans : When Mrs Bates and Roger ate, she told him about her job in a hotel beauty-shop that stayed open late, what the work was like and how all kinds of women like blondes, redheads and Spanish came in and out.
What was the price of the cake the boy was given a part of in ‘Thank You Ma’am’?
Ans : The price of the cake the boy was given a part of in ‘Thank You Ma’am’ was ten-cent.
What did Mrs Jones do after finishing supper?
Ans : Finishing supper Mrs Jones got up, gave Roger ten dollars to buy his favourite pair of blue suede shoes and also advised him to behave properly.
What did the woman offer Roger other than food?
Ans : Other than food the woman offered ten dollars to Roger.
How much money did Mrs Bates give Roger? Why?
Ans : Mrs Bates gave Roger ten dollars.
Mrs Bates gave ten dollars to Roger so that he could buy a pair of blue suede shoes for him.
What did Mrs Bates warn Roger?
Ans : Mrs Bates warned Roger about acquiring things by dishonest means.
“She led him down the hall to ….” Where did she lead him to?
Ans : She led him down the hall to the front door.
What lesson of his life did Roger learn at the end of the story from Mrs Jones ?
Or, What advice did Mrs Jones give to Roger at the end of the story ?
Ans : At the end of the story, Roger learnt from Mrs Jones that one should never try to get things by wrong means as things earned by dishonest means never bring peace to anyone.
What was the last instruction that the boy received from the woman?
Ans : The last instruction that the boy received from the woman was to behave himself.
What did the boy want to say before leaving?
Ans : The boy wanted to say something other than “Thank you, ma’am” to Mrs Jones before leaving.
What were the parting words of Roger to Mrs Luella Bates?
Ans : Roger only managed to say “Thank You” as parting words to Mrs Luella Bates.
Why did Roger want to thank the woman?
Ans :Roger wanted to thank the woman because from her, he learnt to differentiate between right and wrong and also got ten dollars to buy the shoes of his choice.
What does the story ‘Thank You Ma’am’ suggest about sin and sinner?
Ans : The story ‘Thank You Ma’am’ suggests to “Hate the sin, not the sinner.
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