Q: Parents have widely different views on the problem of pocket money. Four new fathers were asked this question and this is how they answered.

Ashish Khanna: Although many argue that pocket money helps develop children's sense of value, I don't agree. I wouldn't give my child any pocket money. First of all, I never got pocket money and I seem to have a good value for money. If my child ever needed something and I felt it was a reasonable request, I would buy it for him.

Sharad Sanghi: No, I wouldn't give my child pocket money because I don't want to create the perception of "her" money and "my" money. Besides, if I refuse to buy her something that I think is bad for her, she may buy it with her pocket money _ In this way, I would lose control over my child's requests. I feel it also encourages children to care more about money than anything else. I don't want my child to start judging other children by the amount of money or pocket money they have.

Rakesh Shah: Yes, I would give my child pocket money because I feel that children should learn to spend money properly. I will give him a fixed amount every month and if he spends the money before the month is over, he will learn a lesson and not spend money so freely. He will learn what his limitations are and feel the difficulty when he has to pay for something that is over his own pocket.

Rajiv Patel: Yes, I would give my child pocket money because it is important that he learns to manage money. But I would not give it to him on a weekly or monthly basis. He would have to earn it. If he helped me finish some of my jobs or helped his mother with housework, I would reward him. This helps him realize that "money does not grow on trees" and it requires hard work to earn money.

Answer the following questions:
1. Who has different views on pocket money?
2. How many fathers were asked about it?
3. Name one?
4. Another?
5. Another?
6. Last one?
7. Does Ashish think pocket money is a good idea?
8. What do many say that it helps develop?
9. Would he give his kid pocket money?
10. What about Sharad?
11. Why?
12. What does he also feel?
13. What does he not want his child to do?
14. What does Rajiv think?
15. Why?
16. Would he give it to him on a scheduled basis?
17. When would he give it to him?
18. What does Rakesh think?
19. Why?
20. Would he give it to him on a scheduled basis?
A: 1. Parents
2. Four
3. Ashish Khanna
4. Rakesh Shah
5. Sharad Sanghi
6. Rajiv Patel
7. No
8. Children's sense of value
9. No
10. No
11. Because he doesn't want to create the perception of "her" money and "my" money.
12. It encourages children to care more about money than anything else.
13. To start judging other children by the amount of money or pocket money they have.
14. He would give his child pocket money
15. Because it is important that he learns to manage money.
16. No
17. He would have to earn it.
18. He would give his child pocket money
19. He feels that children should learn to spend money properly.
20. Yes

Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

CHAPTER II. THE PATH OF PHILANTHROPY

Mrs. Cecil Grainger may safely have been called a Personality, and one of the proofs of this was that she haunted people who had never seen her. Honora might have looked at her, it is true, on the memorable night of the dinner with Mrs. Holt and Trixton Brent; but--for sufficiently obvious reasons--refrained. It would be an exaggeration to say that Mrs. Grainger became an obsession with our heroine; yet it cannot be denied that, since Honora's arrival at Quicksands, this lady had, in increasing degrees, been the subject of her speculations. The threads of Mrs. Grainger's influence were so ramified, indeed, as to be found in Mrs. Dallam, who declared she was the rudest woman in New York and yet had copied her brougham; in Mr. Cuthbert and Trixton Brent; in Mrs. Kame; in Mrs. Holt, who proclaimed her a tower of strength in charities; and lastly in Mr. Grainger himself, who, although he did not spend much time in his wife's company, had for her an admiration that amounted to awe.

Elizabeth Grainger, who was at once modern and tenaciously conservative, might have been likened to some of the Roman matrons of the aristocracy in the last years of the Republic. Her family, the Pendletons, had traditions: so, for that matter, had the Graingers. But Senator Pendleton, antique homo virtute et fide, had been a Roman of the old school who would have preferred exile after the battle of Philippi; and who, could he have foreseen modern New York and modern finance, would have been more content to die when he did. He had lived in Washington Square. His daughter inherited his executive ability, many of his prejudices (as they would now be called), and his habit of regarding favourable impressions with profound suspicion. She had never known the necessity of making friends: hers she had inherited, and for some reason specially decreed, they were better than those of less fortunate people.

1. Who was modern and tenacious?
2. What was the name of her family?
3. Who could safely be called a Personality?
4. Who did she haunt?
5. Who was said to be the rudest woman in New York?
6. Who was antique homo virtute et fide?
7. Was he from the new school?
8. What was he?
9. Where did he live?
10. Did he have a daughter?
11. What did she inherit from him?
12. And what else?
13. Anything else?
14. Who said Mrs. Grainger was a tower of strength in charities?
15. Who had awe for her?
16. Who was like some of he Roman matrons?
17. Who would've liked exile after the battle of Philippi?
18. Who was with Honora at the dinner?
19. What was an exaggeration?
20. Who arrived at Qucksands?

Numbered answers:

A:
1. Elizabeth Grainger
2. Pendletons
3. Mrs. Cecil Grainger
4. people who had never seen her
5. Mrs. Grainger
6. Senator Pendleton
7. no
8. a Roman of the old school
9. Washington Square
10. yes
11. his executive ability
12. many of his prejudices
13. and his habit of regarding favourable impressions with profound suspicion
14. Mrs. Holt
15. Mr. Grainger
16. Elizabeth Grainger
17. Senator Pendleton
18. Mrs. Holt and Trixton Brent
19. to say that Mrs. Grainger became an obsession with our heroine
20. Honora