Question

Read the following paragraphs from "The Cabuliwallah."

Saying this, he put his hand inside his big loose robe and brought out a small dirty piece of paper. With great care he unfolded this and smoothed it out with both hands on my table. It bore the impression of a little hand, not a photograph. not a drawing. The impression of an ink-smeared hand laid flat on the paper. This touch of his own little daughter had been always on his heart, as he had come year after year to Calcutta to sell his wares in the streets. Tears came to my eyes. I forgot he was a poor Cabuli fruitseller, while I was but no, was i more than he? He was also a father.

After reading this sentence the reader can most likely conclude that the narrator feels all of the following except
A. disdain
B. humility
C. kinship
D. shame

Answer 1

The attitude here is one of kinship (choice C). He definitely does not show disdain or shame for the fruitseller, but instead shows something like pity. Humility is somewhat correct, but the key phrases are in the last 2 sentences, where the speaker thinks that "no, was I more than he?" and that "He was also a father", implying not just humility, but also a measure of being equal to (not higher than) the fruitseller.

Answer 2

The answer is:

C - Kinship