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#3-a-iii
avail (line 45)
Ans : avail-use

#3-b
Answer the following questions briefly in your own words:

#3-b-i [2]
What did Swami wish for on a Monday morning? Why was his wish unlikely to be
answered?
Ans : Swami wished that an earthquake would reduce the school building to dust. His wish was unlikely to be answered because that good building-Albert Mission School- had withstood similar prayers for over a hundred years now.

#3-b-ii [2]
Which sentence tells us that Swami.s father was completely unsympathetic to his
son.s headache?
Ans : "Loaf about less on Sundays and you will be without a headache on Monday."
"Nonsense dress up and go."
Tells us that Swami's father was completely unsympathetic to his son's headache.

#3-b-iii [2]
In what way was Swami.s response different from his father.s?
Ans : Swami's mother first suggested him to go to school in a bullock cart and later allowed him to stay at home and not go to school.

#3-b-iv [2]
Why did Swami give a colourful account of Mr. Samuel to his father?
Ans : Swami gave a colourful account of Mr. Samuel to his father in hope that his father would be made to see that he couldn't go to his class late. Mr. Samuel was a violent man and didn't stop caning till he saw blood on the boy's hand and then made the boy press his blood stained hand to his forehead like a Vermillion marking.

#3-b-v [2]
In what way did Father.s behavior take an unexpected turn?
Ans : Father became excited. He was angry that why were this children beaten in such a manner, such teachers should be removed from service. He decided to send Swami late to his class as a kind of challenge and also was going to send a letter with Swami to the headmaster.

#3-b-vi [2]
What was Swami finally ordered to do by his father?
Ans : Father ordered Swami that he had to go to school, no amount of protest from Swami was given a ear to. He also gave a long letter for the headmaster and told Swami to go to his class.

#3-c [8]
(i) In not more than 60 words describe how Swami tries to prove that Mr. Samuel is a
violent man.
Ans :
(i)

#3-c-ii [2]
Give a title to your summary in 3(c). Give a reason to justify your choice.
Ans : Title: 'Mr. Samuel - a Violent Man'. Swami paints a very violent picture of Mr. Samuel as a teacher, how he ill-treats his students for various reasons.

#4

#4-a [4]
Fill in each of the numbered blanks with the correct from of the word given in
brackets. Do not copy the passage, but write in correct serial order the word or phrase
appropriate to the blank space.
Example:
(0) One morning I (0)... (see) the python curled up on the dressing table.
Answer: saw
It was (1)... (gaze) at its own reflection in the mirror. I(2).. (go) for grandfather but
by the time we (3).. (return) to the room, the python (4) ...(move) on. He was seen
in the garden and once the cook saw him (5)... (crawl) up the ladder to the roof.
Then we (6).. (find) him on the dressing table again (7).... (admire) himself in the
mirror. .He.s trying to look better for Aunt Mable. I said. I (8).. (regret) this remark
immediately because grandmother overheard and held up my pocket money for the
rest of the week!
Ans :
(i) gazing
(ii) went
(iii) returned
(iv) had moved
(v) crawling
(vi) found
(i) admiring
(vii) regretted.

#4-b [4]
Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word:

#4-b-i
He found the key just _________ the front door.
Ans : near

#4-b-ii
I could not accompany my cousin ________ the trip because I had fever.
Ans : on