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10. A Mild Attack of Locusts |
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Short Questions and Answers |
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Q /1: What are locusts? |
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Ans: Locusts are insects that fly in very large groups, eating and destroying crops. |
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Q /2: Why did the farmers throw wet leaves on to the fire? |
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Ans: They threw wet leaves on to the fire to make it acrid and black. |
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Q /3: Wheat was the desire of every farmer? |
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Ans: Every farmer desired that the locusts must fly over his farm and go onto someone else’s |
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Q /4: Did Margaret know what to do to keep the locusts away? |
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Ans: N0, Margaret did not know how to keep the locusts away. |
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Q /5: What was the condition of the trees? |
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Ans: All the trees were loaded with locusts. There trees looked very strange. Their branches bent down due to the weight of the insects. |
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Q /6: How did old Stephen that the stray گمراہ locust which he found on his shirt? |
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Ans: He picked up a stray locust which he found on his shirt and split it with his thumbnail. |
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Q /7: Are the hoppers different from the locusts? |
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Ans: Hoppers are the young locusts that are born from the eggs of the locusts. While locusts fly and jump fast, hoppers jump from point to point. |
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Q /8: Did Margaret lose heart on the loss of crops? |
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Ans: Yes, she lost heart on the loss of crops because she had seen this destruction for the first time. |
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Q /9: Why are the locusts compared with bad weather? |
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Ans: The locusts are compared with bad weather because locusts and bad weather both are natural calamities آفات, both destroy crops. |
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Q /10: Why did the men eat their supper with good appetites? |
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Am: The men ate their supper with good appetites because they had worked very hard all the day long to fight-are locusts. They were tired and hungry. |