1.) Surender, a friend of Satish, came to visit him.Satish hadn’t gone to school. Why?
Answer: Satish hadn’t gone to school because he had been feeling unwell and was seriously ill.
2.) Identify the sentence – a question-that suggests Satish’s weakness. (Para 5)
Answer: But why are you speaking so softly?
3.) Why was Satish confined to bed? What was the worst thing for him? Why was it so? (Para 12)
Answer: Satish met with an accident when he went hiking with his father andbrother Inder. He had to undergo several operations to get his leg healed. Worse, he suffered frequently from bouts of fever and infections, especially of the ear.
4.) The school he was attending informed Satish’s father something. Can you say what it was?
Answer: Due to Satish’s frequent absence and his hearing problem, the school he was attending informed that they couldn’t keep Satish in their school.
5.) Satish didn’t want to go to a new school. What was the reason?
Answer: Satish didn’t want to go to a new school because he had fear that other students would make fun of his deafness. He also couldn’t talk to the other children.
1.) After a lot of persuasion, Satish agreed to go to a new school. Do you think he was accepted at the new school?
Answer: Since Satish had hearing problem, he wasn’t accepted at the new school.
2.) What made Avtar Narain angry? (Paras15 &16)
Answer: The headmaster of the new school suggested Avtar Narain to take his son, Satish to the school of deaf and dumb children. This suggestion made Avtar Narain angry since his son was not dumb he had only hearing problem and he was under treatment and would be fine soon.
3.) The word ‘expedition’ in para18 means