Question

“A plague of locusts would have left more than this. The hail has left nothing. This year we will have no corn.’’ 

i. Who is the speaker and who is he/she speaking to? 

ii. What emotions/feelings of the speaker are depicted in the passage? 

iii. What does the phrase ‘plague of locusts’ mean?

Answer 1

i. Lencho is speaking to his sons. 

ii. Feelings of sadness and hopelessness of the speaker are depicted in the passage as the entire cornfield has been destroyed by the hailstones. 

iii. The phrase ‘plague of locusts’ means infestation/invasion of plants or crops by an insect which looks like a grasshopper. Locusts are insects that fly in swarms or groups and destroy crops.