Games at Twilight
Anita Desai
1. In which province was Anita Desai born?
Ans: Anita Desai was born in 1937 at Mussoorie, a hill station, located to the north of Delhi in India.
2. Who is the protagonist in "Games at Twilight"?
Ans: The protagonist in "Games at Twilight" is Ravi.
3. How was the condition of the children in “Games at Twilight”?
Ans: The children in “Games at Twilight”felt suffocated being confined in home.
4. Why are the children anxious to go out?
Ans: The children are anxious to go out because they feel suffocated in the atmosphere of the shuttered house.
5. What did the children play first?
Ans: The games that the children played first in ‘Games at Twilight’ is ‘hide and seek’.
6. Who became "It" in the “hide and seek” game?
Ans: Raghu became "It" in the “hide and seek” game.
7. Who is motherly in "Games at Twilight"?
Ans: Mira is motherly in "Games at Twilight".
8. Who was the football Champion?
Ans: Raghu was the football Champion.
9. Where did Ravi hide?
Ans: At first Ravi hid in the upturned flower pot behind the garage. Then he moved to the shed next to the garage.
10. Who had the garage key and where did he keep it? [NU 2015]
Ans: The driver had the garage key and he kept it hanging from a nail on the wall covered with his work-shirt.
11. What was compared to mortuary?
Ans: The shed next to the garage was compared to mortuary.
12. What ticked the back of Ravi's neck? [NU 2017]
Ans: An insect, perhaps a spider, tickled the back of Ravi's neck.
13. Why did Ravi's fear in the shed vanish?
Ans: The thought of the impending victory in the ‘hide and seek’ game vanished Ravi’s all fear.
14. What are the names of the children in "Games at Twilight"?
Ans: The names of the children in “Games at Twilight” are Ravi, Raghu, Mira and Manu.
15. Who is the youngest among the children in “Games at Twilight”?
Ans: Manu is the youngest among the children in “Games at Twilight”.
16. Which game do the children play in “Games at Twilight”? [NU 2016]
Ans: In “Games at Twilight”, the game that children play is ‘hide and seek’.
17. What kind of game were the children playing at twilight?
Ans: The children were playing the funeral game at twilight.
18. What is the funeral game?
Ans: The funeral game is a game in which two pairs of arms reach up and meet in an arc under which children troop in a mournful circle.
19. Why was Ravi unwilling to participate in the funeral game?
Ans: Ravi is unwilling to participate in the funeral game as a silent reaction to the non-recognition of his victory and triumph by other children in the game of “Hide and Seek”.
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