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Chapter 8: A Short Monsoon Diary

1. 
How did he describe the early monsoon rain?

2. 
Which seasonal visitors did the rain herald?

3. 
Who chases the minivets away?

4. 
Which plant reared its head as the author walked till the bank and post office?

5. 
Who did the seasonal visitor lift from near the servant’s quarters?

6. 
What all did the mist do?

7. 
What is the colour of female scarlet minivets?

8. 
“The __________ affords a certain privacy.”

9. 
Which birds flit silently among the leaves like brilliant jewels?

10. 
Why was he unable to see Bijju?

11. 
Who was chopping up sticks?

12. 
How did he describe the early monsoon rain?

13. 
“Even as I write, I see a _________ forming.”

14. 
Perhaps that’s what makes the mist so —–‘

15. 
For how many days they have not seen the sun?

16. 
During rains, for whom there is no dearth of food?

17. 
What do you mean by the word “ravine”?

18. 
‘The seeds of the cobra lily are turning —‘ signifying that the rains are coming to an end.’

19. 
“——- are lucky — They bring money!”

20. 
All night the —- has been drumming on the corrugated tin roof’