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2. According to the belief, if the baby’s name is not decided in first five days of

its birth, it is taken by the:
a) spirit b) king c) priest

3. ‘Anchi’ name was given to the girl child when:
a) the priest told the parents b) the bird sang anchi-anchi

c) the child uttered the word

4. The bird singing the name anchi was actually:
a) a spirit b) an angel c) a Goddess

5. When Anchi returned to her parents’ house her body was covered with:

a) clothes b) dust c) hair

B. Match the following.
1. Red cloth a) tiger

2. Mithun b) name given by bird

3. Anchi c) spirit
4. Bird d) cock

C. One word answer questions.
1. With which state is this folktale related?

2. Which tribe is related with this folktale?
3. Who was Igu?
4. Whose companions struggled with the spirit?

D. Answer the following questions.
1. What was the belief behind the Idu tradition of naming the child within first
five days of its birth?

2. How was Anchi named?
3. What happened when Anchi was going to her husband’s house?

4. How did people come to know that Anchi had left for good?

Vocabulary Booster
Vocabulary Booster
Vocabulary Booster
A. Write one word for the following.
1. a broad knife used as a weapon __________________________

2. a mammal resembling buffaloes __________________________
3. a deep understanding of something __________________________

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