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Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow:

The sun glistened on the sand, and the sea waves broke waywardly

A child sat playing with shells

He raised his head and seemed to know me and said,

"I hire you with nothing"

From hence forward that bargain struck in child's play made me a free man.

(i) Where was the child playing?

(ii) What did the child seem to know?

(iii) How did the speaker feel after talking to the child?

(iv) Name the poem and the poet.

Answer:

(i) The child was playing near the sea with the shells.

(ii) The child seemed to know the man who came there with nothing.

(iii) After talking to the child, the man felt free and happy.

(iv) "The Last Bargain7 by Rabindranath Tagore.