93. The Scarecrow (23)

1. Who is the author of 'The Scarecrow'?
A:- Satyajit Ray is the author of 'The Scarecrow'.

2. Who was Abhiram?
A:- Abiram was Mriganko Babu's servant. He served the latter's family for twenty years but lost the job on the charge of stealing a gold watch of Mriganko Babu.

3. What kind of shirt was the scarecrow wearing?
A:- The scarecrow was wearing a torn, red and black printed shirt.

4. Why did Mriganko Babu go to Durgapur?
A:- Mriganko Babu went to Durgapur because a club there invited him to a cultural function to honour him. He was a famous and popular writer. 

5. What did Mriganko Babu decide never to do again?
A:- Mriganko Babu decided that if something ever got stolen from his house in future, he would never seek a witch doctor's help.

6. Whose voice did Mriganko Babu  recognize in the voice of the scarecrow?
A:- Mriganko Babu recognized the voice of Abhiram in the voice of the scarecrow. Abhiram was once his servant.

7. What was the name of the magazine that asked Mriganko Babu for a story?
A:- The name of the magazine that asked Mriganko Babu for a story was 'The Bharat Magazine.'

8.What name does the author propose for his most ambitious work?

9. Describe the scarecrow.
A:- Mriganko Babu was returning to Calcutta after attending a felicitation function at Durgapur. His car's petrol got over and it stopped near a paddy field. He was alone in the deserted road when his driver went to fetch petrol from nearby Panagarh.
    On the Western side of the road he saw a scarecrow in the middle of the winter crops. It was made of two bamboo poles, vertically and horizontally fixed together for arms and legs and a shirt was slipped onto this structure 

10. How does the scarecrow address Mriganko Babu?

11. What was the name of Mriganko Babu's driver?
A:- Sudheer was the name of Mriganko Babu's driver.

12. Where did Sudheer go to fetch petrol?
A:- Sudheer went to Panagarh to fetch petrol.

13. How far was Abhiram from Mriganko Babu?
A:- Abhiram was only ten yards away from Mriganko Babu.

14. What was the full name of Mriganko Babu?
A:- Mrigankoshekar Mukhopadhyay was the full name of Mriganko Babu.

15. What did Sudheer not pay any attention to?
A:- Mriganko Babu pointed out to Sudheer that the petrol gauge of the car was not working properly for quite sometime. Sudheer had had not paid any attention to correct the faulty gauge.

16. What was the scene on the eastern side of the road where Mriganko Babu stood waiting for Sudheer?
A:- On the eastern side of the road where Mriganko Babu stood waiting for Sudheer, there were empty barren fields stretched out for miles. In the far distance there was a small hut next to a tamarind tree. Ahead of them grew some palm trees. And then there was a dense dark forest.

17. What did Mriganko Babu think about his fellow Bengalis?
A:- When Mriganko Babu waited for his driver all alone, he expected that other drivers would ask if he required help. But he realized that his fellow Bengalis were selfish and did not thinking about helping others.

18. What did he do in the car while waiting for his driver?
A:- Mriganko Babu sat in the car trying to read the detective novel he carried along with him. But he was unable to focus in it. He was then thinking of writing down the points for the plot of a story he had to write for 'Bharat' magazine.

19. Why was he reminded of something at the sight of the scarecrow?
A:- The shirt on the scarecrow reminded Mriganko Babu of someone he knew before. But he could not remember the exact person who wore it.

20. Whose voice does Mriganko Babu recognize in the voice of scarecrow?
A:- Mriganko recognized Abhiram's voice in the voice of the scarecrow.

21. Whom did Mriganko's father call to find the lost watch?
A:- Mriganko's father called the witch doctor to find the lost watch.

22. Where did the scarecrow ask Mriganko Babu to look for his watch?
A:- The scarecrow asked Mriganko Babu to look in his wardrobe for his watch.

23. Why was Mriganko Babu terrified?
A:- Mriganko Babu got stranded near a paddy field on his way from Durgapur to Calcutta. The car ran out of petrol and his driver went to fetch some from nearby. Suddenly he felt as the scarecrow which was in the middle of the paddy field started moving. He thought it was just his imagination. But then the scarecrow started to really move towards him. It came nearer and introduced him as Abhiram, an old servant who had served his family for twenty years. The scarecrow moving and talking terrified him tremendous 

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