By Chandranna NS 
1. “It took months of negotiation to come to an understanding with the old man”
a. What was the negotiation about?
Ans : The negotiation was about the selling of the old man’s land.
b. Why do you think it took months to come to an understanding?
Ans.: I think that it took months to come to an understanding between the old man and the author because the old man was no hurry to sell.
2. ‘The old man removed his hat and gloves carefully’
a. Who is the old man referred here?
Ans.: The old man is Don Anselmo
b. Whose style did it remind the writer of and to whom he was compared?
Ans.: It reminds the style of Charlie Chaplin and the sanetor.
3. “We have made a discovery”
a. What did they discover?
Ans.: They discovered that Don Anselmo owns more than eight acres of land after surveying the land.
b. What was the result of the discovery?
Ans.: As a result, they offered Don Anselmo double the price of what they had quoted earlier.
4. “These Americans are Buena genta”
a. What is the meaning of Buena genta according to the context?
Ans.: Buena genta in Spanish language means good people
b. Why did the speaker called Americans Buena genta?
Ans.: The speaker called Americans Buena genta because of their manners while purchasing the old man’s land and after the survey, they did not hide the fact that Don Anselmo had extra land and were ready to pay twice the money they had quoted earlier for the additional land.
5. He said, “I do not like to have you speak to me in that manner”
a. What is the mood of the speaker?
Ans.: The speaker felt that he was being insulted and being a angry person.
b. What made him to react so?
Ans.: He said these words to the speaker when the Americans offered him twice the money they had quoted earlier for his land.
6.“I have agreed to sell my house and land for twelve hundred dollars and that is the price?”
a. When did the speaker say this?
Ans.: The old man said this when the Americans offered him double the price that had been quoted earlier for his land.
b. What does this statement tell about the speaker?
Ans.:This statement tells that the speaker was not greedy and he was a man of principles.
7. Don Anselmo said “I did not sell them the trees in the Orchard”.
a. Why didn’t he sell the trees in the orchard?
Ans.: According to Don Anselmo he didn’t sell the trees because the trees belonged to the children of Rio-en-Medio
b. How did Don Anselmo defend his statement?
Ans.: Don Anselmo defended that when a child was born in the village, a tree was planted and so the trees belonged to the children of the village.
8. “The trees in that Orchard are not mine”.
a. According to Don Anselmo, who did the trees belong to?
Ans.: According to Don Anselmo, the trees belonged to the children of Rio-en-Medio which were planted in the memory of their birth.
b. Why did he feel so?
Ans.: He felt so because every time a child was born in the village, he had planted a tree for that child.
