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What prompted Lencho to write a letter to God?
What prompted Lencho to write a letter to God?
- He was lonely and wanted to communicate with someone.
- His crops were ruined, and he needed help. (correct)
- He wanted to request better weather for the upcoming season.
- He wanted to thank God for the successful harvest.
Lencho asked for fifty pesos in his letter to God.
Lencho asked for fifty pesos in his letter to God.
False (B)
What was the immediate reaction of the postman upon seeing Lencho's letter to God?
What was the immediate reaction of the postman upon seeing Lencho's letter to God?
The postman laughed heartily.
The postmaster was described as being fat and ______.
The postmaster was described as being fat and ______.
Why did the postmaster decide to answer Lencho's letter?
Why did the postmaster decide to answer Lencho's letter?
The postmaster managed to collect the entire amount that Lencho asked for.
The postmaster managed to collect the entire amount that Lencho asked for.
What did Lencho say in his second letter about the post office employees?
What did Lencho say in his second letter about the post office employees?
Lencho described the raindrops as being like new ______.
Lencho described the raindrops as being like new ______.
What destroyed Lencho's crops?
What destroyed Lencho's crops?
Lencho was surprised to receive the money from the post office.
Lencho was surprised to receive the money from the post office.
What was the only thing the earth needed according to Lencho?
What was the only thing the earth needed according to Lencho?
Lencho's house was situated on the ______ of a low hill.
Lencho's house was situated on the ______ of a low hill.
How did Lencho react when he counted the money and found it to be less than he expected?
How did Lencho react when he counted the money and found it to be less than he expected?
The postmaster revealed his identity to Lencho when he delivered the money.
The postmaster revealed his identity to Lencho when he delivered the money.
What was Lencho doing when he was looking at the sky towards the northeast?
What was Lencho doing when he was looking at the sky towards the northeast?
The hail rained for an ______ on the whole valley.
The hail rained for an ______ on the whole valley.
Match the following words from the story with their meanings:
Match the following words from the story with their meanings:
Which of the following literary devices is used when the raindrops are compared to new coins?
Which of the following literary devices is used when the raindrops are compared to new coins?
The story demonstrates a conflict solely between humans and nature, devoid of any interpersonal conflict.
The story demonstrates a conflict solely between humans and nature, devoid of any interpersonal conflict.
What did Lencho write as a signature in the letter addressed to him with money?
What did Lencho write as a signature in the letter addressed to him with money?
Flashcards
Who is Lencho?
Who is Lencho?
A farmer who writes a letter to God asking for a hundred pesos after his crops are ruined.
What is 'help from God'?
What is 'help from God'?
The first hope of those in the solitary house in the valley after the hailstorm.
What is conscience?
What is conscience?
An inner sense of right and wrong that Lencho possesses deeply.
What is a peso?
What is a peso?
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What is both laughter and seriousness?
What is both laughter and seriousness?
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Who signed 'God'?
Who signed 'God'?
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What is anger?
What is anger?
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Who are 'a bunch of crooks'?
Who are 'a bunch of crooks'?
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What are locusts?
What are locusts?
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What is a memory_tip?
What is a memory_tip?
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Study Notes
A Letter to God
- Faith can move mountains, but the story questions where to put our faith.
- Lencho, a farmer, writes to God after his crops are ruined, requesting a hundred pesos.
Money Order Activity
- Sending money through the post office is an inexpensive method.
- Fill out the money order form to send money
Story Setting
- Lencho's house is the only one on the crest of a low hill in the entire valley.
- From his house, one can see the river and ripe corn fields promising a good harvest.
- The earth needed a downpour or at least a shower.
- Lencho was looking at the sky towards to north-east to see if rain was coming.
Rain and Hailstorm
- Lencho predicted rain, and big drops began to fall.
- He described the raindrops as new coins, with big drops as ten cent pieces and small ones as fives.
- A strong wind started to blow and very large hailstones began to fall.
- The hailstorm lasted an hour, devastating the house, garden, hillside, cornfield, and the entire valley.
- The corn was destroyed, and Lencho was filled with sadness.
- Lencho said that a plague of locusts would have left more than the hail.
Hope and Letter to God
- The family had hope in the hearts that God will help.
- Lencho believes no one dies of hunger.
- Lencho decided to write a letter to God asking for a hundred pesos to sow his field again and live until the next crop.
- He mailed the letter to God requesting for money because the hailstorm took all resources away.
Postmaster's Reaction and Charity
- At the post office, an employee who is a postman laughed heartily but then showed the letter to his boss.
- The postmaster send money to Lencho in the name of God, so that his faith would live.
- The postmaster asked for for money from his employees, gave part of his salary, and friends contributed for an act of charity.
- The post master could only gather a little over half of the amount of money Lencho requested.
- The post master wrote only one word with the money that was sent to Lencho: God.
Lencho's Reaction and Second Letter
- Lencho was not surprised to receive the money, but became angry when he counted it.
- Lencho was confident that God could not have made a mistake, nor denied his request.
- Lencho asked for paper and ink and wrote another letter to God.
- In the second letter, Lencho complained that only seventy pesos reached him out of the hundred he requested.
- Lencho asked God to send the rest of money but not through the post office, because the employees are a bunch of crooks.
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