The Other Family – Fill in the Blanks
🔵 1. “The Other Family” was written by __________.
🟣 2. The mother and her daughter lived in a country named __________.
🟢 3. The story begins on a cold __________ evening.
🟠 4. The little girl was wearing a __________ coat while returning home.
🔴 5. The mother felt that she had taken her daughter away from her own people and __________.
🟡 6. The mother’s solitude rushed over her like a __________.
🔵 7. Dinner was a time of warmth, conversation and serving hot, steaming __________.
🟣 8. The mother and daughter had two pets, which were __________.
🟢 9. At school, the girl was asked to draw a picture of a __________.
🟠 10. The family drawn by the girl had white skin, blue eyes and __________ hair.
🔴 11. The mother and her real family were dark-skinned and __________-haired.
🟡 12. The girl said that she had copied the family picture from a __________.
🔵 13. The girl defended her drawing by saying that her __________ had liked it.
🟣 14. The mother feared that her daughter wanted to become a white __________.
🟢 15. The word “they” represented the authority of the school and the outside __________.
🟠 16. Overcome by fear, guilt and helplessness, the mother burst into __________.
🔴 17. At night, the girl examined herself in a full-length __________.
🟡 18. The girl noticed her brown skin, black hair, dark eyes and the __________ on her nose.
🔵 19. The following day, the girl told her teacher that the picture was not __________.
🟣 20. After adding her real family to the drawing, the girl called it “The __________ Family.”
Answer Key
🔵 1. Himani Bannerji
🟣 2. Canada
🟢 3. winter
🟠 4. blue
🔴 5. language
🟡 6. tide
🔵 7. food
🟣 8. cats
🟢 9. family
🟠 10. blond
🔴 11. dark
🟡 12. book
🔵 13. teacher
🟣 14. memsahib
🟢 15. world
🟠 16. sobs
🔴 17. mirror
🟡 18. scar
🔵 19. finished
🟣 20. Other
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[Prepared by Sindhu.P,HSST English,GGHSS Kallai]