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Sandrembi and Chaisra Soluions
Textual Questions and answers for class 8 Supplementary Reader Chapter 1- Sandrembi and Chaisra
Q1. Who were the two stepsisters?
Ans: The two step sisters were Chaisra and Sandrembi.
Q2. What thought was nurtured by Chaisra’s mother?
Ans: Chaisra’s mother always thought of harming Sandrembi, her brother, and her mother.
Q3. How did Sandrembi’s mother die?
Ans: Sandrembi’s mother and Chaisra’s mother went fishing one day. Sandrembi’s mother
caught a large number of fish. Chaisra’s mother could not catch any fish. Instead, she caught several snakes and put all of them in her dungeon. They rested under a fig tree full of ripe fruits.
Chaisra’s mother climbed the tree and asked Sandrembi’s mother to open her mouth. A ripe fruit was dropped. Again, Chaisra’s mother asked her to open her mouth. That time, she took her tungon
and poured all the snakes into the mouth of the Sandrembi’s mother. Immediately, sandrembi’s mother
died.
Q4. What did Sandrembi’s mother tell her in her dreams?
Ans: Sandrembi’s mother came into her dream and told her daughter that her stepmother had murdered her. She had turned into a turtle. She told her daughter to come and catch her in the
morning and put her in a pitcher inside the kitchen for five days. She would then turn herself into her
human form.
Q5. How was the turtle killed?
Ans: Sandrembi caught the turtle and carefully brought it home. Chaisra saw Sandrembi putting
the turtle in the pitcher. She told her mother about it, and they hatched a plan. Chaisra started crying
for water, and her mother told her to drink water from the pitcher in the kitchen. The turtle was
discovered. The helpless Sandrembi had to obey her wicked stepmother. She started boiling the
turtle in the pot. This was how the turtle was killed.
Q6. How did Sandrembi’s mother turn into a swallow?
Ans: Chaisra and her mother ate the turtle and threw the bones near the house.
Sandrembi’s mother came into her dream and told her daughter to wrap the bones and keep them in a
basket for seven days, and she would try to change herself to her human form. On the sixth day, she
opened the basket out of curiosity. As the number of days fell short, a swallow flew out of the
basket.
Q7. Why did Chaisra’s mother make Sandrembi wear the new clothes?
Ans: One day, Sandrembi and Chaisra went out to fetch water. Sandrembi’s clothes were old and torn, while Chaisra wore beautiful new clothes. The king passing by saw them. He fell in love with Sandrembi because her beauty struck his heart. The king also wanted to drink water from her. Chaisra narrated everything to her mother at home. The following day, the wicked mother gave the torn clothes to her daughter, and she gave the beautiful new clothes to Sandrembi.
Q8. How was Sandrembi killed?
Ans: Sandrembi was married to the king, and she became the queen. Chaisra and her mother
became very angry. They again hatched a plot to kill Sandrembi. They came to the palace and
Sandrembi was invited for a meal. Sandrembi came for the meal alone, and after eating, she found
Chaisra is wearing her clothes. Sandrembi told her to give her clothes back. Chaisra took out the
clothes and threw them under the bed. Sandrembi crawled under the bed to collect her clothes. As
she came out, they poured boiling water all over her body. Thus, Sandrembi died immediately.
Q9. Why was the gardener surprised?
Ans: Sandrembi died immediately after Chaisra and her mother poured boiling water over her.
Her soul turned into a dove and flew away. One day, the dove flew into the palace garden and
started singing. The gardener was surprised to see a bird singing in human language.
Q10. How was Sandrembi reunited with the king?
Ans: Chaisra and her mother always had ill feelings for Sandrembi. When she came for a meal at
their place, they killed her by pouring boiling water over her. Her soul turned into a dove and flew
away. Chaisra, wearing Sandrembi’s clothes, went to the palace. The dove flew into the
palace garden.
The gardener was surprised to see a bird singing in human language. The king believed it
was Sandrembi, so he kept it in a small cage. While the king was hunting, Chaisra killed and cooked the dove. The king was furious and told her to throw it away. Chaisra threw it, and a
beautiful mango tree grew on the spot, bearing only one fruit.
The gardener plucked the fruit. He looked for a knife to cut the mango, but he could not find
it. The following day, with a knife in hand, he looked for the mango, but he could not find the mango.
On the eighth day, the mango turned into a beautiful lady, and he found that she was none other than
Sandrembi. The king ordered Sandrembi and Chaisra to fight a duel. Sandrembi killed Chaisra. Thus,
Sandrembi was reunited with the king.
