The Post Office is referred to as Ali's 'place of pilgrimage' as he ____.
visited it daily
came there to pray for a letter from his daughter
went there with faith and hope
went there with faith and hope
C.
went there with faith and hope
The Post Master's rudeness to Ali reveals his ____.
lack of empathy
preoccupation with his work
preconceived notions
preconceived notions
A.
lack of empathy
'Tortured by doubt and remorse, he sat down in the glow of the charcoal sigri to wait'. The Post Master was waiting for ____.
A letter from Miriam
a letter from his own daughter
a letter from Ali
a letter from Ali
B.
a letter from his own daughter
Who was Ali? Where did he go daily?
Ali was a coachman and an old man who was waiting for his daughter's letter to him, so he went to the Post Office daily.
Ali displays qualities of love and patience. Give evidence from the story to support the statement.
Ali hoped that one day he will receive a letter from her daughter. So he went to the Post Office daily for five years and asked the Post Master if there was a letter from her daughter Miriam. He was insulted and humiliated by the employees but he always ignored them. He gave a clerk five gold guineas and requested him to deliver the letter, if it would come, to his grave.