Fsc/F.A Book I Short Question of Chapter No.2 Clearing in the Sky
1. Why didn’t the old man follow the advice of the doctors?
The old man did not follow the advice as he had to raise the family of five children. His work was source of internal satisfaction for him that he thought was necessary to stay alive.
2. What had the doctors told the old man?
The doctors had warned the old man of serious threats to his life and recommended him to take complete bed rest if he wanted to stay alive.
3. Where did the old man take his son?
The old man took his son to the highest point of a mountain where he had grown potatoes, tomatoes and yams. He wanted to show his son this remarkable patch of land where he had done a great deal of effort.
4. Had the son ever been before?
Yes he had been there before many times but he had not visited it for the last three years. His son had never seen there anything extraordinary in his last visits.
5. What were the names of the vegetables the old man grew on his farm?
The old man had grown potatoes, tomatoes and yams. There were dozens of rows of tomatoes, a half-dozen rows of yams and three dozen rows of potatoes.
6. Why did the old man take the steep path?
The old man took the steep path as the doctors had advised him to take complete rest. He made an easy path to avoid steep climbing but as he got better he made steeper paths. It was one way of knowing that he was getting better all the time.
7. What were the feelings of the old man at the age of seventy?
The old man felt happy to have lived his natural span of life in spite of the warnings of different doctors. He knew that he was spending a bonus period of his life since he was over seventy years.
8. Why did the son at the age of six cry?
The son cried at the age of sex when he lost his wooden plough that his father had made for him. His father made another plough for him but he never liked the second one as he did the first one.
9. Why had the old man planted his secret garden?
The secret garden was a source of internal satisfaction and inspiration for him. He believed that the land was the best of all and he wanted to taste the unique flavor of the things grown there.
