A Letter To God Question Answer SEBA | Class 10 | A Letter To God Notes | Study Corner

Question : What did Lencho hope for?

Ans: Lenchs hoped for water in the form of rain.

Question : Why did Lencho say the raindrops were like 'new coins'?

Ans: Lencho said this because his crop really needed rain for being a good harvest. He knew that the raindrops would bring him much crops and also would get some coins by selling the crops. So when it rained, he saw it in the form of 'new coins'

Question : How did the rain change? What happened to Lencho's field ?

Ans : At first, the big drops of rain began to fall. But suddenly a strong wind began to blow and along with the rain very large hailstones began to fall. After that the rain had changed to hailstorm.

     After the hail, the field was white, as if covered with salt. Not a lief remained on the trees. The corn was destroyed completely.

Question : What were Lencho's feelings when the hail stopped ?

Ans: When the hail stopped, Lencho's heart was completely broken. The hail had left nothing. He expressed that they would have no corn that year. He also sorrowfully said that they would go hungry that year.

Question : Who or what did Lencho have faith in ? What did he do?

Ans: Lencho had deep faith in God.

     So, in his helpless situation, he wrote a letter to God and he informed about his problems and also wanted a hundred pesos, because he felt that God's eyes saw everything and his only hope was God.

Question : Who read the letter ?

Ans : When the postman noticed that the letter was addressed to God, he laughed a lot and gave the letter to the postmaster, who then read the letter.

Question: What did the postmaster do then ? Or
   What did the postmaster do after reading Lencho's letter ?

Ans: After reading Lencho's letter, the postmaster helped him by sending money on behalf of God. Because Lencho had written a letter to God to help him with money. The postmaster did not want to shake his faith in God. So he collected money and sent to Lencho.

Question : Was Lencho surprised to find a letter for him with money in it ?

Ans : No, Lencho was not surprised to find a letter for him with money. It was because he had deep faith in God. He knew that God saw everything even in one's conscience.
So, it was none but God, who sent him money.

Question : What made him angry?

Ans : Lencho had requested God to send him hundred pesos. But God sent him only seventy pesos. It was not good on God's part. This made him angry.

Question : Who does Lencho have complete faith in ? Which sentences in the story tell you this ?

Ans: Lencho has complete faith in God. The
following sentences tell us this :

a) All through the night, Lencho thought only of his one hope: the help of God, whose eyes, as he had been instructed, see everything, even what is deep in one's conscience.

b) "God he wrote," if you don't help me, my family and I will go hungry this year.

c) He wrote 'To God' on the envelope, put the letter inside and still troubled, went to town.

Question : Why does the postmaster send money to Lencho? Why does he sign the letter 'God'?

Ans: The postmaster doesn't want that Lencho's faith in God should break. He, in fact, feels proud that Lencho has such a great faith in God.

    He signs the letter 'God' to keep Lencho's faith intact. If he doesn't do so, Lencho might think differently. His faith in God may shake.

Question : Did Lencho try to find out who had sent the money to him? Why/Why not?

Ans: Lencho did not try to find out who had sent the money to him. It was because he had complete faith in God. He had never suspected that there could be anyone else other than God to send him the money.

Question : Who does Lencho think has taken the rest of the money? What is the irony in the situation?
(Remember that the irony of a situation is an unexpected aspect of it. An ironic situation is strange or amusing because it is the opposite of what is expected.)

Ans. Lencho thinks that the rest of the money has been taken by the post office officials. The irony in the situation is that the post office officials contribute money for Lencho. Yet he looks at them as "crooks'.

Question : Are there people like Lencho in the real world? What kind of a person would you say he is? You may select appropriate words from the box to answer the question.

   greedy    naive    selfish    stupid
   ungrateful    comical    unquestioning

Ans: Yes, there are still people like Lencho in the real world. He is such a person who can go to any extent in his faith in God. He is resolute, determind and firm. Lencho' is also 'naive', 'stupid' and 'comical'.

Question : There are two kinds of conflict in the story: between humans and nature, and between humans themselves. How are these conflicts illustrated?

Ans: These conflicts are illustrated in the form of hailstorm destroying Lencho's crop. So he thinks of God and writes a letter to Him for help. The other conflict is illustrated by Lencho. It is in his not believing in the post office officials' honesty. He thinks them 'crooks' and dishonest person.

Thinking about Language

I. Look at the following sentence from the story.

  Suddenly a strong wind began to blow and along with the rain very large hallstones began to fall.

'Hallstones' are small balls of ice that fall like rain. A storm in which hailstones fall is a hailstorm'. You know that a storm is bad weather with strong winds, rain, thunder and lightning.

    There are different names in different parts of the world for storms, depending on their nature. Can you match the names in the box with their descriptions below, and fill in the blanks? You may use a dictionary to help you.

        gale,     whirlwind,      hurricane,
        tornado,     cyclone,     typhoon

1. A violent tropical storm in which strong winds move in a circle:

Answer : Cyclone.

2. An extremely strong wind:

Answer : Gale.

3. A violent tropical storm with very strong winds: 

Answer : Typhoon.

4. A violent storm whose centre is a cloud in the shape of a funnel:

Answer : Tornado.

5. A violent storm with very strong winds, especially in the western Atlantic Ocean:

Answer : Hurricane.

6. A very strong wind that moves very fast in a spinning movement and causes a lot of damage:

Answer : Whirlwind.