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2.2. Tick the correct answer.

a. Which of the following things did Hem Subba not consume?
beer liquor water

b. Which of the following was not a quality of Hem Subba’s
speech?
pleasant polite noisy

c. Everyone, except Hem Subba in town used to ................................
eat paan ride a jeep

wear a gold chain watch

d. When the merchant offered paan to Hem Subba the second

time he used a ............................
steel plate silver plate gold plate

e. The merchant invited Hem Subba on his ...............................

birthday daughter’s wedding
marriage anniversary

f. The ...................., if pleased will replenish the diminished wealth.
god merchant paan

g. According to the merchant Hem Subba was a ............................
good speaker fraud person diamond

2.3. Answer the following questions.

a. Why did the town’s shopkeeper bend their heads?

b. Why did Hem Subba not ride a car?
c. How did Hem Subba’s wife die?
d. What was the rich merchant worried about?

e. When did the merchant offer paan to Hem Subba for the first

time?
f. What reasons did Hem Subba give for not eating paan?
g. How did Hem Subba feel about the taste of paan?

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