CLASS 11 · WOVEN WORDS · CHAPTER 1
Student-friendly answers to every end-of-chapter activity in Anton Chekhov's story.
13 worked answers · short steps first, explanations when you need them
Textbook pages Understanding the Text
Question Understanding the Text 1
Name the people he approaches and describe their lack of attention.
Everyone Iona approaches ignores, interrupts, or dismisses him, leaving him alone with his grief.
Question Understanding the Text 2
Describe his gentleness, patience, loneliness, and need to share his sorrow.
Iona is gentle and patient but deeply lonely; he needs someone to listen to his grief.
Question Understanding the Text 3
Contrast the horse's quiet presence with the people's refusal to listen.
The horse stays beside Iona and listens quietly, giving him the companionship that people deny him.
Textbook pages Talking about the Text
Question Talking about the Text 1
Use Iona's failed attempts to speak and explain why listening matters.
Iona feels alone among people because none listens to his grief. A patient listener can help someone feel understood.
Textbook pages Appreciation
Question Appreciation 1
Link the cold, bleak setting and Iona's stillness to the story's lonely mood.
The snowy twilight and Iona's stillness establish a bleak mood that reflects his loneliness.
Question Appreciation 2
Show how distinct passenger details make their common lack of sympathy clear.
Vivid details distinguish the passengers, while their shared indifference highlights Iona's loneliness.
Question Appreciation 3
Explain how repeated attempts to discuss his son's death lead to the final scene with the horse.
Iona's son's death shapes each encounter, and his repeated failures to speak lead to the final telling to his horse.
Question Appreciation 4
Describe the shift from silence to Iona telling the horse his story.
The frame changes from silence to Iona confiding in the horse, showing both relief and human indifference.
Textbook pages Language Work
Question Language Work 1
Mention the shared 'sn' beginning and their connection with breathing sounds.
They begin with 'sn' and describe sounds or actions connected with breathing.
Question Language Work 2
Match each word with a similar action or sound; explain choices that may overlap.
Possible groups: A titter, chuckle, giggle, chortle, guffaw; B sneak, sidle, scramble, straggle, plod; C squawk, pant, croak, shriek; D boo; E gasp. Some choices overlap by context.
Question Language Work 3
Connect the snow's whiteness with the cold mood and Iona's ghostlike isolation.
White snow creates a bleak winter mood and makes Iona seem ghostlike and isolated.
Question Language Work 4
Explain the restless feeling and give a familiar comparison.
It means very restless and uncomfortable; a similar phrase is 'sitting on hot coals.'