AMITY INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
WORKSHEET 3 – Ch 3 THE POSTMASTER
FOUR STORIES FROM TAGORE
Class - 6 Month: DECEMBER
Q1.Choose the correct option –
I.The postmaster’s first posting was at-
a) Kolkata
b) Ulapur
c) Birbhum
d) Midnapur
II.The girl who helped him with household chores was-
a) Ratna
b) Rani
c) Ratan
d) Rajani
III. Who said this line and to whom, “Tell me, do you remember your
mother.”?
a) Ratan to The Postmaster
b) The Postmaster to Ratan
c) Didi to Ratan
d) Ratan to Dada
IV. Ratan knew about the Postmasters near and dear ones because-
a) she had met them before
b) She regularly visited them
c) The Postmaster told her about them
d) None of these
V. What did the Postmaster do in his free time-
a) Chat with the villagers
b) Wrote poetry
c) Played with Ratan
d) Visited the temple
Q2.Fill in the stars with words or phrases describing the Postmaster:
The
Postmaste
r
Q3.Fill in the blanks with suitable answers from the box--
Calcutta indigo Postmaster woman homesick
Rabindranath Tagore's 'The Postmaster' centers on a man who is sent by the
government postal service to work as a ______________in a village, which is
far from his home of Calcutta. As the narrative reads, 'Our postmaster
belonged to Calcutta. He felt like a fish out of water in this remote village'. The
man is educated, and is unable to find any friends within the region. Most of
the men work at an ___________factory. The man is lonely. The only human
contact he has had upon arriving is his servant, a young __________. The
woman falls in love with him, but he is blinded by his loneliness. He is also
blinded by the caste differences. He doesn't see a relationship with the woman;
in essence, a relationship with a servant of a different class is unlikely. By the
end of 'The Postmaster,' throughout his stay in the village, he grows more
_____________, which prompts him to submit a request for reassignment to
_______________. But his request is refused.
Q4.Match the following-
A B had to do most of his
In the tiny village of
Ulapur A work himself.
i. a. B
ii. Baul singers b. on the grounds of
unhealthy
surroundings
iii. The Postmaster c.
there was an indigo
plantation nearby.
iv. The Postmaster d.
wanted to be to find if the Postmaster
transferred had returned.
v. e.
Ratan went to the are the traditional folk
post office again and musicians of Bengal.
