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1. 1.

   Is this text mainly about how the author found Delhi when she 'came home' to it or about what Delhi was like before she left it? Where does she actually talk about how Delhi is now? Look through the different paragraphs until you find the one in which she does so.

2. 2.

   Let us divide the text according to what the author talks about. Complete the following.

   1. returning by train from the hill station to Delhi (paras 1 and 2)
   2. Delhi's glory in the past thousand years (______________________________)
   3. _____________________________________________ (para 4 and the beginning of para 5)
   4. a family picnic to the Qutb Minar (______________________________)
   5. how much of the past is still left (______________________________)
3. 3.

   What do the children enjoy most during the train journey?

4. 4.

   How does the author describe the sight of the city as the train enters it?

5. 5.

   The author focuses on two things about Delhi's past. One is political power - forts, wealth and fame. What is the other? Were Delhi's rulers thinking about their own home, just as the author is now doing? What things did they miss most?

6. 6.

   How many members of the family lived in Grandfather's house? How can you tell? How many of them were children?