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  Read the/allowing extracts and answer the questions that follow.                                                                (1 x 3 = 3) 'It's mad man, sir, who worries us by calling everyday for letters that never come', said the clerk to the postmaster. (i) Why did the clerk call Ali a mad man? (ii) What was Ali waiting for? (iii) How did the people at the post office behave with him? Or Look at the many cases of persons being restored to life hours after they were thought to be 'gone'. (i) How have many a cases of persons restored to life? (ii) Who is gone in this case? (iii) Why hadn't he been taken to the doctor?

Answer:

  (i) Ali had been coming to the post office for 5 long years without a miss. (ii) Ali was waiting for his daughter's letter. (iii) The post office employees laughed at him and made fun of him. Or (i) They are being restored to life by praying to God. (ii) Grandfather was believed to be gone. (iii) The doctor was out of town.