A Read these questions first. Then listen to the teacher/ CD and answer the questions.
1 What did Begum Rokeya do to make people remember her husband?
2 Do you know what kind of books she wrote?
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B Listen again and tick the best answer.
1 Sakhawat Hossain died in
a 1902.
b 1909.
с 1932.
2 Begum Rokeya set up a girls' high school in
a Kolkata.
b Bhagalpur.
c Pairabandh.
3 Begum Rokeya set up this school in memory of her
a husband.
b father.
c mother.
4 There was a dispute in her husband's family. Here 'dispute' means that the members
a were of the same opinion.
b had different opinions.
c did not like each other.
5 Sakhawat Hossain Memorial Girls' school is
a a private school.
b a government school.
c a muslim school.
6 Begum Rokeya wrote
a short stories and poems.
b novels and poems.
c novels and short stories.
C Answer the following questions.
1 What did Begum Rokeya do for female education?
2 Why did she move Sakhawat Memorial Girls' High School to Kolkata?
3 What are some of her important writings?
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