Answer:
(a) Only a few students passed the school leaving examination
so that Vietnamese student could not qualify for the better paid jobs. It was a
deliberate policy of failing students taken by the French colonial power.
(b) Like other European powers, the French wanted to exploit
the natural resources and other essential goods in her colonies. Vietnam had
fertile land which was suitable for rice and plantation crops.
So, they began building canals and draining land in the
Mekong delta region to increase agricultural production. As a result,
production increased manifold and Vietnam became the third largest exporter of
rice in the world.
(c) When the French Principal of the Saigon Native Girls
School expelled the students protesting another student's expulsion, there was
widespread open protests. Seeing the situation getting out of control, the
government decided to control the intensity of the protests by providing an
outlet making the school take back the expelled students.
(d) Rats were common in the modern, newly built areas of
Hanoi because the sewer system provided an ideal and protected breeding ground
for them.
The large sewers now became the living space for rats.
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