The Crooked Picture Flashcards
Rising
Getting up
Handsome compensation
A large sum of money given to the owners for the house being demolished by the government
Struck her
Suddenly she understood
Contradicted
Say the opposite of something someone has said
Demolished
Broken down and removed
Dismantled
Took something to pieces
Title deeds
Documents giving the name of the owners of property
Reassembled
Put it together once more
Figured it out
Worked it out
Why did Radhika wake up?
Radhika woke up in the middle of the night because she heard footsteps in the corridor.
What happened to the photograph of dada and his brother?
The photograph was hanging crooked
Why was grandfather’s restaurant doing well?
Because it was in a central location near the main shopping area.
Why was the building going to be demolished?
Because the roads were being widened so the government was demolishing the building
What was offered to the family in exchange for demolishing the house?
The family was offered a handsome compensation.
“…have written to me asking for their share. They think that this property belonged to the two brothers…”
(a) Who is the speaker?
(b) Who is ‘They’?
(c) Why did they want their share?
(a) The speaker is Mr. Shetty.
(b) ‘They’ refers to Mr. Shetty’s father’s elder brother’s grand children.
(c) They wanted their share because they believe that the property belong to the two brothers , Mr. Shetty’s father, and his elder brother.
“I heard Papa telling you that we have to find his… Do you think it will be here?”
(a) Who is ‘I’?
(b) Who is ‘You’?
(c) What did they have to find and why?
(a) ‘I’ is Radhika
(b) ‘You’ is Mrs. Shetty.
(c) They had to find Mr. Shetty’s fathers will
“This is …son, Advocate Prakash Rao,” he said… “He is also a lawyer. He has all the… I need, in his office.”
(a) Who is the speaker and who is he speaking to?
(b) Who was Advocate Prakash Rao?
(c) What did Prakash Rao have?
(a) The speaker is Mr. Shetty, and he is speaking to Radhika.
(b) Advocate Prakash Rao was uncle Nagesh’s son.
(c) Prakash Rao had all the documents that the Shetty family needed.
Who will was the family looking for?
Mr. Shetty’s fathers will.
Why was Radhika surprised when the picture on the wall began to swing?
Radhika was surprised when the picture on the wall behind the swing because neither there was any breeze to explain the movement, nor any of the other pictures were moving.
Where did Radhika look for the will?
Inside the photo frame
Who were the two people in the crooked picture and how did the family find out about this?
The two people in the crooked picture were Mr. Shetty’s father and his friend, Nagesh. The family found out about it by looking at the back of the photograph.
Radhika jumped out of her chair and ran to hug her parents. “I knew it! I knew it!” she cried.
(a) What did Radhika know? What was she talking about?
Radhika knew that the answer to the mystery of the lost will was somewhere connected to uncle Nagesh and at the end the papers were found with uncle Nagesh’s son, advocate Prakash Rao.
