Question

Akoulya shouted at Malasha and asked her to catch the ........................ .

• A. stone
• B. stream
• C. chip
• D. shoes

Hint:

The story's title is 'Little Girls Wiser Than Men'. The final scene, where the girls make up and play with a chip while the adults are still fighting, is the key illustration of this title.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is C

Step 1: Understanding the Concept:
This question refers to the resolution phase of the conflict in Leo Tolstoy's 'Little Girls Wiser Than Men'.

Step 2: Detailed Explanation:
After the adults have argued and started fighting, the two little girls, Akoulya and Malasha, forget their quarrel and start playing again.
They dig a channel to let the water from the puddle flow into the street. To play in this new stream, one of them picks up a piece of wood, a chip, and they try to float it like a boat.
The story describes them running after the chip, shouting and laughing, fully engrossed in their new game. While the question's phrasing is slightly imprecise, the object they were playing with and shouting about was the chip.

Step 3: Final Answer:
The girls played together with a chip of wood, which they floated in the stream they made.