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1.Swami's father drew his attention to a report in the newspaper. What was the report
about?
The newspaper report was about the bravery of a village lad who while returning home by
the jungle path came across a tiger and how he fought with it and later his flight up the tree
where he stayed half a day till some people came that way and killed the tiger.
2. The report said that the boy stayed on the tree for a half day. Why did he do so?
Answer:
He wanted someone to kill the tiger.
3.Swami said that a very strong and grown-up person might have fought with a tiger. Do
you think he made this remark out of his (a) experience (b)wisdom (c)belief.
Answer:
c).belief
4."Can you prove you have courage?" Swami's father said (Answer the following
questions)
A. Was he joking? Or. Serious?
B. Was it a challenge? Or, a command?
Answer:
a) He was not joking, he was serious about this and questioned his son.
b) At first, it was a challenge. Later it turned into command.
5.The place where Swami usually slept was beside his granny.
6. What is disgraceful, according to Swami's father?
Answer:
According to Swami's father, Swami was in the second form and old enough to sleep alone
but it was disgraceful for Swami to sleep beside his granny or his mother like a baby.
7.What do you think was the practice of granny before she went to bed?
Answer:
Swami's granny used to tell stories to Swami before she went to bed.
8.Was Swami really sleeping? Or was he pretending?
Answer:
Swami was pretending to be asleep so that his father would not disturb him.
9.To Swami, his father looked like an apparition.
10. Why do you think Swami looked at his granny and his mother while following his
father to the room?
Answer:
Swami looked at his mother and his granny hoping that they would save him from his father
making him to sleep alone in the office room.
11."There might be scorpions in your law book", said Swami.
a. Had he seen them earlier? Or were there scorpions really?
Answer:
He had not seen them earlier. There were no scorpions really.
b. Was it a trick to escape from his father?
Answer:
Yes, it was a trick to escape from sleeping alone in the office room.
12.Swami wished that the tiger hadn't spared the boy. It means that he didn't want the boy to
be alive.
13. As silence deepened in the room, what was Swami reminded of?
Answer:
As silence deepened in the room, Swami was reminded of all devils and ghosts stories he had
heard in his life.
14. Which place in the room did Swami think was safe, compact and reassuring?
Answer:
Swami felt safe under the bench and crouched there. He felt that the place was a much safer
place, more compact and reassuring.
15.Swami touched the wooden leg of the bench in the room instead of granny.
16. Swami saw a moving creature in the room. was it a man.
17. Who cried "Aiyo! Something has bitten me"?
Answer:
The burglar who had entered Swami's house to rob and whose legs Swami had caught and
bitten hard, cried this.
18.Who did father, cook and servant stumbled upon?
Answer:
The father, cook and the servant stumbled upon the burglar who had been caught by Swami
and bitten by him. The burglar had fallen amidst the furniture and lay with a bleeding ankle
19. Why were congratulations showered on Swami?
Answer:
Congratulations were showered on Swami for catching one of the most notorious home-
breakers of the district.
20.Do you think Swami really wanted to join the police? If not, what did he want to be?
Answer:
No, Swami did not want to join the police force. He wanted to be an engine driver, a railway
guard or a bus conductor when he grew up.
21.Did Swami muster up courage to sleep alone after the burglar's incident?
Answer:
No, He did not, Swami went back to sleep beside his granny the next night itself.
22. Who supported Swami?
Answer:
Swami was supported by his mother.
