about the author
Arthur Lemière Hendriks (1922-1992) was a Jamaican poet, writer, and broadcasting director (known as Micky Hendriks in his broadcasting career). He was born in 1922 in Kingston, Jamaica, to a Jamaican father and a French mother. He was particularly well known for his contributions to the Christian Science Monitor, The Daily Gleaner, and BIM. He also contributed as a columnist and literary critic to the Daily Gleaner. He died in 1992 at the age of 69.


Glossary

be flanked by (v) : to have something on one or both sides

sturdy (adj) : strong and healthy

hazel (adj) : reddish/greenish brown

at one's beck and call : (idiom) be ready to do what someone asks

divine (v) : find out something by guessing imperiously (adv) : haughtily

shuffled (v) : walked by dragging one's feet slowly along

bidding (n) : ordering

stride (v) : to walk with long steps

abjectly (adv) : completely without pride

impute (v) : claim that someone has done something unjustly

comprehension

I. Answer the following questions.

  1. I puzzled within myself,' says the narrator. What conclusion did he come to after this puzzling thought?


  2. 'For a whole day my faith in my people was shaken.' What do you think was the writer's faith? Why was it shaken?
  3. Why did the game next morning astonish the author? What did he see ?


answer the following questions

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