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  Answer the following questions in 30-40 words each.                                                                                         (2 x 4 = 8) (i) Why did the grandmother cry on the author's return from the wedding? (ii) What assumptions does the poet make about the theme of the reaper's song? (iii) What offer did the maid give to Juliette? (iv) In what sense was Hooper a favored young man?

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  (i) The grandmother was crying on the author's return because she expressed her regret over her helplessness and inability to read the story of the novel 'Kashi Yatre'. She waited eagerly for author's return. She wanted to learn the alphabet. (ii) The poet guessed on the theme of the reaper's song that it might be on some past event of natural pain or a loss of close ones in the war. The plaintive song made the poet draw such assumptions. (iii) The maid shared an information with Juliette that there had been a vacancy for a cook to work in the film with an offer of eight hundred francs. But Juliette did not exhibit interest in the offer. (iv) Hooper was a favoured young man in his company as a tall, handsome Zone Sales Manager. He enjoyed playing in the university football team. Life was going smoothly for him. He had everything he aspired in his life.