1.) Which word in the first paragraph describes the manner of the girl when she saw the newspaper?
Answer: Excitedly
2.) Why do you think the mother cautioned the girl?
Answer: The mother cautioned the girl because her son was very ill and he needed sleep and rest.
3.) ‘We mustn’t miss the chance’.
a) What chance did the boy not like to miss?Why? Do you think the boy would get a chance in future?
Answer: The boy wanted to listen to Pandit Ravi Shankar, the sitar maestro. This was the chance he didn’t want to miss.
We cannot say right now whether the boy would get a chance in future or not.
4.) Imagine you were the mother of the boy. Would you have reacted differently in the situation? If so, how?
Answer: I would have reacted in the same way the way mother reacted. Since the boy was seriously ill it was the duty of the mother to look after him and letting him go to listen to the concert would mean risking his life.