1:Who does Lencho have complete faith in? Which sentences in the story tell you 

this?

Answer :

Lencho had complete faith in God. The sentences in the story that show this are as 

follows:

(i) But in the hearts of all who lived in that solitary house in the middle of the valley, 

there was a single hope: help from God.

(ii) All through the night, Lencho thought only of his one hope: the help of God, whose 

eyes, as he had been instructed, see everything, even what is deep in one's 

conscience.

(iii) “God,” he wrote, “if you don't help me, my family and I will go hungry this year.”

(iv) He wrote 'To God' on the envelope, put the letter inside and, still troubled, went to 

town.

(v) God could not have made a mistake, nor could he have denied Lencho what he had 

requested.

(vi) It said: “God: of the money that I asked for, only seventy pesos reached me. Send 

me the rest, since I need it very much.”


Q2. Was Lencho surprised to find a letter for him with money in it?

Answer :

No. Lencho was not at all surprised to see the letter from God with money inside it. His 

confidence and faith in God was such that he had expected that reply from God.


Q3.Why does the postmaster send money to Lencho? Why does he sign the letter 

'God'?

Answer :

He got angry when he counted the money. There were only seventy pesos in the 

envelope. He was confident that God could neither make a mistake nor deny him what 

he had requested. Therefore, he concluded that the post office employees must have 

taken the remaining thirty pesos


4.What were Lencho's feelings when the hail stopped?

Answer :

When the hail stopped, Lencho's soul was filled with sadness. He looked around at his 

fields and said that even a plague of locusts would have left more than what was left 

after the hailstorm. He said that they would have no corn that year andthey would go 

hungry. He was full of sorrow.


Q5 : 

Who or what did Lencho have faith in? What did he do?

Answer :

Lencho had faith in God. He had been instructed that God's eyes see everything, even 

what is deep in one's conscience. Therefore, he wrote a letter to God expressing his 

need for a hundred pesos so that he could sow his field again and live until the crop 

grew again.

 

Q6 : 

Who read the letter?

Answer :

When the postman saw that the letter was addressed to God, he laughed and took the 

letter to the postmaster, who then read it.


Q7 : 

What did the postmaster do then?

Answer :

In order to keep the writer's faith in God alive, the postmaster decided to answer the 

letter. When he read that Lencho needed hundred pesos, he asked for money from his 

employees. He himself gave a part of his salary. He could not gather the entire amount, 

but managed to send Lencho a little more than half the amount. He put the money in an 

envelope addressed to Lencho and signed it 'G


Thinking about the textoral comprehension check : Solutions of Questions on Page Number 

: 7

Q1 : 

Who does Lencho have complete faith in? Which sentences in the story tell you 

this?

Answer :

Lencho had complete faith in God. The sentences in the story that show this are as 

follows:

(i) But in the hearts of all who lived in that solitary house in the middle of the valley, 

there was a single hope: help from God.

(ii) All through the night, Lencho thought only of his one hope: the help of God, whose 

eyes, as he had been instructed, see everything, even what is deep in one's 

conscience.

(iii) “God,” he wrote, “if you don't help me, my family and I will go hungry this year.”

(iv) He wrote 'To God' on the envelope, put the letter inside and, still troubled, went to 

town.

(v) God could not have made a mistake, nor could he have denied Lencho what he had 

requested.

(vi) It said: “God: of the money that I asked for, only seventy pesos reached me. Send 

me the rest, since I need it very much.”


6.Who does Lencho think has taken the rest of the money?

 What is the irony in the 

situation? [Remember that the irony of a situation is an unexpected aspect of it. 

An ironic situation is strange or amusing because it is the opposite of what is 

expected.]

Answer :

Lencho thought that the post office employees had taken the rest of the money. The 

irony of the situation was that the employees whom he called a “bunch of crooks” and 

suspected of taking some of the money were the same people who had contributed and 

sent him the money in the first place.