CLASS 9
A HOUSE IS NOT A HOME
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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To keep the house nice and warm
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To kill the mosquitoes of the house
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To comfort the narrator
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To keep fire alive
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Detailed explanation-1: -Ans.: One Sunday afternoon, the author noticed a strange smell. Then he saw smoke pouring in through the seams of the ceiling and filling the room very quickly. They could barely see anything. By the time they ran out into the front yard, the roof was already engulfed in flames and was spreading very quickly.
Detailed explanation-2: -Explanation: The narrator’s mother had stoked the fire to keep the house warm and comfortable because the day was too chilly, but this developed into a major disaster for the narrator’s family as mentioned earlier.
Detailed explanation-3: -When the fierce fire broke out in the narrator’s house, his mother ran to the house repeatedly. She had to save the threads of life. She ran to the house to collect important documents. She also tried to save the pictures of her husband and letters because they were the precious gifts of time for her.
Detailed explanation-4: -The author felt that everything was surreal because too many unfortunate things had happened to him – his house was burnt down, his cat was lost, his mother was left with no money and he had no books, shoes, clothes and school uniform.